Skiing, snowshoeing, and adventure in the Northwest and beyond
Skiing, snowshoeing, and adventure in the Northwest and beyond
1/15/22 – 1/23/22by Ken Wenzel, Trip Leader After a wild start to our winter and then warm wet weather, I was a little concerned about heading to Montana, but we were happy to see a fair amount of snow. We started our seven days of skiing at Mt. Spokane Nordic. We arrived during the winter […]
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12/28/2021 – 1/1/2022by Ann Truax, Trip Leader, photos by Tim Kral The 2021-22 New Year’s trip to Black Butte Ranch had all the ingredients for success: friendly and interesting people, delicious food, a spacious house, and more than generous snowfall. On the first day, some skiers ventured out to Ray Benson Sno-Park to ski on the
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12/28/2021 – 1/2/2022by Dale Grealish, ONC Member How does one girl get so lucky? I just joined ONC in late November 2021 and my first overnight trip was to the stunning and majestic XC ski destination of Methow Valley, North America’s largest XC ski area with over 120 miles of trails. Much of the trails
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 On Tuesday, November 9th, we had six die-hard trail tenders meet Alex Eng of the Forest Service at Pocket Creek Snow Park to work on the ski trail bridges. We had some miscommunication about which bridges to work on, but that got resolved early. After cutting a 24-inch tree out of
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Pete Parsons, the friendly Lead Meteorologist for the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) has released his highly anticipated winter forecast for November to January. You can read the written highlights below or watch the YouTube video above. Thanks to Donna Wiench for pointing out this valuable resource a few years ago. We’re going to have
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October 12, 2021 On Tuesday, a few of us from the Nordic Club headed up to Timberline to work on the Glade Connector Trail and the Timberline Nordic Bypass. I knew it was getting close to our last chance to do a little touch-up to the trails before the winter snows kick in. Our die-hard
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September 25-26, 2021 On Saturday, September 25, those that could find the Marble Mt. snow park met up and worked out a plan for the day with our Forest Service partners. Our ONC- PDX group of five and one Forest Service worker with a chainsaw headed up the west leg of the Sasquatch Trail while
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Overnight Trips are filling up fast but you haven’t missed your chance! Space is still available to ring in the new year in the Methow Valley, ski alongside bison in Yellowstone, and more! If your dream trip is full, sign up for the waitlist! The latest availability for scheduled trips is below. You must be
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