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January 9, 2023 The January Board meeting is the time when any newly elected officers are officially recognized, and all At-Large members (appointed by the elected Board members) are either

Gary Elnan coordinated the firewood delivery and stacking to the shelters this year.  Here is a photo collage of efforts at Nordeen, Swampy, and Swede shelters.

The snow has barely begun to fly, and we have seen some confusion with a new snowshoe trail on Dutchman. The issue is that the old ski trail went straight,

John Sweat led a hike on Thursday, Oct. 27 up Dry Creek Canyon.  The approach was a bit confusing as the trailhead is beyond an ODOT gravel pile, and down

On October 6th, a brilliant autumn day, five CONC members set off on a hike that embraced several of the Newberry Crater National Monument signature features.  The hike was led

No one can deny that the weather was “interesting” when five CONC members ventured out into the mists for a hike on September 29th.  Led by Kelly Cleman and Roz

Ann Padget led a hike with Pat Moen on Tuesday, September 27, to Alder Springs and onto the confluence of Whychus Creek with the Deschutes.  This hike requires a crossing

Eight CONC members, led by Kelly Clemon and Roz O’Donoghue, hiked the Tenas lakes-Scott Mtn-Hand lakes loop on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. This 10 mile hike featured several lakes, a

Dennis DeLapp, Mike Bodel, Dave Alward  and I made great progress Tuesday on implementing the new Dutchman Tie Snowshoe trail. It was a nice partly cloudy, smoke-free day following a

Last fall, the Forest Service gave Central Oregon Nordic Club approval to proceed with work on about ten miles of new and rerouted ski and snowshoe trails on the Deschutes

On August 16, a beautiful clear summer day, John Sweat had four hearty souls join him on the steady climb up to Black Crater.  Once at the summit everyone enjoyed

On Wednesday August 10,  Charlie Kearns led several members of Central Oregon Nordic Club (CONC) on a major trail maintenance project.  They were joined by three Forest Service personnel and lots

Two weeks ago, John Fertig secured a wilderness permit for August 2 to allow six people to hike to Four-In-One Cone.  Half of the group met in Bend and carpooled

The group of 7 hikers met up at the trailhead for an early start to the hike, led by Kelly Cleman.  The temperature was predicted to get up above 100

The group hike John Sweat was leading up to Crescent Mt. had no takers, so he went solo.  It started as a rather balmy ascend to the summit with no