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Apr 16, 2010
Environment
I came across this sound bite posted by the good folks over at OPB’s Oregon Field Guide earlier this week and thought it made for an interesting note to end the week on. The recording, which was...
Apr 14, 2010
Events
Just a quick reminder, we’re just about two weeks away from the Banff Mountain Film Festival rolling into town. Screenings are being held at the Bagdad Theater April 27-29.
Shocker: this fest...
Apr 12, 2010
SOME CONSIDER IT A RITE OF PASSAGE: venturing away from home for the first time to the wooded grounds of summer camp—complete with screened-in cabins, an A-frame rec hall and a fleet of canoes—and...
Apr 9, 2010
Mountain Biking
Earlier this week I posted a four-point plan for getting over the fact Portland’s no longer the top-ranked cycling city (According to Bicycling Magazine, that honor now belongs to Minneapolis.)...
Apr 9, 2010
Weekend Plans
Take it to the Bank The 4th Annual Full Sail Banked Slalom gets underway on Saturday up at Mount Hood Meadows. Just what is a banked slalom you ask? Think Boardercross (skiers too!) like in the...
Apr 8, 2010
Preview
Quick: what cinematic calling card do Paul Newman, Tommy Lee Jones, and Pierce Brosnan all have in common? [Cue Jeopardy tune.]
If you guessed camping it up in disaster movies, specifically ones...
Apr 7, 2010
So if you haven’t heard yet, Portland was knocked off its lofty perch as America’s top biking city yesterday. That’s right. According to Bicycling Magazine the fairer half of the twin-cities,...
Apr 6, 2010
Environment
When it comes to nabbing endorsements on being Oregon’s next governor, John Kitzhaber and his cowboy boots appear more like leather-clad steamrollers. In the past couple of weeks, he’s smashed his...
Apr 2, 2010
Get Out
Can it The snow is going off on Hood. And so are the deals. Today at Skibowl, a donation of four canned goods nets you a free lift ticket. The donations benefit Portland Police Bureau’s Sunshine...
Apr 1, 2010
Tips
There are lots of rumors circulating around the blogosphere today. (If you haven’t heard, the US Outdoor Store has reportedly purchased Mount Hood.) But here’s a cold hard truth: all that deep...
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