Author: Eric Ness

The Portland chapter of ONC accepted the responsibility of trail maintenance in the Ochoco Mountains following the dissolution of the Ochoco ONC chapter.  Last week the trail maintenance coordinator, Ken…

A number of hikers went out to the spectacular Canyon Creek Meadows on Sunday, July 14.   They were a bit late for the bear grass, and a bit early for…

Four hikers went up the Browder Ridge on Friday, July 12.  It was a strong performance, as the four veered off on the Heart Lake trail to a rocky outcrop…

While most went further afield on Sunday, July 7, a few CONC members had other commitments and needed to stay close to town.  Two hiked the Deschutes River loop trail…

Nine CONC-ers hiked to Carl Lake in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness on Sunday July 7th. The first two miles traversed an area burned in the 2003 B&B Fire that is…

The CONC early Sunday hike across Browder Ridge in the Old Cascades Willamette National Forest  offered a full menu of flowering hillsides, wide open views, and cool temperatures along with…

Coffin Mountain was spectacular Sunday, June 30. Twenty people made the tricky drive to the trailhead for a short, 3.5 mile hike. There were so many photos to be taken…

Two CONC hikers took the trail less traveled to the peak of Crescent Mountain in the Willamette National Forest on Sunday, June 30.  The north trail was taken as it…

Tuesday, June 25, CONC Meetup hosted 15 hikers on the Browder Ridge trail in the Willamette National Forest off the Santiam highway.  Once again the weather was questionable, but once…

 Its that time of the year to start trail maintenance again.  On Wednesday, June 19, Al Matson, Dave Alward, and Dan Murphy took the club chain saw into the Three…