Best For: Multisport junkies with a taste for microbrews
Executive summary by darmansjah
While Bend itself may lack the cozy, world-unto-itself feel of small ski
towns, it makes up for it with lodging options for any budget, a stupendous
selection of hip restaurants, and nine microbreweries within walking distance
of each other in the city’s downtown (there’s a reason it’s called “Beervana”).
Bachelor keeps the lifts running through Memorial Day, so if you come anytime
after mid-winter you can ski up on the mountain in the morning and hike or
mountain bike in the lowlands in the afternoon.
Ask a Local
Twenty-year Bend local Gerry Lopez, formerly of Hawaii, is
one of the most famous surfers in the world and a surfboard manufacturer,
writer, and motivational speaker. A dedicated snowboarder, Lopez moved here
because of Bachelor’s snowboarding terrain. Here are his recommendations.
Best Digs
Budget: Rainbow Motel
Swank: The Mountain Suites at the Oxford Hotel
Best Eats
Cheap: Parilla Grill
Gourmet: The Blacksmith Restaurant
Best After-Ski Party Spot
Deschutes Brewery
Best Rest-Day Activity
Shopping at the Old Mill District or yoga at one of Bend’s many good studios
Bend’s Classic Ski Run
Thunderbird under the Pine Marten Express chairlift
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