Moonlight & Starlight Snowshoe TourS

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Adventure: Wanderlust Tours likely invented snowshoe tours under the light of heavenly bodies. Join us for a magical meander through the powdery snow-filled forest at night in the Cascade Mountains west of Bend, Oregon. 

Naturalist Guided Experience: To be sure trappers in the 1800’s plied forests, lakes and rivers across all of North America on snowshoes, long out-pacing Wanderlust’s gift of sharing this with our guests. However, we did pioneer making this fun event to understand winter forest ecosystems without having to carry 90 pounds of fur along with you! Our incredible guide may share the history of trapping on snowshoes or the invention of snowshoeing by Native Americans. Without a doubt though, the play of light at night on the snow will leave you inspired. The hushed ambience of the forest will still your soul. The panoply of stars will remain in your memory!

Location: Snowshoeing tours take place in the areas around Mt. Bachelor and the surrounding Deschutes National Forest of the Cascade Mountain Range of Oregon. New to off-trail snowshoeing? Let Wanderlust Tours do the driving and teach you fun snowshoeing techniques and tricks. All tours include instruction. Wear winter boots and powder/ski pants to keep your feet and legs dry while snowshoeing.

Find details on full moons, new moons, and meteor showers below.

Special WINTER Nightsky DATES: 2024-2025

We run our our Moonlight & Starlight Tours nightly.
You can find dates for full moons, new moons, and meteor showers below!

December
1st: New Moon
13th: Geminids Meteor Shower Peak: The Geminids will begin on Dec. 4th and go through the 20th, peaking on the 13th. A full moon on the Dec. 15th will impact meteor visibility on the surrounding days. For this December’s Geminids Meteor Shower Snowshoe Tour, we will have meteor shower focused nights from 4-7th and the 19th as well as full moon focused nights from the 13-15th! You can find full details on the Geminids Snowshoe Tour page!
14-16th: Full Moon
21st: Ursids Meteor Shower: Meteor shower lasts from Dec. 17-26th, peaking on the 21st. The astrological forecast indicates excellent visibility on the 21st and good visibility on the surrounding days with up to 10 meteors per hour!
29-31st: New Moon

January
2nd: Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak: Meteor shower last from Dec. 28th - Jan. 12th, peaking from Jan. 2-3rd. The astrological forecast indicates very good visibility on the night of the 2nd with up to 80 meteors per hour! Visibility will be fair to good on Dec. 31st for our New Year’s Eve Bonfire on the Snow!
12-14th: Full Moon
28-30th: New Moon

February
11-13th: Full Moon
26-28th:: New Moon

March
12-15th: Full Moon
28-30th: New Moon

April (snow conditions’ dependent)
11-14th: Full Moon
26-28th: New Moon
22-23rd: Lyrids Meteor Shower: Meteor shower lasts from Apr. 14-30th, peaking from the 21st-22nd. The astrological forecast indicates very good to excellent visibility with up to 18 meteors per hour! Visibility is also forecasted to be good on the 25th and 26th.