Author – The Durango Herald

Snowshoeing offers solitude, if snow is around

BEND, Ore. (AP) – First of all, I must admit that I have never snowshoed simply for the sake of snowshoeing. Until earlier this month, my only snowshoeing experience was as a mean...

DATE: Feb 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Riding the cone

Snowriders descend on Oregon’s Mount Bachelor for early-season turns

DATE: Dec 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Advances in fit, technology boost helmet use on ski slopes

BEND, Ore. (AP) – They come in nearly every color scheme imaginable, from camouflage to bright pink. Most skiers and snowboarders on the slopes are wearing them, and if you’re not, well, you...

DATE: Nov 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

A ride that deserves to be called ‘epic’

BEND, Ore. (AP) – “Dude, it was epic!” How many times have you heard that in a local brewpub or maybe just walking down a street? A search of www.urbandictionary.com gi...

DATE: Oct 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Hike offers stunning views of Cascades

BEND, Ore. (AP) – Running across a strip of dirt through a green meadow high atop a ridge, and surrounded by snow-striped mountains, I startled a throng of small birds that flew up from the ...

DATE: Sep 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Trail system near Portland offers hours and hours of thrills

BRIGHTWOOD, Ore. (AP) – After nearly an hour of climbing up the paved Homestead Road, I began to wonder what I was getting myself into. This was my first visit to the popular Sand...

DATE: Sep 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Riding the Radlands

Mountain bikers can work on skills on central Oregon track

DATE: May 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Oregon mountain biker headed for epic race in Africa

BEND, Ore. (AP) – It has been called the Tour de France of mountain bike stage races. The eight-day Cape Epic in South Africa spans nearly 500 miles and includes 50,000 feet of elevation gai...

DATE: Mar 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Central Oregon offers fall, winter fishing

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (AP) – The stream was so packed with anglers, I scarcely could find my own rock to stand on. Dozens of fishermen lined the banks of the Crooked River south of Pri...

DATE: Nov 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

2-wheelin’ on a famed Cascades singletrack

MCKENZIE BRIDGE, Ore. (AP) – It might be the most thrilling, most scenic trail in Oregon – perhaps even in the entire Northwest. But the 26½-mile-long McKenzie River National Recr...

DATE: Aug 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Awesome riding, scenic views on Oregon trail system

SISTERS, Ore. (AP) – Every time I make the trip to the Peterson Ridge Trail system, I end up wondering why I don’t ride there more often. Sure, hundreds of miles of singletrack ex...

DATE: May 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Outdoors