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Trees and Icicles at Crescent Lake
Photo by Aurora Belfanti
Absolutely breathtaking!
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Road Trip
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Comfort Meets AdventureWinter at Crescent Lake Resort
"Whatever you do, stay on the groomed trail. Or this is going to get ugly."
This was the advice from our snowmobile guide, Jess Meyer, who had no intention of spending his day digging neophytes like my family out of snowdrifts. It had dumped about a foot of fresh and fluffy powder over night and, while the day was bright and beautiful, our goal was to skirt the perimeter of Crescent Lake - 14 miles - before the cocktail hour. There was no time to lose.
Crescent Lake Resort makes a dandy launching pad for winter recreation. Ten miles from the Willamette Pass Ski Resort, and nestled in the Deschutes National Forest, countless trails fan out from the resort and into the hinterlands. More popular with the motorized crowd, Nordic skier and snowshoers can always find quiet trails to explore along the lake. READ MORE
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Featured Events
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 Crescent Lake Challenge
January 16
Freestyle ski race and citizen tour on groomed trails and rolling hills around scenic Crescent Lake, in the central Cascades. READ MORE Post your own event on the Oregon Lakes & Rivers website. It's free!
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Featured Gear
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 I keep wondering how small LED flashlights can get while still producing a good beam of light. I was very impressed with Essential Gear's new Jolt USB Mini Light. At only 2 inches long and weighing in at just 0.6 ounces, this 0.5 watt LED has a brightness of 25 lumens and can cast a beam up to 30 feet. The rechargeable lithium battery recharges in any USB output device such as your PC and has a run time of over two hours per charge. READ MORE
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Photo Contest
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Win a free trip to the Lodge at Summer Lake or a pair of binoculars
 Oregon Lakes & Rivers magazine is giving away a FREE $750 trip to the Lodge at Summer Lake on Oregon's Outback Scenic Highway to the winner of the (Live) Bird Hunting Photo Contest. Great prizes will also be awarded to the first two runners-up. Winning entries will be posted on the home page of the Oregon Lakes & Rivers website. All honorable mention entries will be posted on the Oregon Lakes & Rivers blogspot. To Enter: Submit your photo/s of birds, bird dogs, hunters and/or landscapes by January 15, 2011 via email in low-resolution jpeg file/s. (Limit: 5 images per entrant and no dead bird photos, please.) Winners and runners up will be announced on theOregon Lakes & Rivers website on or before February 1, 2011. CONTEST GUIDELINES
Photo of Dennis Shaw and Zo, by Gary Pearl Photography
Enter to win a trip to Summer Lake Lodge, binoculars from Alpen Optics & more.
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