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It won’t be long now. There’s some snow – although not a lot – on the ground near Mt. Bachelor, so volunteers with the Central

A large number of CONC members hiked Otter Bench on Sunday, Nov. 11, while a smaller group stayed near Bend and hiked along the Deschutes

Central Oregon Nordic Club members are still hitting the hiking trails, with one group trekking along the Deschutes River and another hiking along the historic

The Central Oregon Nordic Club has installed a new wood splitter — identical to the ones at the Swampy Lakes and Meissner ski shelters –

With winter just around the corner, volunteers are busy preparing area snowshoe trails. In fact, they did get caught in winter on a work trip

With rain and a light snowfall in the Cascade mountains, members of the Central Oregon Nordic Club headed east to hike on Sunday, Oct. 28.

Winter has not hit the high country yet, so Central Oregon Nordic Club members took advantage for a fall hike to Broken Top trail on

Five CONC hikers had a delightful, blue-sky autumn at Newberry Caldera on Sunday, Oct. 21. “We began by skirting the Big Obsidian Flow on our way

An autumn hike along the sparkling Deschutes River – with colorful leaves all around – was so pretty on Sunday, Oct. 14, that Central Oregon

Mid-morning hikers visited either Clear Lake or meandered along the Deschutes River on Sunday, Oct. 7. “Clear Lake, although just past its prime, was still

The early-morning hiking group did the “Smith Rock Triple Climb” route on Sunday, Oct. 7. “I enjoy starting and ending the season with this amazing

The inn is almost full for the Central Oregon Nordic Club’s annual winter trip to Methow Valley in northern Washington, set this winter for Feb.

Editor’s note: Shari Hogshead and Paul Gauthier regularly lead CONC winter skiing and summer hiking trips to Europe. This article is about the next adventure

Central Oregon Nordic Club members were as hardy as a mail carrier on Sunday, Sept. 30 – neither rain, snow nor sleet stopped them from

The early-morning CONC group enjoyed a pleasant autumn day hiking the McKenzie River old growth and waterfall loop on Sunday, Sept. 30. The 12-mile loop

The early-morning hiking group went to Moraine Lake and part way up South Sister on Sunday, Sept. 23. The conditions were a “perfect cool, clear

Leaves are turning to different shades of red, yellow and orange in the mountains, adding some extra color to Central Oregon Nordic Club hikes on

Nine hikers had an “epic” journey on a CONC Meetup outing that took them over Opie Dilldock Pass on Thursday, Sept. 20. The route went

Nine members of the Central Oregon Nordic Club combined a wood-splitting party with a hike on Sunday, Sept. 16. Group leader Gary Kelley, using his

The mid-morning CONC group hiked the area of Riley Ranch Reserve and Tumalo State Park on Sunday, Sept. 16.   “Weather was perfect with the

Six CONC hikers spent Sunday, Sept. 9, making their way around Broken Top on a beautiful fall day, well above the smoky haze. “Finding the

Six Central Oregon Nordic Club hikers went past Benson Lake to Tenas Lakes on Sunday, Sept. 9. “We successfully negotiated the Sisters Folk Festival traffic

Ten adventurous CONC hikers strode the trails Sunday up and back down Scott Mountain, a distance of 8.4 miles. “It was accomplished under a canopy

Central Oregon Nordic Club members found that those blue trail diamonds come in handy during the summer too. Linda Frost led 13 hikers up the

The Central Oregon Nordic Club has a newly designed website, with the goal of better educating the public about the organization’s mission and volunteer efforts.

The Central Oregon Nordic Club will be erecting new, longer-lasting diamond trail markers on trees, and volunteers will have more tools to maintain those trails,

The mid-morning hiking group found a way to escape the smoke in the Bend area on Sunday, Aug. 26 – head way east of Prineville.

The dates have been set for the annual Central Oregon Nordic Club trip to Methow Valley in northern Washington. They are Feb. 3 to 8,

Saturday, 16 February to Saturday, 23 February 2019 Cross-country ski glamorous Sun Valley, Idaho with your Nordic ski friends in winter 2019. Cross trails with

Nine explorers followed club member Ron Hoyt on a search for the ruins of Fort Benham.  After a mile or two hiking, we spread out

Central Oregon Nordic Club members split up for different hiking options along the thundering McKenzie River on Sunday, May 20. “Three hiked the 10 miles

Photos by Nancy Green go with previous story

Eileen Woodward and Hilloah Rohr guided 11 hikers on a Grey Butte crossover hike between Skull Hollow and McPheeters on Sunday, May 20. “Meadowlarks, Indian

Twelve hikers went on a Meetup outing to Alder Springs on Tuesday, May 15. Group leader Gary Kelley calls this one of his favorite early-season

Four Central Oregon Nordic Club skiers got to see Wickiup Plains still covered with its winter blanket of white on Sunday, May 13. With the

Central Oregon Nordic Club hikers trekked the trail from Smith Rock State Park to Grey Butte on Sunday, May 13. Two groups of hikers started