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• B SECTION • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2021
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BY BRIAN RATHBONE
The Bulletin
Less than a mile apart, Kapka
Sno-park and Vista Butte Sno-
park are two of the smaller,
lesser known sno-parks in the
TRAILS
Deschutes National Forest.
The two parks serve as gateways to fun east
of Mount Bachelor. Kapka has access to the
snowmobiling trails, while Vista Butte has
cross-country skiing and snowshoeing trails.
The recent snow dump in Central Ore-
gon had Chris Clute of Sunriver itching to fire
up his snowmobile and cruise along atop the
freshly fallen powder — his go-to spot is Kapka.
We just like to get out, get some exercise and
get out in the snow and have fun,” Clute said.
Standing at 5,900 feet in elevation, Kapka is
the second-highest sno-park along the Cas-
cade Lakes Highway corridor, which means it
can stay open longer for snow activities, said
Jean Nelson-Dean of the Deschutes National
Forest. It stays open almost as long as the pop-
ular Dutchman Sno-Park.
See Kapka / B9
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
The sun begins to set Jan. 23 as a snowmobiler
rides back to the Kapka Butte Sno-park.
Central Oregon
Sportsman Show
is a go this year
BY MICHAEL KOHN
The Bulletin
BY DAVID JASPER • The Bulletin
ABOVE:
Kaloo the dog
heads down
the steep path
directly below
the west rim
of Hole-in-
the-Ground,
a maar crater
southeast of
La Pine.
David Jasper/
The Bulletin
A
fter I told my editor I was planning to make the just-over-an-hour
drive from Bend to Hole-in-the-Ground last Friday, she mentioned
that “ these names crack me up.”
With good reason. The day before, we’d been discussing some of
these out-east names, which taken together are, well, very literal.
Descriptive, yes, but literal: Whoever named Hole-in-the-Ground,
a maar crater formed during the Pleistocene e poch, probably didn’t win a ribbon
for creativity on the last day of Place-Naming Camp.
Less than 10 miles away is Fort Rock, which is a rock formation that resembles,
yes, a fort, towering above the High Desert floor less than 10 miles away. There’s
another maar crater across state Highway 31 named Big Hole, which is larger but
more eroded than Hole-in-the-Ground. About 32 miles to the east of Fort Rock
is Crack in the Ground, a volcanic fissure that resembles a — well, we’ll give you
three guesses.
See Ground / B10
The annual Central Oregon Sportsman
Show, which last year was canceled at the last
minute due to the sudden closures of the first
wave of COVID-19, is scheduled to operate
March 11-14.
In order to comply with COVID-19 guide-
lines on limiting the number of people in-
doors, the show is planned to have different
time slots for entry, according to Joe Brennan,
sales associate for O’Loughlin Trade Shows,
which is organizing the event.
The Sportsman Show is a family-friendly
event that features boats, RVs, camping and
hunting equipment, and fishing gear. Activi-
ties include a fishing pool where kids can cast
a line.
Tickets for the show will be sold online only,
said Brennan, in order to limit contact between
individuals.
“It has been a long summer and fall work-
ing with the authorities but we are persevering
and as a result, we are doing our shows,” said
Brennan.
The Sportsman Show is held at the De-
schutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond.
Tickets are available at: thesportshows.com/
shows/central-oregon.
Please visit
FaithHopeandCharityEvents.com to sign up
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