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Eight Nordic skiers traveled the Ridge loop on Sunday, Dec. 15. It’s about a 2-3 hour ski that can be accessed from the Swampy snow park.  We started out in snow flurries and cool temperatures.

All climbed to the Ridge on a newly broken ski trail and then descended with our graceful gliding to the junction with the beginner trail.  The trail had wonderfully light powder snow.  Even the lower hairpin turn was  easy to navigate with this “hero” snow!

Contributed by trip leader Warren Preston

As the sun descended below the horizon, December's Full "Cold" Moon illuminated the way for eight CONC skiers readying to circumnavigate the Tangent Loop at Meissner Sno-Park. The wide, groomed trail with about 2" of fresh powder provided ample opportunities to gaze up at the bright orb hanging in the sky. The scudding clouds provided constantly changing views, leading to many stops for photo opportunities.

We skied up Tangent to the Mushroom Trail to Manzanita to the Meissner Shelter. After some clothing adjustments, snacks, and more photos, we continued onto Larkspur to Snowbush back to Tangent. The steady climb up Tangent toward Swampy Sno-Park was rewarded as we turned the corner to head downhill toward Meissner. The full moon lit our way as we headed east along the trail until we returned to our vehicles with smiles on our faces.

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John Stephenson led 10 CONC members on a ski tour to Todd Lake on December 8, 2024.  His timing was pretty good, as our freeze-thaw cycle was slightly interrupted the night before and during the day with a bit of fresh snow.  Yet conditions were not ideal, but everyone was capable and enjoyed getting out.  Dennis Krakow brought up the rear as sweep, and found the cache of snowshoe signs.  He was able help out the shoers by putting up the sign showing the trail entrance off Road 370.

(photos by Molly Conners)

Contributed by hike leader Sharon Evoy

It was a beautiful day in the Dry River Canyon. Three of us & one well behaved dog had it to ourselves nearly the whole time. Conditions were ideal - no ice! 

Contributed by ski leader Gary Elnan

Our revised ski route of Upper Meissner trails was a good choice - the groomed trails were in fine shape and everyone had a pleasant ski in good trail conditions.  We saw only a handful of other skiers on our Tangent-Gentian-Gilia-Bitterbrush-Snowbush-Tangent route from Swampy.  The temperature was about perfect, no wind, and bluebird skies.  We skied about 6.1 miles fairly quickly but it didn't seem too strenuous.  Still working on our ski conditioning.

Contributed by leader John Stephenson

Six snowshoers, including several Bend newcomers, completed the Todd Lake snowshoe loop on this beautifully sunny day. The lake was frozen over, and the sun-exposed flats had a topping of large, shiny crystalline flakes that must have formed during the recent freeze-thaw cycles. Unusual and pretty cool!

Contributed by trip leader John Stockham

We had 5 early-season skiers who skied 8.0 miles on Tangent, Snowbush, and Manzanita starting from the Swampy SnoPark.  Snacks at Meissner Shelter.  Started skiing about 9:30 AM. We had originally planned a somewhat shorter route on Gentian and Bitterbrush Loop, but these trails were not yet groomed.  Beautiful day - sunny around 30 degrees.  The trails were all in good shape - but could use a bit more fresh cover.

Contributed by hike leader Gary Jones.

Four hikers enjoyed the last club hike of the season in the Whychus Canyon Preserve Sunday, November 24.  Mostly sunny weather and light winds made for a great late season outing!

Sorry, no picture.

Contributed by trip leader Kelly Clemen

Eight snowshoers met at Skyline Park on a Saturday morning to head up to Swampy Sno Park. The drive up the Cascade Lakes highway was uneventful but there was already a steady stream of cars heading up to Mt Bachelor. Later weekend snowshoes will have to meet up earlier in order to beat traffic up to the mountain.

We met up with two additional participants at the Sno Park and the whole group met up at the kiosk for introductions. As we headed out, the sun was peeking out and no snow was falling. We found the first part of the trail to be well-trod with a light layer of new snow over the top--easy walking. The trip leader demonstrated the important concept of avoiding walking too close to trees as one of her legs broke through the snow into the empty space around the tree. She needed a little help getting out and sheepishly reminded the group to avoid tree wells.

We got to the first junction and discovered that the trail had not been broken from there. Participants started taking turns being the leader and breaking trail for the group. Everyone was enthusiastic about the additional effort required and we soon found ourselves at the Swampy Shelter. We stopped inside for a snack break and discussed whether we wanted to complete the loop or head back the way we came in order to avoid having to keep breaking trail. The group decided to continue breaking trail to complete the loop. Snow was now falling continuously as we headed out again, making for beautiful surroundings as we slowly worked our way around the loop. We made it back to the original junction and previously trod trail. It was easy-going to get back to the trailhead and we passed the only other snowshoers we saw all day. We let them know that we had kindly broken the trail to the shelter for them.

We made it back to the trailhead a little over 4 hours after we started. Everyone was happy to get back to their cars after the morning's exertions.