BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1583@1859oregonmagazine.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180121T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180121T000000 DTSTAMP:20180206T204403Z URL:https://1859oregonmagazine.com/events/ski-with-a-ranger-at-mt-bachelor -2018-01-21/ SUMMARY:Ski with a Ranger at Mt. Bachelor DESCRIPTION:Discover Your Forest\, in collaboration with the Deschutes Nati onal Forest and Mt. Bachelor Ski Area\, will begin their annual interpreti ve snow tours in the next few weeks.\n\nBeginning December 16\, 2017 visit ors to the Mt. Bachelor Ski Area can go on a snowshoe tour with a ranger\, then on January 6th\, 2018 visitors can ski or snowboard Mt. Bachelor slo pes with a ranger\, or chat with a roving ranger around Mt. Bachelor. All interpretive programs focus on the ecology\, geology and wildlife of the C ascades.\n\nOn weekends beginning Saturday\, January 6th\, 2018 and runni ng through Saturday\, March 25th\, 2018 an interpretive ski and snowboard tour will be offered on Mt. Bachelor’s groomed runs. The tour\, which la sts an hour\, begins at the top of the Pine Marten lift at 2 p.m. Particip ants are responsible for having lift tickets and appropriate equipment\, a s well as\, basic riding skills. In addition\, skiers and snowboarders wil l find interpretive rangers roving between Outback and Sunrise Express lif ts ready to answer questions.\n\nSnow conditions permitting\, snowshoe pro grams will start Saturday\, December 16\, 2017 and run through Saturday\, March 31\, 2018. Interested participants will meet at the Forest Service s nowshoeing hut located at Mt. Bachelor’s West Village at 10 a.m. and 1:3 0 p.m. on weekends and school break week days with the exception of Christ mas and New Year’s Day. Tours last 90 minutes and snowshoes are provided for the tour. No prior experience is needed. Participants must be 10 year s or older and should dress appropriately for cold weather.\n\nWhile both programs are free\, a donation of $5 is suggested to help non-profit Disco ver Your Forest continue to provide educational programing and volunteer s upport to the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and the Crooked River National Grassland.\n\nReservations are not required for individual partic ipants. Group tours for schools\, youth or other organizations may be sche duled for weekdays.\n\nIf you have any questions\, please contact Karen Ge ntry\, Discover Your Forest’s director of education at (541) 383-4771\, Stacey Cochran\, DYF’s Volunteer and Event Coordinator or (541) 383-5530 or check the Snowshoe/Ski with a Ranger Hotline at (541) 383-4055 for up- to-date tour information.\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://1859oregonmagazine.com/wp-content/upload s/2017/12/skiwitharanger1-768x576.jpg LOCATION:Top of Pine Martin Lift at Mt. Bachelor\, 13000 Century Drive\, Be nd \, Oregon\, 97701\, United States GEO:44.00294299999999;-121.67812800000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=13000 Century Drive\, Bend \, Oregon\, 97701\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Top of Pine M artin Lift at Mt. Bachelor:geo:44.00294299999999,-121.67812800000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR