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“5 intrepid folks decided to forego the traffic on Century drive up the mountain and headed out to the mellow Tumalo Canals hike on Sunday,

Ten CONC members skied north out of Santiam SnoPark Sunday, February 9. The weather was great with no wind and reasonably good snow conditions. The

24 CONC members congregated at the Mazama Country Inn to ski the Methow Valley February 2-8.  The group missed a heavy rain the Saturday before,

Our brethren in the Dolomites have finished the first week’s ski in the Seiser Alm, where their home base was the town of Kastleruth.  Apparently

The forecast for Tuesday, January 28 at Edison was ” Snow, mainly before 4pm. High near 34. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of

There was quite a bit of conjecturing about where would one could go to find good snow to ski this past Sunday, February 2, at

Shari Hogshead took a group of 16 CONC skiers up to the Seiser Alm (l’Alpe di Suisi) on Saturday, February 1. This is the largest

Departing Bend in a light drizzle, Bob Timmer and his crew of snowshoe trail maintainers went up to Edison Snopark on Monday, January 20.  They

Sue led a total of 8 skiers on an enjoyable off-trail route to Todd Lake on Sunday, January 26.  As she chose her way through

Eileen swore a group of hikers to secrecy concerning the exact route she took on Sunday, January 26.  The group went 7.2 miles down some

Sue Sullivan led five skiers out of Swampy SnoPark on Wednesday, January 22.  They went up Ridge trail to the Butte trail, then off-trail from

Thirteen went to Meissner on Sunday, January 19, and skied just under 6 miles on a multitude of leader’s choice trails.  The series of storms

Dennis Krakow and Roz O’Donoghue led seven CONC members on a ski to Tumalo Falls on a magical day this past Wednesday, January 15.  The

John Fertig stepped up to lead Gary’s planned meetup ski on Tuesday, January 14, following Gary’s unfortunate accident.  Seven intrepid skiers braved the forecast (windy,

Susan led a group of eleven skiers up to Swampy SnoPark on Sunday, January 12.  Given the blizzard-like weather, the group decided to choose the

Trish Nelson spontaneously made dinner reservations at the Paulina Lodge for January 10; the night of the full moon.  So five CONC members skied out

Peter Geiser was skiing the Nordeen loop Sunday, January 5 and came across a couple trees over the trail just south of Junction 41.  Before

Five skiers went out the Ridge loop led by Susan Sullivan on Sunday, January 5.  They had so much fun that they added the Swampy

Five folks, led by Linda Frost (and the dog), decided to hike rather than ski on Sunday, January 5.  They hiked to Badlands Rock on

On Sunday, December 29, there were a couple of outings.  Jerry (and Perry) skied up Flagline Access to where it intersects with Flagline.  They located

Jerry Sebestyen led a group of 8 to the Big Meadow on an in and out ski for a total of roughly 6.5 – 7

On Thursday, December 19, John Fertig organized an outing for prospective trip leaders.  It was to be a short ski to Swampy shelter where we

Dennis Krakow continued his Wednesday tours on December 18 with a figure eight of sorts from Beginner loop in Swampy and over to Nordeen loop

    On Wednesday, December 18, Susan Sullivan led five folks who combined a bit of skiing with some trail maintenance work in the Dutchman

“Sunny skies, snow, and 8 smiling volunteers – a great combination to check the entire Porcupine Snowshoe trail at Swampy Lakes” said Bob Timmer on

This Sunday, December 15, promised to be a good day for skiing, as we got a few more inches of fresh snow and the weather

Twelve skiers wanted to get out in spite of the “iffy” conditions, and warm up their ski legs.  They all set off from the Nordic

James Cagney wanted to thank the Nordic Club for all the donations brought to the Holiday party.  He delivered his full, full carload of our

Jerry Sebestyen led ten CONC skiers on a really enjoyable loop Sunday, December 1.  They left the Nordic Center at Mt Bachelor and skied into

Last Sunday, November 24, fifteen CONC members went on a rather untraditional outing.  We went to the Newberry National Volcanic Monument and hiked around the

A group of 8 people and 2 dogs strong with Linda leading the way made the last river walk of the year along the Deschutes

Continuing with her “trails less traveled” theme, Roz led a hike to the top of Crescent Mountain on the old Cascade Crest trail  Wednesday, November

On the edge of northeast Bend is a go-to hiking venue—Riley Ranch.  A group of CONC hikers ventured there on Sunday, November 17.  They enjoyed

Susan Sullivan had the idea to hike to Green Lake Sunday, November 17 as a “last chance” before the road closure the following Thursday.  Overcast

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