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• B SECTION • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2021
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Powered by paws: Dog-sledding,
skijoring are fun for both parties
Witt, Claire Mardesich,
Sheryl O’Rourke and
Sno-parks are known
Jane Devlin, along
for trails where outdoor
with their 20-plus Si-
enthusiasts can nordic
berian huskies, went to
ski, snowshoe, snow-
ride the snowy trails of
TRAILS
mobile and fly down a
Wanoga Sno-park.
hill in a tube .
“I’ve been doing it for about
Activities such as dog-sledding 11 years,” said Witt, working
and skijoring? Not so much.
through the steps of getting her
Those on the snowmobile
wooden sled ready for a 15-
trails may need to keep an eye
mile ride through Wanoga with
out for a fleet of dogs, or just
her dogs howling with excite-
one, pulling someone grinning
ment in the background. “It was
ear-to-ear through the forest
something I wanted to try . I love
behind a sled or on skis. A fond being outdoors and being with
activity for mushers and dogs
dogs that are doing things that
alike.
they love to do.”
Wednesday afternoon, Selina
Dog sleds can ride on all
BY BRIAN RATHBONE
The Bulletin
the snowmobile trails, most
of which the Moon Country
Snowbusters groom. Wanoga
has easy access to the trails,
open space and trees to connect
the sleds while setting up. Not
all the sno-parks have the same
ease of access, Witt said.
Other sno-parks where dog-
driven rides can speed down
snowy trails include Kapka, Ed-
ison Butte and Dutchman Flats
around Bend, along with Cres-
cent Lake and Junction near
Crescent, Upper Three Creek
and Lower Three Creek in Sis-
ters and 10 Mile and 6 Mile in
south Deschutes County.
Selina Witt harnesses one of her sled dogs before a run Wednesday at Wanoga Sno-park.
See Dogs / B9
Dean Guernsey/The Bulletin
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ce to ride
A mountain biker rides a section of trail at the Radlands in Redmond.
Redmond
Radlands
offer a mountain
biking option for
the winter with
plenty of technical
riding challenges
BY MARK MORICAL
The Bulletin
REDMOND — The wind
whipped fiercely across the High
Desert as I negotiated a seemingly
endless series of flat rocks along
the trail.
Mountain biking in the winter-
time in Central Oregon is not with-
out its difficulty. Brisk tempera-
tures, and icy, snowy and muddy
terrain can make for grueling out-
ings on the trails.
But at the Redmond Radlands,
add a significant amount of tech-
nical lava rock to that list of chal-
lenges.
The Radlands include about 10
miles of looped singletrack trails in
northeast Redmond. Lava rock is
incorporated creatively into much
of the singletrack, designed by vol-
unteers with the Central Oregon
Trail Alliance. The Radlands is the
ideal place to develop technical
See Radlands / B10
Mark Morical/Bulletin file photo
A mountain biker tackles a rocky,
technical section in the trail network.
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riding skills on terrain that is
quite different from most
other bike trails in Cen-
tral Oregon. It is also a
perfect winter option
when other trails near
Bend are still mired in
snow or ice.
On Tuesday, I made
the drive from Bend to
Redmond to explore the
Radlands.
Ryan Brennecke/Bulletin file photo
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