B2 THE BULLETIN • FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2021
CONDITIONS REPORT
Hiking, fishing, camping south of Bend
EVENTS
While the forecast this weekend looks a little on the damp side,
Daily tours
• Lava Cave Tours: A guided tour of a local lava tube exploring the
geologic and human history as well as the ecology of the cave; 9 a.m.,
1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.; $65 to $90; Wanderlust Tours, 61535 S. Highway 97,
Bend; wanderlusttours.com or 541-389-8359.
• Brews & Views Kayak Tour: A naturalist-guided tour paddling on a lake
in the Cascades with a local microbrew or root beer to enjoy afterward;
1:30-5:30 p.m.; $65 to $95; Wanderlust Tours, 61535 S. Highway 97, Bend;
wanderlusttours.com or 541-389-8359
• Central Oregon Volcano Tour: Explore the Newberry Caldera with a
naturalist guide around Paulina Lake; 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. or 2-6 p.m.; $70
to $95; Wanderlust Tours, 61535 S. Highway 97, Bend; wanderlusttours.
com or 541-389-8359
• Cascade Lakes Canoe or Kayak Tour: Paddle around one of the
mountain lakes with a naturalist guide; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. or 2-6 p.m.; $70 to
$95; Wanderlust Tours, 61535 S. Highway 97, Bend; wanderlusttours.com
or 541-389-8359
• Starlight & Moonlight Canoe Tours: Watch twilight descend over
the Cascades and enjoy a clear starry night while paddling on one of
the mountain lakes; 8 p.m.-midnight; $100; Wanderlust Tours, 61535 S.
Highway 97, Bend; wanderlusttours.com or 541-389-8359
there’s still a chance of getting outside to play.
Head south of Bend toward the lush forests or to the arid ancient lake
beds of Lake County for some solitude, whichever terrain you’re into.
For a full list of conditions updated regularly, please visit
centraloregonexplore.com.
Open; patchy snow likely
• Paulina Falls Picnic and
Trailhead: Open; deadfall
possible
• Paulina Lake Day Use:
Open
• Paulina Lake Loop Trail:
Open; snow free and clear
• Peter Skene Ogden
Trailhead: Open; Paulina
Creek restoration in
progress, use caution to
avoid machinery
• Rosary Lakes Trailhead:
Open; deep snow near
the lake
• Simax North and South
Beach area: Open
• Six Lakes Trailhead: Open;
moderate deadfall with
snow on higher portions
of trail
• Slough Day Use: Open
• South Twin Day Use —
Launch: Open
• Summit Lake: Open; likely
patchy to deep snow
• Sun Lava Trailhead: Open;
heavy use on weekends
• Sunset View Day Use:
Open
• Ten Mile Trailhead: Open
• Tenino Boating Site:
Open
• Tandy Bay Picnic Area:
Open
• Tranquil Cove Day Use:
Open
• Wake Butte Trailhead:
Open; deep snow
• Wickiup Plains Trailhead:
Open; snow
• Winopee Trailhead: Open;
deep snow
HIKING
AND DAY
USE SITES
• NOTE: Many high
elevation trails are open
but are on seasonally
closed or unmaintained
roads and can only be
able to be accessed by
hiking, snowshoeing or
cross country skiing to
the trailheads. The trails
themselves may still be
under deep snow. See
Forest websites for more
details and restrictions.
Deschutes
National Forest
• Benham East Trailhead:
Open
• Benham West Trailhead:
Open
• Bessie Butte Trail: Open
• Big Eddy Day Use: Open
• Big River Boating Site:
Open
• Big Obsidian Flow
Trailhead: Open; deep
snow likely
• Boyd Cave Day Use Area:
Open
• Charlton Lake Trailhead:
Open; likely patchy snow,
light deadfall
• Cinder Hill Day Use: Open
• Coral Swamp Trailhead:
Open; snow
• Crane Prairie Picnic Area:
Open
• Crater Rim Trailhead:
Open; deep snow
• Cultus Lake Day Use
Area: Open
• Deer Lake Trailhead:
Open; deep snow likely
• Dillon Day Use: Open
• Elk Lake Day Use: Open
• Elk Lake Trailhead: Open
• Fall River Headwaters:
Open; snow free and clear
• Horse Butte Trailhead:
Open; snow and deadfall
likely above Swamp Wells
Horse Camp
• Irish and Taylor Lakes
Trailhead: Open; deep
snow likely.
• Lava Butte Interpretation
Viewpoint: Open; shuttle
service begins June 19
• Lava Cast Forest
Trailhead: Open
• Lava Island Day Use:
Open
• Lava Lake Day Use: Open
• Lava Lands: Open; visitor
center open but exhibit
hall and theater room are
closed for 2021
• Lava River Cave —
Show Cave: Open;
limited capacity, gate
may periodically close
to help with attendance
limitations; cave only open
to the halfway point at the
Sand Garden
• Lemish Lake Trailhead:
Open; patchy snow, light
deadfall
• Little Fawn Day Use:
Open
• Lucky Lake Trailhead:
Open; snow free with
light deadfall, deep snow
beyond lake toward
Williamson Mountain
• Many Lakes Trailhead:
Open; patchy snow, light
deadfall
• Meek Lake Trail: Open;
snow likely
• Mirror Lakes: Open; deep
snow
• North Twin Boating Area:
Open
• Osprey Point Day Use:
Fire
restrictions
Fire danger is
currently listed
as High in the
Deschutes and
Ochoco National
Forests. Fire dan-
ger is listed as Low
in the Willamette
National Forest.
Industrial Fire
Precaution Level
is currently at
Level 1 for the
Deschutes and
Ochoco national
forests and the
Prineville District
— Bureau of Land
Management.
Deschutes
National Forest —
Diamond Peak
Wilderness
• Crater Butte Trailhead:
Open; deep snow
• Fawn Lake Trail: Open;
deep snow
• Snell Lake Trail: Open; deep
snow
• Whitefish Creek Trail:
Open; patchy snow
• Yoran Lake Trail: Open;
deep snow
• Stag Lake Trail: Open;
deeps snow
Bureau of Land
Management
• Black Hills ACEC: Open;
climbing and geocaching
are prohibited
• Christmas Valley Sand
Dunes: Open
• Crack-in-the-Ground:
Open
• Derrick Cave: Open
• Fossil Lake ACEC: Open;
motor vehicles and fossil
collecting prohibited
• Green Mountain: Open
• Lost Forest: Open, vehicles
restricted to designated
roads only
Friday 6/11
OREGON
STATE
PARKS
Makenzie Whittle\Bulletin file
Looking west through a notch at the rim
of Fort Rock in 2019.
• Fort Rock State Natural
Area: Open; day-use hours 8
a.m,-8 p.m.; rock scrambling
closed in southeast area to
protect nesting falcons; cave
tours canceled for 2021
• La Pine State Park: Open,
expect reduced services;
meeting hall is closed ;
campfires permitted in
designated rings only, no
charcoal briquettes, candles,
Tiki torches or other devices
that emit flames or embers
• South Shore
Campground: Open
• South Twin Lake
Campground: Open
• Spring Campground:
Open
• Sunset Cove Campground:
Open
• Trapper Creek
Campground: Open
• West South Twin
Campground: Open
• Whitefish Horse Camp:
Open
• Windy Group
Campground: Open
• Wyeth Campground: Open
CAMPING
Deschutes National
Forest
full; kokanee, rainbow and
brown trout, largemouth
bass and catfish; water is low
but boats can be launched
safely; five kokanee per day
in addition to daily trout
limit
• East Lake: Brown trout,
kokanee, rainbow trout,
Atlantic salmon; fair fishing
for trout; fair fishing for
kokanee and browns,
best methods still-fishing,
trolling, fly, jigging and
casting; water level is lower
for this time of year, may be
difficult launching larger
boats
• Paulina Lake: Kokanee,
rainbow and brown trout;
fair to good fishing on bait,
lures and trolling
• North Twin Lake: Rainbow
trout; recently stocked, fair
fishing
• South Twin Lake: Rainbow
trout; recently stocked,
fishing has been good on
bait, lures and flies
• Davis Lake: Water level is
low and it may be difficult to
launch larger boats; rainbow
trout and largemouth bass.
Fly fishing only; fair fishing,
catch and release for trout,
no limit on size or number
for warmwater fish
• Lava Lake: Rainbow trout;
water is off-color, best
methods still-fishing with
bait and fly fishing along
with casting lures towards
banks, good fishing on bait,
flies and trolling
• Little Lava Lake: Rainbow
trout, brook trout and
whitefish; best methods
are bait, lures and flies still-
fished or trolled
• Cultus Lake: Mackinaw,
rainbow and brook trout;
troll depths for mackinaw
and shallower areas for
rainbows
• Hosmer Lake: Brook,
cutthroat and rainbow trout;
fly fishing and catch and
release only with barbless
hooks
• Elk Lake: Brook trout and
kokanee; jigging, still-fishing
and trolling from a boat or
fly fishing are best
• Diamond Lake: trout; all
brown and tiger trout must
be released; trout fishing has
been good on bait, lures and
flies; if you catch one over 20
inches, take it to the marina
to be entered for a raffle
• Crescent Lake: 28%
full; kokanee, mackinaw,
rainbow and brown trout,
whitefish and chub; one
lake trout per day, 24-inch
minimum; fishing is fair;
lake level is extremely
low, developed ramps are
marginal for launching
larger boats
• Waldo Lake: Boating
restricted to electric motors
or non-motorized vessels;
access to the lake is limited
due to snow
• Odell Lake: Lake trout,
kokanee, rainbow trout;
fishing has been good
CYCLING
• Big River Campground:
Open; group camp remains
closed for hazard tree
clean-up
• Blue Bay Campground:
Open
• Bull Bend Campground:
Open
• Cinder Hill Campground:
Open
• Contorta Flat
Campground: Open
• Contorta Point Group
Campground: Open
• Cow Meadow
Campground: Open
• Crane Prairie
Campground: Open
• Crescent Creek
Campground: Open
• Crescent Lake
Campground: Open
• Cultus Corral Horse Camp:
Open
• Cultus Lake Campground:
Open
• East Davis Lake
Campground: Open
• East Lake Campground:
Open
• Elk Lake Campground:
Open
• Fall River Campground:
Open
• Gull Point Campground:
Open
• Little Crater Campground:
Open
• Little Cultus Campground:
Open
• Little Fawn Campground:
Open
• Little Lava Lake: Open
• Mallard Marsh
Campground:Open
• McKay Crossing
Campground: Open
• North Twin Lake
Campground: Open
• Ogden Group
Campground: Open
• Paulina Lake
Campground: Open
• Point Campground: Open
• Prairie Campground: Open
• Princess Creek
Campground: Open
• Pringle Falls Campground:
Open
• Rock Creek Campground:
Open
• Simax Group
Campground: Open
• South Campground: Open
Cascade Lakes
trails
• Edison-Lava: Winter mix,
deadfall reported
• Metolius-Windigo (Todd
Lake and Lava Lake): Deep
snow
Sunriver area trails
• Crater Rim: Deep snow,
deadfall reported
• La Pine State Park: Riding
well, deadfall reported
• Roundabout: Sandy and
loose
• All other trails riding well
Waldo Lake Region
• Cultus Lake Loop: Riding
well
• Maiden Peak: Winter mix;
deadfall reported
• All trails reporting deep
snow
FISHING
• Updated at 8 a.m. June 10
• Middle Deschutes
(Benham Falls to Lake
Billy Chinook): 3,690
cfs; brown trout, rainbow
trout; anglers reporting
good fishing and hatches
are coming out during the
warmest part of the day;
artificial flies and lures only,
no limit on brown trout
• Upper Deschutes at
Benham Falls: 1,580 cfs;
rainbow trout, brown trout;
wild rainbow trout must
be released; fair to good for
brook trout and whitefish
• Fall River: Brook trout,
brown trout, rainbow trout;
river stocked the week of
June 7 with 1,000 trophy
sized trout, fair fishing and
active hatches during the
warmest part of the day;
fly-fishing with barbless
hooks only
• Crane Prairie Reservoir:
86% full; brook trout,
kokanee, largemouth bass,
rainbow trout; good fishing
with fish dispersed; must
release wild rainbow trout
• Wickiup Reservoir: 28%
LA PINE
FRIDAY
• Steelhead Falls Wildflowers: This 4-hour hike will focus on native
plants, including summer wildflowers; 8 a.m.-noon; registration required;
Steelhead Falls Trailhead, River Road, Crooked River Ranch; eventbrite.com
• Happy Hour Trail Ride ‘n Skills: The weekly clinic will work on specific
skills needed for different biking trails including jumps and corners,
technical climbs and descents and more; 4-6 p.m.; $90; new trail each
week, around Bend, Bend; go.evvnt.com/794581-2 or 541-728-7878.
Saturday 6/12
• CORK Saturday Long Run: A weekly group run for all paces. Social
distancing observed at all times, limited to 25 runners; 8-11 a.m.; Thump
Roastery, 549 NW York Drive, Bend; go.evvnt.com/794646-0
• Knapweed Removal Project: Help the Friends and Neighbors of the
Deschutes Canyon Area remove the weed from riparian areas along the
Middle Deschutes River; 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; registration required; 71170 NW
Lower Bridge Way, Terrebonne; eventbrite.com
• Beginner/Intermediate Skills Bike Clinic: The clinic will work on bike
set up and body position then skills in the afternoon including braking,
shifting cornering, switchbacks, wheel lifts and more; 11 a.m.-1 p.m.;
$75; Seventh Mountain Resort, 18575 SW. Century Drive, Bend; go.evvnt.
com/794587-2 or 541-728-7878.
• Jumping Clinic: The clinic will work on the proper understanding of how
to take off, stay balanced in air and land the bike safely; 1:30-3:30 p.m.;
$75; Seventh Mountain Resort, 18575 SW. Century Drive, Bend; go.evvnt.
com/794577-1 or 541-728-7878.
• 5K Walk/Run at Faith Hope & Charity: The 5K through the vineyard will
benefit the Giving Plate; 3-6 p.m.; $35; Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards,
70450 NW Lower Valley Drive, Terrebonne; go.evvnt.com/753892-1 or
916-254-8728.
Sunday 6/13
• Riding Solo — The Volume Goes to 11: The second week in a series
of bike races, participants will have one week to post their best time on
the 11.06-mile loop counterclockwise riding Ben’s Trail, Voodoo, Phil’s,
KGB and Marvin’s Garden; through June 19; $25; Ben’s Trail, Ben’s Trail,
Deschutes County; go.evvnt.com/797232-1 or 541-241-7733.
• FootZone Dirty Half Marathon: The annual half marathon through the
forest will feature food, music and more at the finish line; 7 a.m.-2 p.m.;
$70; Phil’s Trailhead, Bend; go.evvnt.com/738135-1 or 541-317-3568.
• Skills and Ride Clinic: The clinic will start with basic dialing in the bikes
and working on body position before progressing through several more
skills and then hopping on a nearby trail to test out the newly learned
skill; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; $99; Seventh Mountain Resort, 18575 SW. Century
Drive, Bend; go.evvnt.com/794613-2 or 541-728-7878.
Tuesday 6/15
• Crooked River Wetlands Birding: A guided walk through the city park
and an opportunity to learn about Central Oregon birds at the wetlands;
9 a.m.-noon; registration required; Crooked River Wetlands Complex, 4035
NW Rimrock Acres Loop, Prineville; eventbrite.com
Wednesday 6/16
• Willow Springs Restoration: Land Trust restoration specialist Jason
Grant and Mathias Perel from the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council
will give an overview of the upcoming restoration project at the preserve;
noon-1 p.m.; registration required; online; go.evvnt.com/797364-1 or 541-
330-0017.
• Mountain Bike Ride, Metolius Preserve: Jan Zalewski will lead a
6-8 mile beginner/intermediate ride through the preserve following
singletracks and dirt roads, stopping along the way to explore the wildlife
and plant life there; 4-7 p.m.; registration required; Metolius Preserve, SW
Warm Springs Road, Sisters; go.evvnt.com/798333-1 or 541-330-0017.
• Women’s Foundational Skills Bike Clinic: Women new to mountain
biking can learn fundamental skills to feel more confident setting up the
bike, shifting, braking and navigating small trail obstacles; 5:30-7:30 p.m.;
$75; Seventh Mountain Resort, 18575 SW Century Drive, Bend; go.evvnt.
com/794555-2 or 541-728-7878.
• CLBC Bend Brewpub Run: A 3-5 mile group run will start and end at the
brewpub, each runner will receive a half-off voucher for a pint; 5:45-8 p.m.;
Cascade Lakes Brewpub, 1441 SW Chandler Ave., Bend; go.evvnt.
com/794651-0 or 541-388-4998.
Thursday 6/17
• Plein Air Watercolor Painting: Kathleen Riopelle will lead the outing
to the preserve where participants will learn how to use watercolors
responsibly outdoors as well as basic tips and techniques for plein
air painting; 9 a.m.-noon; registration required; Indian Ford Meadow
Preserve, 69700-69714 Indian Ford Road, Sisters; go.evvnt.com/798339-1
or 541-330-0017.
• Beginning Birding with Chuck Gates: Get the basics of birdwatching
with former board member of the Oregon Birding Association and
founding member of the East Cascades Audubon Society in Bend;
6-7 p.m.; registration required; online; go.evvnt.com/797156-1 or 541-
312-1032.
• CORK Thursday Run: A 3-5 mile weekly run along the river trail will
take place. Social distancing must be observed at all times. Limited to 25
runners; 6-8 p.m.; Zpizza Tap Room, 1082 SW. Yates Drive, Bend; go.evvnt.
com/794619-0
• Books in Common NW — ‘Homewaters’ and ‘Rooted’: Naturalist
writers David B. Williams and Lyanada Lynn will discuss their new books
on the cultural and natural history of the waters of Washington state;
6-8 p.m.; registration required; online; go.evvnt.com/798363-1 or 541-
549-0866.
SISTERS
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
FRIDAY
57°/44° 67°/50° 71°/50°
MILES
N
SATURDAY
0
SUNDAY
10
64°/47° 74°/53° 73°/53°
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ELEVATION: 4,236 FEET
ELEVATION: 3,182 FEET
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97
126
Lava Butte
Lake Billy Chinook
Deschutes River
BEND
FRIDAY
Newberry Volcano
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
64°/48° 73/52° 74°/53°
ELEVATION: 3,623 FEET
REDMOND
FRIDAY
97
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
66°/46° 76°/52° 77°/53°
69°/50° 78°/58° 74°/57°
ELEVATION: 3,077 FEET
ELEVATION: 2,242 FEET
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Sources: Accuweather, U.S. Geological Survey
Clarinda Simpson/Bulletin graphic
MADRAS
Smith Rock