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Guided hikes and snowshoe trips geared toward those age 50 and older
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| Three to four trips each week, Monday through Saturday, to various beautiful and
interesting trails in Central Oregon. All trips are led by a trained
guide/naturalist. Hiking trips are 2.5 to 9 miles; snowshoe trips 1.5 to 6 miles; each trip is rated as easy, intermediate, or advanced according to length, elevation gain and terrain. The Striders' hiking season begins May 1, 2010; hiking orientations are scheduled for late April, early May & early June. Six 2-to-3-day overnight hiking trips are on the summer schedule for you to choose from, too! Shoot us an email if you'd like to sign up for the Striders' email announcements. (The Striders' office is closed from March 1 to April 21.) Come Out & Enjoy Central Oregon's Spring Wonders with Us!
• A raven harassing an eagle in the crystalline blue skies over Lake Billy Chinook at the Cove Palisades State Park. • Whole hillsides covered in brilliant golden Arrow-Leafed Balsam Root flowers at the Cove Palisades State Park. • Listening to the spring bubble from Alder Springs to water the Red Oster Dogwood in flower on the Alder Springs trail in the Crooked River National Grasslands. • Downy woodpeckers tapping away on the trees overlooking the tumbling falls on Fall River at Lapine State Park. • Prarie falcons flyingin circles above their nest on the wall of the volcanic marr, "the Rock," at Ft. Rock Oregon while a herd of antelope graze in the crop circle nearby. • Shooting stars, wild onions, yellow bells and slopes covered with phlox flowers on the Grey Butte trail. We look forward to getting into the great outdoors with you!
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It
is not required that you be over 50 to participate in Silver Striders'
trips, but most of us are, and delighted to be!