Outside Features
As pandemic restrictions continue, Oregon's biggest ski resort plans for reservation-only parking, limited indoor amenities for the winter season
The shutdowns around COVID-19 forced Mt. Bachelor to close operations entirely for a time in the spring. Since then, the resort has been open for mountain biking and its new zipline activities throughout the summer—with many new health and safety guidelines in place.
By Nicole Vulcan
Sep 23, 2020
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Here are some places to donate to firefighters, evacuees
The Lionshead Fire on Mt. Jefferson and the Warm Springs Indian Reservation is the largest fire burning in Central Oregon—while at the same time, at least a dozen other fires have destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least 10 people. Another 22 are still missing.
By Nicole Vulcan
Sep 16, 2020
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Outside Features
The installation of a rebar ladder on a popular wall prompts
new rules for climbing hardware at Smith Rock
As rock climbing has taken off and rock gyms have skyrocketed in popularity, the number of visitors to Smith Rock State Park has doubled over the last decade, park managers say. Today, fixed hardware, or "bolts," fill its rock faces.
By Hanna Merzbach
Sep 9, 2020
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Upcoming running events in Oregon and virtual runs from anywhere
Race season hasn't totally stopped; in fact, it's only kind of getting started. This year we've seen racing directors all over the country implement virtual run designs to help limit contact between runners.
By Isaac Biehl
Sep 2, 2020
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Pack some snacks, grab a blanket and head down for a nostalgic night of fun under the stars.
Update: 9/11/20: BendFilm's screening of "I am Not Your Negro" has been canceled due to wildfire smoke. Stay tuned for updates on other cancellations.
By Cayla Clark
Sep 2, 2020
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Bend-based team talks about their adventures in "The World's Toughest Race"
Amazon Prime's "World's Toughest Race" opens with Bear Grylls hanging on a helicopter, hovering over the jungles of Fiji as he narrates about the tough terrain of the land below. "Steep mountains, sheer cliffs and miles and miles of dense tropical jungle," he describes.
By Isaac Biehl
Aug 26, 2020
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Natural World
A new Eurasian eagle-owl is turning heads at the Sunriver Nature Center
There is no larger owl on the European continent than the Eurasian Eagle-owl, Bubo bubo. You have to travel several thousand miles to see one in the wild.
By Jim Anderson
Aug 19, 2020
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