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Linda Frost led eight folks along the Swampy Lakes loop to the shelter on Sunday November 10.  She remarked that the hiking trail is always

Susan Sullivan led 11 CONC members on a hike on Sunday, November 10 from McKenzie Pass to Matthieu Lake; taking advantage of the last Sunday

Eric Ness led 11 CONC members on one of his favorite hikes to Horse Lake on Sunday, November 10 starting from the Elk Lake trailhead.

Roz led a hike up to Grey Butte on Tuesday, November 5, starting at the Old Orchard trailhead.  Due to the steepness of the hike

Roz led a classic key exchange hike on Sunday, November 4.  One group of seven started at Smith Rock and hiked uphill to Orchard trailhead

This time of year, the red-paved road up to Lava Butte is closed to cars, making it perfect for hiking.  So Linda Frost and ten

Roz lead 12 CONC hikers on the Otter Bench trail on Sunday October 27.  The trail is in the Crooked River canyon, about two thirds

There were two hikes along the Deschutes River this Sunday, October 27.   Linda Frost led 10 folks along the Deschutes River trail, keeping close

It was a chilly, wet start to the Dry Canyon hike on Sunday, October 20, but it turned out to be a great choice for

During the week of October 14 snowshoe trails out of Three Creek snow park were spruced up and new routes completed, as well as more

On Sunday, October 13 nine hikers from CONC left Swampy Lakes Sno-Park for a hike to the top of Vista Butte. They walked the trails

The Metolius River trail was cloudy and smokey at the start on Sunday, October 13, but the predicted rain never happened and it cleared up.

  The first weekend on October we ALWAYS walk around Clear Lake. So Sunday, October 7, Linda Frost led a group of 24 (!) hikers

John and Sue Sullivan led a short hike Sunday, October 7 on the Swampy Lake loop with a mission: stopping at Swampy Lake shelter to

Twelve hikers enjoyed another awesome CONC adventure on Sunday, September 15th, exploring a bit of the wilderness area off of the Todd Lake trail. Linda

On Tuesday, September 3rd, Roz led a group of seven CONC hikers on a tour from Three Creeks Lake to Broken Hand along Tam McArthur

Linda Frost made an excellent call for a short hike along the Deschutes River on Sunday, September 22, due to the forecast for rain. The

Riley Ranch Nature Reserve at the north end of Bend is a treasure for hikers (no dogs, no bikes).  It’s very close, with a number

An early morning group lead by Roz set out on Sunday, September 1st, to the Ochocos for a Labor Day weekend hike on the Mill

Roz O’Donoghue led eleven  people on a “scenic walk” of about 8.5 miles and 800-1000 feet elevation gain last Sunday, August 25 in the Newberry

One hike this Sunday, August 25 was on the Deschutes, led by Shari Hogshead. It was planned for those who were attending Art in the

The hike from Todd Lake up onto the Soda Creek Trail and up to Broken Top Trail was perfect on Sunday, August 25. Nine hikers,

CONC got a request to have some earlier hikes. So John Fertig led a hike leaving Safeway at 0730 on Sunday, August 25 for Bridge

A third group went for a five mile walk-in-the-(Shevlin)-park on Sunday, August 18. They went out high along the west side on the newer Railroad

Jerry Sebestyen lead a group of twelve people on the McKenzie River Trail on Sunday, August 18.  They began at the upper trailhead and hiked

Eight CONC members did a hike Sunday, August 18, led by Susan Sullivan, from the Devils Lake Trailhead. They went up the South Sister climber’s

Two CONC groups set off for Soda Creek trail on Sunday, August 11th.  All started by the Green Lakes trailhead in perfect weather, cool at

This post covers two CONC hikes this week. On Sunday August 11th, two hikers enjoyed a delightful and cool ramble on the Upper Whychus Creek

Scott Mountain sits just beyond McKenzie Pass and the Belknap Crater lava flow, in full view of the receding Collier Glacier on North Sister. On

The rim viewpoints above Todd Lake afford spectacular vistas of the lake, Broken Top, and Sparks Lake. Fourteen CONC members hiked at a slow pace

A group of 15 CONC members recently traveled to Bergen, Norway to cruise the beautiful Norwegian Coast from the Hanseatic city of Bergen north over

Seven people hiked up Bachelor Mountain (not Mt Bachelor) on the westside on the Bugaboo Ridge trail on Sunday, July 28.  We all agreed that

Five hikers went out of Sisters to Chush Falls above Wychus Creek on Sunday, July 28.  The trail to the last, big falls was unexpectedly

Four CONC members hiked along the Metolius River Sunday, July 21.  The four started at the fish hatchery and hiked downstream on the east loop

Horse Mountain Lookout Ten hikers started out on the trail at Elk Lake headed to the old Horse Mountain lookout in the Three Sisters Wilderness