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Grieg Lodge Sports, Fitness & Adventure Program:

From earliest recorded Nordic history to the present day, Scandinavians have always celebrated diverse forms of outdoor activity, personal fitness and adventure. We carry on those traditions and add “fun” to the equation.

Open to both members of the lodge and non-members, we offer hikes, runs, bike rides and more for every skill and fitness level. Our goal is to provide group opportunities for enjoyable physical activity on a regular basis. All ages welcome. If there is a particular sport or recreational activity that you don’t see listed here and you’d like to have at Grieg Lodge, let us know!

Hikes:
The Grieg Lodge Hiking Vikings, is a group of people interested in hiking for recreation, fitness, and social camaraderie Our monthly hikes range from fairly short, light walks in Portland’s urban parks to moderate-distance hikes in the Gorge, Mt. Hood Wilderness Area, the coast and other areas within easy driving distance of Portland. We also plan on offering more strenuous hikes and possible multi-day backpacking trips in the future. Hikes take place the 3rd Saturday (mostly) of every month from April to October, unless that Saturday is part of a holiday weekend, in which case we may tweak the date to work around the holiday. See the 2010 calendar below. We meet at the Grieg Lodge parking lot at a designated time, usually 9 a.m., and carpool from there to the hike location.

Adventure:
We are aiming to have a Grieg Lodge contingent traverse Norway’s Pilgrim’s Way, an ancient trek popular in the Middle Ages with pilgrims traveling from Oslo to the shrine of St. Olav at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, in June-July 2010 as part of the celebration of Grieg Lodge’s 100th anniversary. Options for participating in the Pilgrim’s Way event will include shorter segments of a few days to the “Long Haul” of approximately 4 weeks to cover the entire 650km/390 mi route. Contact Lori Osmundsen (ivilahi@yahoo.com) for details, and read about Norway’s “Pilegrimsleden” or Pilgrim’s Way at www.pilgrim.info/en.

Fitness & Fun:
Join us for our monthly bike rides and bi-weekly fun runs from April through October. We meet at Norse Hall and strike out into the community for exercise and refreshment stops at local cafes or pubs. During the winter from November through March we will be active in our monthly Urban Pilgrim Walks, local excursions featuring a little walking, a little exploring and some treats and coffee along the way.

Bowling fans you’re in luck! Two teams are affiliated with the Lodge: the Striking Vikings and the Good Timers. Bowlers meet on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9am-noon. Call the lodge for more details and contact information 503-236-3401.

Our annual Nordic vs. Irish Urban Track Bowling Tournament is also a fun and wacky sporting event created and sponsored by Grieg Lodge to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (cuz the Vikings go way back with the Irish). Nordic Urban Track Bowling was developed in 2008 as an urban adaptation of Irish Road Bowling, which is traditionally played on a 3-mile country road. This urban version, affectionately known as "NUT-Bowling," is played on a standard track & field, and allows a variety of players to enjoy the challenge of the game inside city limits. It shares many similarities to its Irish cousin, including the cannonball equipment, but puts more emphasis on finesse and strategy than on brute force. As such, women and youth can participate equally with men in the fun and competition. See the Events page for more details (images below).

Downhill & cross-country skiers and soccer players are invited to sign up for group activities in these sports.

Also our Youth Program offers rock gym outings and more for young people. Please see the Youth Program page for more details.

Participants in Lodge Sports programs who are Sons of Norway members can earn points toward the “gangmerke” division of the Sports & Fitness Medal Program. For details about this program, see www.sofn.com

The 2010 Hiking Viking Calendar is still being developed.

Here’s where we went in 2009:
April 18 – Wildwood Trail from Washington Park to Hoyt Arboretum to Pittock Mansion
May 23 – Council Crest Park
June 20 – Neahkahnie Mountain/Short Sand Beach (coast)
July 18 – Cape Horn (Gorge/WA side)
August 15 – Shellrock & Rock lakes (Mt. Hood)
Sept. 19 – Sauvie Island
Oct. 17 – Columbia Hills State Park (guided tour of Native American petroglyphs)