Club Overnight Winter Trips Canceled – An Update from Eric Ness
As COVID cases increase this fall, hospitalizations are expected to peak in Oregon in mid-January. I’ve been told the “second wave” during the 1918 flu pandemic was also when most…
Crescent Mountain from the North
On Monday, July 13, seven CONC members navigated by car caravan through several obscure Forest Service roads to find the less popular north trail head to Crescent Mountain. Once…
Flower Fotos-July 2020
Photos below are arranged "roughly" in alphabetical order, according to the common name identified by the photographer. The captions are embedded in the photo by flower name, photographer, and possibly…
Midweek Gray Butte
Wednesday, July 1, a hardy group of CONCers hiked up and around Gray Butte, led by Roz. They hiked via a combination of road, trail and across country. It was…
Black Crater
Jerry Sebestyen led a hike up Black Crater off McKenzie Pass on Sunday, July 12. The hike is about 7.5 miles with roughly 2,000 feet of elevation, and some short…
Browder Ridge from the West
After meeting at Lava Lake SnoPark on Tuesday, June 23 before 9:00 am our esteemed leader, Roz, made the critical decision (based on something Eileen reportedly said) to hike Browder…
Blustery Pine Mountain
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day is an old animated film where a wind storm hits the hundred acre wood. Of course it makes a mess of things that…
Lookout Mountain Redux
Lookout Mountain was perfect Sunday, June 21. Best of all, it wasn't crowded. All the mountains were on display from the summit cliff, and the weather couldn't have been better.…
Paulina Lake Loop
Six people hiked from Ten Mile sno-park up the Ponderosa Rim Trail to Paulina Lake, led by Jerry Sebestyen on Sunday, June 21. The falls of course were their spectacular…
Vista Butte Hike
Susan Sullivan led four people and one exuberant dog participated in a hike up Vista Butte on Sunday, June 21. Pleasant temperatures, clear skies with no haze and almost no…