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Tetherow Resort
A modern lodge and luxury rental homes wrapped around a links-style course on the southwest edge of town, with mountain views, a pool, and easy access to Mount Bachelor.
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Oregon · Bend
The high desert, planned in full.
The stays, the tables, the rivers and the ridgelines. Every top-rated way to experience Bend, curated and handled by a private concierge.
The destination, curated
Bend sits where the Cascades meet the high desert, with a volcano for a ski hill, a river running through town, and three hundred days of sun. The best of it takes a permit held weeks ahead, a guide who knows the weather, and someone who knows which pass is open.
Ways to experience Bend
Six trips, one place.
Start with the version of Bend you came for. Each is designed end to end, with the activities and stays that fit.
For two
Luxury honeymoon
Settle into a high-desert resort or a downtown boutique, then let someone else carry every reservation between the river and the ridgeline.
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For the whole group
Private family villa
Pools and paved bike paths, multi-bedroom homes with real kitchens, and resort programming when you want it.
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For the active traveler
Adventure & wellness
Bend rewards a rhythm of effort and recovery in the same day.
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For private groups
Private group retreat
Every signature Bend experience has a private-group version. We assemble them into one seamless week.
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For the food-led
Food & chef experience
Bend's food and beer scene is unusually deep for its size. We build the trip around it.
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Mobility-friendly
Accessible luxury
The region's grandest scenery, planned to minimize rough terrain and long transfers.
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Resorts and ranches under the Cascades.
From a golf-and-spa resort on the edge of town to a high-desert guest ranch and a downtown landmark hotel, these are the stays a Bend trip is built around.
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Powell Butte
Brasada Ranch
A high-desert guest ranch of cabins and homes on sweeping ranchland, with a spa, pools, golf, horseback riding, and big Cascade views east of Bend.
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Sunriver
Sunriver Resort
A sprawling year-round resort south of Bend with lodges and homes, multiple pools, the Cove aquatic park, golf, and miles of paved bike paths along the Deschutes.
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Bend
Pronghorn Resort
An upscale high-desert golf resort northeast of town with Nicklaus and Fazio courses, a spa, and suites and homes set among juniper and lava-rock landscapes.
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Downtown Bend
Oxford Hotel Bend
Bend's polished downtown boutique hotel, walkable to the Old Mill and the brewery district, with spacious eco-minded rooms and a well-regarded restaurant.
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Tetherow Luxury Rental Homes
Multi-bedroom designer homes within the Tetherow community, full kitchens and mountain views, ideal for groups who want resort amenities with private space.
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Wood fire, Cajun soul, and chef-driven plates.
Bend's dining runs from a longtime fine-dining flagship to a beloved Cajun kitchen and a wood-fired downtown standout. We hold the hard reservations.
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Ariana Restaurant
Bend's longtime fine-dining flagship in a converted craftsman bungalow, a seasonal multi-course tasting menu built on Northwest ingredients.
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Downtown Bend
Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails
A Bend institution serving Cajun-influenced Northwest cuisine, all-natural meats and seafood, and one of the best cocktail and bar scenes in town.
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Downtown Bend
900 Wall
A lively downtown bistro in a historic building, seasonal Pacific Northwest plates and an award-winning wine list at the corner of Wall Street.
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Bend
Spork
A globally inspired street-food favorite that grew from a food cart, bold flavors from Latin America to Southeast Asia in a casual sit-down setting.
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Downtown Bend
Deschutes Brewery & Public House
The original 1988 brewpub that helped define Bend beer, house ales poured beside elevated pub fare in the heart of downtown.
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Downtown Bend
Bos Taurus
A modern downtown steakhouse for prime cuts and a deep wine and whiskey program, the go-to for a celebratory dinner in Bend.
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Float the river, climb the rock, paddle the lakes.
The one-of-a-kind Bend days: drifting the Deschutes through town, world-class climbing at Smith Rock, and stand-up paddling the Cascade Lakes.
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Old Mill / Riverbend Park
Deschutes River float
The classic summer ritual: drift the gentle Deschutes from Riverbend Park through the Old Mill District, with the Bend Whitewater Park wave for those who want it.
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Terrebonne
Smith Rock State Park
The birthplace of American sport climbing, towering welded-tuff walls above the Crooked River with thousands of routes and the famous Misery Ridge hike.
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Cascade Lakes Highway
Cascade Lakes paddling
Stand-up paddle or kayak the alpine lakes along the byway, Sparks, Elk, and Hosmer, with Mount Bachelor and South Sister mirrored on the water.
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Bend
Wanderlust Tours
Bend's veteran naturalist outfitter, guided canoe trips, volcanic lava-cave tours, and snowshoe treks led by certified guides year-round.
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La Pine
Newberry National Volcanic Monument
A vast volcano with the obsidian Big Obsidian Flow, Paulina and East Lakes, waterfalls, and the panorama from Paulina Peak south of Bend.
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Bend Ale Trail
The largest beer trail in the West, more than twenty breweries linked by an official self-guided passport across the original American craft-beer town.
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A byway, a butte, and a high-desert garden.
Bend's scenery is reachable by car: an alpine scenic highway, a cinder cone in the middle of town, and one of the finest botanic high-desert experiences anywhere.
The Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway is typically snow-closed in its high stretches from late fall into early summer.
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Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway
A sixty-six-mile loop past Mount Bachelor and a string of alpine lakes beneath the Cascade volcanoes, one of the great drives in the Northwest.
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Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint
A cinder cone rising from the middle of town with a drive-up or hike-up summit and a 360-degree panorama of the Cascade peaks.
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High Desert Museum
An acclaimed indoor-outdoor museum of high-desert wildlife, culture, and history south of town, with live raptor and otter exhibits.
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Tumalo Falls
A ninety-seven-foot waterfall a short forest drive west of town, with overlooks steps from the lot and a trail to a chain of upper falls.
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Lava Lands & Lava Butte
Part of Newberry monument, a paved road or shuttle climbs a cinder cone for sweeping views over black lava flows and the Cascade skyline.
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McKenzie Pass
Sahalie and Koosah Falls
Two thunderous waterfalls on the McKenzie River within an easy loop walk, a worthwhile day trip over the pass from Bend.
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Summit ridges, river trails, and alpine lakes.
From the famous Misery Ridge loop at Smith Rock to gentle riverside paths in town and high-country lake hikes, paced to any fitness level.
Many Cascade trailheads require a Northwest Forest Pass or a Central Cascades Wilderness permit in summer; we arrange these in advance.
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Smith Rock State Park
Misery Ridge Loop
The signature Smith Rock loop, a steep climb to a ridgeline past Monkey Face spire with a Crooked River return, big reward for the effort.
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Deschutes River Trail
A scenic riverside path threading the Old Mill and South Canyon, flat and accessible near town, wilder as it climbs toward Benham Falls.
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Tumalo Falls to Upper Falls
A forested climb past a string of cascades above the main waterfall, a satisfying half-day hike a short drive from downtown.
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Cascade Lakes Highway
Green Lakes Trail
A beloved alpine hike through meadows to a basin of glacial lakes between South Sister and Broken Top, a permit trail in peak season.
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Newberry Monument
Paulina Peak Trail
A high-desert summit hike to the rim of the Newberry caldera, with views over both Paulina and East Lakes and far across the Cascades.
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Pilot Butte Summit Trail
A short, brisk loop to the top of the in-town cinder cone for a sunrise or sunset panorama of the entire Cascade range.
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High-desert spas and hot-spring soaks.
Bend is built for the slow restore after a big day outside: resort spas, a downtown sanctuary, and natural hot springs in the surrounding national forest.
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Powell Butte
The Spa at Brasada Ranch
A serene ranch spa with treatments drawing on high-desert botanicals, soaking pools, and wide views over open country east of Bend.
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Sunriver
Sage Springs Spa at Sunriver
Sunriver's full-service spa and fitness center, a long treatment menu, hot tubs, and a saline pool for a family-friendly recovery day.
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Bend
Tetherow Spa Services
In-room and on-property treatments at the Tetherow resort, an easy wind-down after golf or a day on Mount Bachelor.
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Downtown Bend
Jinsei Spa
A downtown wellness sanctuary known for massage, facials, and a calm urban retreat steps from the Old Mill and Drake Park.
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Newberry Monument
Paulina Lake Hot Springs
Primitive hot-spring pools along the shore of Paulina Lake inside the Newberry caldera, reached by an easy lakeshore walk.
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Willamette Pass
McCredie Hot Springs
Rustic riverside hot pools in the Willamette National Forest southwest of Bend, a scenic soak on the way over the pass.
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Trout and steelhead on legendary rivers.
Central Oregon is fly-fishing country: guided floats and walk-and-wade trips on the Deschutes, Crooked, Fall, and Metolius for redside trout and steelhead.
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Lower Deschutes River
A blue-ribbon tailwater famous for native redside rainbow trout and summer steelhead, classic dry-fly and swung-fly water by raft.
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Camp Sherman
Metolius River
A spring-fed, gin-clear river rising from the ground near Camp Sherman, technical wild-trout fishing in one of the prettiest settings in the state.
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Fall River
A small, clear spring creek south of Bend, ideal for a relaxed walk-and-wade day and a favorite introduction to Central Oregon fly fishing.
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Prineville
Crooked River
A productive tailwater below Bowman Dam with steady year-round trout fishing in a canyon setting, excellent for nymphing and winter outings.
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Confluence Fly Shop
A respected Bend fly shop and guide service arranging float and wade trips across Central Oregon's rivers with local expertise.
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Fly & Field Outfitters
A full-service Bend outfitter running guided trips, schools, and gear for the Deschutes, Crooked, Fall, and Metolius river systems.
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Cascade powder and Nordic miles.
Mount Bachelor anchors a long winter: lift-served terrain across a volcano, plus Nordic trails, snowshoe routes, and groomed cross-country at the resorts.
Mount Bachelor's season typically runs late November into spring; conditions on the upper mountain depend on wind and weather.
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Mount Bachelor
One of the largest ski resorts in the Pacific Northwest, lift-served 360-degree terrain on a volcano with a long season and a vast Nordic center.
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Mt. Bachelor Nordic Center
Miles of groomed cross-country trails through the forest at the base of the mountain, with rentals and lessons for all levels.
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Cascade Lakes Highway
Virginia Meissner Sno-Park
A popular network of free groomed Nordic and snowshoe trails along the byway, a local favorite for classic skiing near town.
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Wanderlust snowshoe tours
Naturalist-led snowshoe treks through old-growth forest in the Cascade backcountry, with bonfire and moonlight options in winter.
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Sunriver
Sunriver winter sports
Family winter days at the resort, ice skating at the Cove, tubing and sledding nearby, and easy access to Mount Bachelor up the road.
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Bend
Tetherow winter base
A comfortable ski-week base on the Mount Bachelor side of town, fireside lodge living and short drives to the lifts each morning.
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Timing is the whole trip.
Best overall months
Late June through September brings warm, dry days, open mountain passes, and prime river and trail conditions across Central Oregon.
Winter on Mount Bachelor
Late November into spring for skiing and snowshoeing, with the deepest, most reliable snow usually from January through March.
Shoulder seasons
May and October offer fewer crowds and lower rates, though high stretches of the Cascade Lakes byway may still be snow-closed in spring.
River float season
The Deschutes float through town is a summer ritual, best from late June through Labor Day when the water and air are warm.
Your Bend
Let us build the Bend you came for.
Tell us the shape of the trip you can already picture. A concierge fills in everything still open and sends back a plan, not a quote.