Winter Group Experiences
Any group tour of 10 or more people (or price equivalent) can be made private and customized to your needs. Learn more >>
This Winter season celebrate in the great outdoors with your family!
Our winter tours are great for all ability levels and your professional naturalist guides will cater the experience to ensure that all participants feel comfortable during the tour. Your guides will help you learn about and connect to the natural world, and spend quality time with each other by way of teamwork, bonding, adventure, and laughter!
Bonfire on the Snow
Photo by Chaney Swiney
Evening Bonfire: Depart for the mighty Cascade Range where deep snow awaits our exploration on snowshoes under the starry skies! Strap on the snowshoes for a step back in transportation time. Tucked into the forest, our guide will share the fun sport of shoeing while heading to our destination- a spectacular, hand-carved amphitheater in the snow. Snow chairs will have been built into the snow and a bonfire will be glowing to revel around. Dessert and hot cocoa with a splash of Hazelnut Espresso Vodka will be served before heading back to civilization.
Bonfire & Warming Hut Dinner: Our same great Bonfire on the Snow accompanied by dinner & drinks to start the evening! Our stellar backcountry caterer will serve appetizers and dinner at a quaint warming hut, complimented by Bend-crafted libations! After we feast on locally sourced and prepared foods we’ll head to our snowshoeing location for an evening under the stars!
- Customizations -
Time: Daytime or nighttime bonfires!
Food choices: Catered breakfast, lunch, dinner, appetizers- served outside or at a warming hut!
Beverage options: Local beer & wine service or have us create a snow bar w/ your favorite holiday drink!
Team Building: Add trivia or include a holiday tradition. Just ask, we love to get creative!
Prohibition Cave
Photo by Chaney Swiney
Wanderlust guides start this unique tour by sending you back in time to prohibition era Bend, by exploring a cave in a system known to have been used to distill spirits (illegally)! We’ll discover the hidden underground world of these large cool caverns in a way that’s safe and fascinating! After caving we will head to a local distillery, learning both the history and process of distilling (legally) while tasting these Oregon produced spirits. After a bit of tasting, enjoy the opportunity to select a mixed drink on us!
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Time: Afternoon trip option
Food choices: Let us cater breakfast, lunch, dinner, or appetizers- out in the desert near the cave, or at the distillery afterwards!
Beverage options: Do a tasting at the distillery and/or include specialty cocktails made by the spirits you witnessed in production
Team Building: Have a holiday tradition that you desire to include? Just ask, we love to get creative!
Snowshoe + Tree Lighting
Snowshoe out to find a decorated tree illuminating the forest! Around the tree we toast friends, coworkers and family, hang ornaments and share natural and cultural history. We’ll gather around a fire and imbibe on hot drinks and share stories!
- Customizations -
Time: Daytime or nighttime!
Food choices: Let us cater lunch, dinner, appetizers- served outside during the snowshoe or before/after at a warming hut!
Beverage options: Local beer & wine service or have us create a snow bar w/ your favorite holiday drink!
Tree Cutting Option: With all the tools/tree transport & permits needed, your guide will help your team find the perfect tree before continuing the adventure.
Team Building: Decorate an ornament, bring one from your childhood, include a holiday tradition! Just ask, we love to get creative!
Fully Customize Your Experience
Craft you Custom Group Experience: Spend your next gathering with colleagues or family outdoors! Let our Group Adventure Coordinator help customize your experience. Explore some ideas and reach out when ready to plan your experience.
Food & Beverage: Let us feed you in a winter wonderland! Whether it is appetizers or locally made dessert around a bonfire, or a catered dinner in a warming hut in the mountains, the right bite will leave you ready for more shoeing! In addition to eats, we have a variety of tasty beverages to warm the soul. Ask us to whip up our special hot cocoa & hazelnut espresso vodka drink or squeeze some fresh lemon for your hot toddy!
Location: Let us help you choose the best location based on where you are staying, how much time you have and the ability level of your group. We can guide you on a relaxing stroll through an old growth forest or up to the summit of a local volcano for expansive views and a summit celebration.
Trip Duration + Time of Day: Whether you are spending a few hours on snowshoes, or learning to dig your own snow cave in which you will spend the night, any time spent in the snowy wonderland of our forest is time well spent. In the daytime we take in the beauty of the snow-laden old growth Mountain Hemlocks and at night we track the wanderings of the critters of the forest while light from the stars and moon create shadows reflected off the snow. Let us craft a custom experience for you based on your availability.