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Geocaching in Central Oregon: Picnic at Hanging Rock
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On the ridge above Smith Rock State Park

 

Hanging Rock

 

Turf farms below the hills

 

An interesting boulder, but a long way from the rig

 

The high desert

 

From near the top, about 1,600 feet up

 

Steep loose volcanic slopes

 

A snow squall about to strike us

 

Snowing in Redmond

 

A steep climb down into the valley behind Smith Rock

 

The Burma Road tops out on the ridge in the background

 

Roosting above Smith Rock

 

More snow coming!

 

Where did we park the car?

 

Overlooking Smith Rock

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  FREE SEMINARS
Becoming an Outdoors Woman learning backcountry navigation in La Pine Oregon
Snow camping from bivy to base camp
Map, compass and GPS navigation training Noodle in The Badlands
Snow climbing training with Mountain Link
Ice axe self belay and self arrest seminar
Traditional snow climbing training: snow anchors and rappels
Glacier travel and crevasse rescue seminar
Bend High invites an old traditional mountain climber
A Navigation Noodle in the Badlands with ONDA
A free guided tour of The Badlands with ONDA
Wilderness Navigation Noodle Seminar
A Sunriver thank you 

  GEOCACHING
I-Butte Cache on the summit of Black Butte
Geocaching the Top of Black Crater
Belknap Crater in the Mt. Washington Wilderness
Tam McArthur Rim
Geocaching into the Hole of Inaccessibility
Three Buttes Cache
Trail to Flat Iron in The Badlands near Bend
Picnic at Hanging Rock above Smith Rock
Geocaching with Z21 News with Molly Graham in the high desert

  ENVIRONMENTAL
Photos of the Alvord Desert side of the Steens WSA in eastern Oregon
Access Fund's Adopt-A-Crag event at Meadow Crags on the Deschutes River near Bend Oregon
USFS Trail Crew builds a log bridge over Fall Creek near the Green Lakes Trail Head
Photos of Central Oregon from an ultralight aircraft
Weather Spotting during an Oklahoma spring
ONDA's Wilderness inventory of BLM area near Juntura in eastern Oregon
USFS Five Buttes Healthy Forest fire reduction program in Central Oregon
Bob McGown, AAC Section Chair, builds a telescope pad at Pine Mountain Observatory
Becoming an Outdoors Woman classes in LaPine, Oregon with the ODFW
Pulling barbed wire fence at the Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge with ONDA
A tour of the aftermath of the B & B forest fire with the Sierra Club
Adopt-a-Road with TraditionalMountaineering
The Bend Bicycle Festival 2004
Wolves introduced to the High Desert Museum
Twenty old growth Juniper stolen from The Badlands WSA   More information
A sustainable way to use feathers to adorn my lady
ODFW clinic - Becoming an Outdoors Woman
Dutch Oven cooking at GI Joes parking lot in Bend Oregon
President Bush holds photo opportunities
Trail Crew builds a log bridge over Spring Creek
Sierra Club holds a Christmas party
Tour fire ravaged Davis Lake
IMBA helps COTA build trails
South Sister climbers trail relocated
President Bush hopes no child will be left behind
Adopt-A-Highway with TraditionalMountaineering
Department of Inferior dumps wilderness protection
An ODFW juvenile steelhead sampling project near John Day, Oregon
The ODFW juvenile steelhead survey in the stream
Owyhee Canyon wilderness study area in south east Oregon
ONDA's Owyhee wilderness inventory camp near Rome, Oregon
Touring The Badlands with ONDA
Riverfest river cleanup in Bend Oregon
USFS Mud Bog poster
A Pay to Play bust
President Bush reassures us that SUVs do not damage the environment!
President Bush overlooking the environment
Al Gore and his young son summit Mt. Rainier
Fee Demo demonstration in Central Oregon

  CASCADES SUMMITS
Photos of a South Sister snow-climb in June 2006
Photos of Central Oregon from an ultralight aircraft
Views of the Oregon Cascades in the summer and fall
Views of the Cascades from the ridge above Three Creek Lake
Summits of the Oregon Cascades from Tumalo Mountain in February 2005
A snowshoe summit of Vista Butte off Cascades Lakes Highway near Bend, OR
Mt. Bachelor, the Three Sisters and Broken Top
Photos of the Three Sisters Wilderness Summits form Sparks Lake
Geocaching the Top of Black Crater
Overlooking the Three Sisters from Mt. Bachelor   
Three Sisters summits  
Scott shares his summits of Middle Sister and Mt. Thielsen