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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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For private groups
A high-desert basecamp built for the buy-out.
Every signature Bend experience has a private-group version. We assemble them into one seamless week.
Design This TripBend is built for groups. Take over a cluster of homes at Brasada Ranch or Tetherow, charter guided Deschutes floats and a Smith Rock climbing day, and split the afternoons between golf at Pronghorn and fly fishing on the Crooked. Every signature experience has a private-group version.
One radius, no long transfers
Lodging anchors well around Tetherow and the southwest edge of town for Mount Bachelor access, or Brasada and Sunriver for sprawling space and family programming. A private chef dinner in the lodge gives the group a shared evening centerpiece, and Central Oregon's layout keeps river, rock, fairway, and slope within a tight radius.
We coordinate the manifest across floats, guides, and tee times, stage the group dinners, and keep a single point of contact for the whole party.
What’s inside
- Ranch or resort-home buy-outs for the group
- Guided Deschutes floats and a Smith Rock climb
- Golf at Pronghorn and Crooked River fly fishing
- A private chef dinner as the group centerpiece
- River, rock, and fairway within a tight radius
A sample rhythm
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Gather
A ranch or resort-home base, a relaxed first group dinner.
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River day
Guided Deschutes floats for the whole party.
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Split & choose
Climbing, golf, fishing, and spa in parallel.
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Centerpiece
A private chef dinner in the lodge to close the week.
The Bendwe’d build in
The pieces that fit this trip.
Where to stay
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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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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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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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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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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Maupin
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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Sunriver
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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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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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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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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Private group retreat
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