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Oregon Winter: Ready or Not?     


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Winter Wetlands W Eugene Wetland Ed Center    

Winter Wetlands      

Photo: West Eugene Wetlands Education Center

Oregon Road Trip

Skis, Boots, Poles?

Bend's Old Mill District      

 

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Oregon's Snow-Play Checklist

For many, the day after Thanksgiving is the start of the holiday shopping frenzy. For hard core Road Trippers, however, Black Friday marks the start of ski season and back-country exploits. That is, if the weather cooperates.

News from Ski Oregon: Matt Zaffino, chief meteorologist at KGW NewsChannel 8 in Portland and avid back-country skier, reports, "I won't be surprised if it's a slow start to Cascade snow pack. Skiing by Thanksgiving? Could go either way. But Christmas and beyond should be epic." This is bad news/good news for anxious snow hounds. We can only cross our fingers, look to the skies, and wait. When the snow does fly in Oregon, you'll find epic opportunities to rip, glide, sled and ski and shoe. Some ideas: READ MORE  

 

 Photo:  Valorie Webster

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Featured Events  

A Toast to the Bounty of the Season

Thanksgiving Wine Tastings

November 24-27  

 

 Love to Know GourmetOregon's marquis grape, the plump and happy pinot noir, has ushered in a a post-prohibition Oregon wine craze. Oregon boasts wineries with the sophistication of France combined with the state's signature welcome sign. West to east, north to south, Oregon wineries are opening their cellars this Thanksgiving for special tasting events. Those venturing on the Oregon wine trail this holiday season have much to be thankful for.  READ MORE
Photo: Love to Know Gourmet

   

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Travel Resources

  

Willamette Valley Visitor Assn

Oregon Wine Board 

Ski Oregon 

Oregon Ski Resorts 

Photo: Willamette Valley Visitors Association 

 

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YakTrax 2011

Snow, mud, ice, slush: 'Tis the season for sloppy and slippery weather conditions. If you're going to be participating in outdoor activities (like walking around town or traipsing through the forest) you may want to protect your footing. Try YakTrax outdoor performance footcare ... if you're really going places and don't want to end up on your rear end instead.

 

Featured Factoid 
 
    Oregon Pinot Noir 
Pinot Noir Grapes Wiki
Did you know?

The United States has increasingly become a major pinot noir producer, with some of the best regarded coming from the Willamette Valley in Oregon.   The name is derived from the French words for "pine" and "black" alluding to the grape variety's tightly clustered dark purple pine cone-shaped bunches of fruit.

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Road Tripper E-Report # 117·  November 14, 2011