Get Ready To Play in the Snow!

November 28, 2007


Our snowy mountains offer a huge range of skiing and snowboarding options, from extensive terrain parks, high-tech lifts and luxury lodges to rugged log cabins that double as warming huts. We’ve also got cat skiing at Mt. Bailey, the largest night ski area at Mt. Hood Skibowl and the longest ski season in North America at Timberline Ski Area. Not to mention Timberline's latest addition, Clear Creek Basin, which will open this winter. Are you ready to dust off your board?

Don't miss out on an opportunity to check out this season's fresh powder! The following ski resorts are now open:

Mt. Bachelor

Mt. Hood Meadows

Mt. Hood Ski Bowl

Timberline

Ski Anthony Lakes (Opens December 1st)

Check out our new Ski Oregon site for weather conditions, trails and sno-parks, great deals and more!

Be On The Lookout For This Year's Nelscott Reef Tow In Classic

November 27, 2007


If you're in the mood to ride some sweet waves this season, you're in luck! The 3rd Annual Nelscott Reef Tow In Classic is expected to take place during November or December of 2007, depending on swells. Check their website, www.nelscottreef.org for up-to-date information on when the contest will be taking place. And be sure to look for the following "traffic light" symbols:

Red light= no contest is expected in the near future

Yellow light= a swell has been forecasted, and is being tracked. Be on the lookout for the green light, which signifies 48 hours notice before the contest begins.

Green light= Contest will be taking place within 48 hours

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What's Cooking This Thanksgiving?

November 21, 2007

If you're tired of the same old Thanksgiving recipes, or are simply interested in trying your hand at some authentic Oregon cuisine, you're in luck! Oregon Bounty's 2007 Recipe Book has everything you need to impress your family and friends, and convince them to come back for seconds (or even thirds). From starters and salads to pastas, meats, desserts and breakfasts, we've got a recipe to satisfy the taste buds of even the pickiest eaters.

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Waldo Lake in the Fall

November 19, 2007

By Randy Dreiling

Life has been really busy since I last wrote an entry for the blog. I got married and have been busy with other things life threw my way. Sorry I haven’t written in a while.

One of my favorite places to ride in the Fall is Waldo Lake.

Waldo Lake is one of the clearest lakes in the world. Waldo is an amazing place to view from its shores or campgrounds, but to mountain bike around Waldo adds a whole new experience. The ride is longer than you would think. The ride is about 22 miles with a fair amount of short roller climbs. The trail’s elevation is at around 6,000 feet. Many people think they can whip around Waldo in an hour or two, which is not true for the average rider. I think the fastest people I know can knock out Waldo in around 2 ½ hours. The fastest I have done it was 4 hours, but then again I still like to ride Waldo and enjoy the views too. Most times I ride Waldo it takes 5-6 hours, which includes snack breaks and sightseeing stops.

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Finding The Hidden Treasure of Oregon's Coast

November 15, 2007

Photo: Dawn & Brad, and their dogs Timmy and Buddy
Photos by Dawn Tryon

By Dawn Tryon

Oregon's spectacular coastline is haunted by tales of ghastly shipwrecks, haunted light houses, and tall tales of treasure stashed away never to be found again. Some of those stories center on Neahkahnie Mountain, which just lies north of the coastal hamlet of Mazanita. A local Native American legend tells of several ships that wrecked nearby sometime in the 1600's, long before the intrepid explorers Lewis and Clark arrived. Those claims have been validated with the discovery of several blocks of beeswax destined for Catholic missions that washed ashore over a half-century ago. The wax itself was traced back to the Spanish sailing ships that plied the waters off of Oregon's coast between the 1600-1800, which leads one to believe that perhaps these legends of treasure might actually be true. One myth in particular speaks of a chest of gold coins that was buried and long forgotten somewhere on the mountain. No one has ever found it, yet treasure hunters still keep the hope alive that one day the precious trove is rediscovered.

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Pure Pleasure...A Relaxing Hike 10 Minutes Outside of Eugene

November 14, 2007

Photo by Donna Compton

By Andrea Hartman

If you’re like me, it’s easy to fall into the mindset that finding time for a fun outdoor adventure on a weeknight just seems impossible. But at the challenge of my ever-adventurous mother, my theory was put to test. She told me to be in my hiking gear and on my porch by 5:15 p.m., and she’d be there to whisk me off to Spencer’s Butte for an evening hike.

Fortunately for us, living in the Willamette Valley (namely Eugene), means a beautiful hike in the woods is just a hop and a skip away. Up, up, up the road roared my mom’s Trailblazer as we traveled a mere 10 minutes from where I live (in the middle of town!) to the Spencer Butte Trailhead. It was an excellent fall evening, clear and beautiful, a fact reflected in the full parking lot.

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A Trip to Hood River's Hops Festival

November 13, 2007

By Amy Nyberg

The Fourth Annual Hood River Hops Festival on Oct. 6th was the perfect way to spend a Saturday. Coming from Portland we headed east on I-84 down the Columbia River Gorge. This is a terrific drive anytime of the year, but especially in the fall when all the colors are changing. What makes the Columbia River Gorge great is that there are so many things to see and do. Multnomah Fallsis a sight not-to-be-missed in the Gorge with a nice hike to the top of the falls (about 1.2 miles one way). Bridal Veil Falls, Vista House, Rooster Rock State Park and other amazing sights are great places to stop while traveling the Gorge.

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Celebrate Wordstock This Weekend!

November 9, 2007

Looking for a cool, only-in-Oregon type event this three-day weekend? How about Wordstock?! Featuring readings by over 250 authors, poets and Northwest writing legends, as well as panels on every conceivable subject, writing workshops, private dinners with authors, a two-day book fair, children's readings and activities, music and more, Wordstock, is Oregon's ode to the written word.

A Trek Through McMinnville and Dayton With Travel Oregon's International Department

November 6, 2007

By Carina Reed

Good food, great camaraderie, and fly fishing…can you think of a better way to spend part of the day? Recently, five of my colleagues and I had the opportunity to experience all of that.

We started our afternoon with lunch at the Paragon Room at McMenamins Hotel Oregon. Hotel Oregon is a fabulous, historic four-story brick building built in 1905, located in the heart of Oregon’s wine country in downtown McMinnville. The Paragon Room features two large superbly handcrafted pool tables and saucer-shaped light fixtures complete with blinking lights above each table. The fixtures are incorporated within the décor to honor the annual UFO Festival that takes place every May. The UFO Festival began as a tribute to the famous 1950 Trent sighting in which two locals photographed a UFO in McMinnville.

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What's Going On In Oregon This November?

This month in Oregon we’re thankful for a lot of things, including Oregon cuisine, the holidays and you!

Celebrate Thanksgiving weekend in wine country, browse through our holiday gift guide, and spoil your friends and family with our chocolaty recipe of the month.

And be sure to join us as we do a little "snow dance", in anticipation of the upcoming ski season.

See you in Oregon, where we’re shopping for a new snowboard.

~The Editors

P.S. Tell us how we're doing!

A Night of Fantastic Italian Cuisine in Sisters, Oregon

November 1, 2007

By Leigh Brown
Leigh's Wine Buzz

I lived in Florence, Italy, one summer in college, learning about art and culture. Study soon dropped low on the totem pole when I discovered Italian food and wine. On weekend trips to small restaurants in Tuscany and other parts of Italy, we feasted on boar, pasta, rabbit and rich desserts, washing it all down with Grappa and Limoncello.

During too many trips daily to the gellateria down the street from our pensione, I closed my eyes from the sheer joy of hazelnuts, melon, strawberry and coconut in cream. At summer’s end, though ready to go home, I despaired that I might never taste such exquisite food again. A food-fussy child, I had never imagined eating rabbit, especially since I had a pet one. Italy was an awakening.

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