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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

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