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Dennis led a hike on Sunday, March 22 from the Rickard Road trailhead which is at the northern edge of the Horse Ridge area just

Nine people plus one dog hiked from Dillon to Benham Falls Sunday, March 22. Everyone met informally at the parking lot, and walked with a

Sunday, March 15 was an organizational scramble.  Trying to heed best practices to keep the Coronavirus at bay, some folks met at the Safeway and

There were only a few takers at the usual gathering place for skiing this Sunday, March 8, since it coincided with the Crater Lake trip.

Friday, March 6 was the first day of the Crater Lake ski trip. We were blessed with mostly sunny weather, so most of the group

Dennis Krakow took a group of CONC skiers to Water Tower Meadow then down to Todd Lake Sunday, March 1.  Everything was good: snow, weather, and

On Sunday, March 1, six skiers went on a short (3 mile) ski around the edge of Dutchman’s Flat. The views of Bachelor and the

The four inches of fresh on Sunday, March 1 compelled Jerry to lead a shuttle based ski from the Nordic Center to Swampy Snopark.  The

The Dolomite trip has ended, but a few photos remain.  One of their last ski outings was in the Gseisertal, just north of Dobbiaco.  Though

A group of skiers weren’t quite sure what they would encounter at Swampy SnoPark on Sunday, February 23; it was really windy on the drive

There were several ideas at the Safeway on February 16 for possible ski outings.  Linda decided to go short and sweet, choosing the Swampy loop.

The CONC group finished up their trip to the Dolomites in the Three Pinnacle area this past week, returning to Bend on February 15.  They

Eight CONC skiers left Safeway on Sunday February 16 headed towards Big Meadow.  The snowfall the night before promised to blanket the hard crust of

“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