Bird UP: Raptor Road Trip to Sauvie Island, Saturday.

Wednesday Jan. 31

Oregon Nordic Club

Starting with tonight's presentation at REI on an upcoming 80-mile ski trip to the Jotunheim Mountains in Norway (skiers sleep in mountain huts for the trek's nine-day duration), the Oregon Nordic Club has quite the quirky week planned. Saturday, members and guests ski Bennett Pass with a Forest Service ranger who'll discuss avalanche safety; Tuesday features a time-lapse slideshow of Mount St. Helens' "continuous lava-dome growth." Wednesday, Jan. 31: Presentation at REI Portland, 1405 NW Johnson St. 7 pm. Free. Saturday, Feb. 3: Gateway Transit Center, 9900 NE Multnomah St. 8 am. $3. Tuesday, Feb. 6: Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Highway. 7:30 pm. Free. onc.org/pdx. Easy.

Saturday Feb. 3

Leave No Trace Day for Kids

Hour 1: Through interactive games, REI teaches young'uns (ages 7-12) how to play in the outdoors without destroying it. Hour 2: Halfway through Whole Foods' class on camp cooking (including hands-on s'mores and trail-mix-making), parents will realize the program's name really only holds true for Hour 1. REI Tigard, 7410 SW Bridgeport Road. 10-11 am; Whole Foods Market Bridgeport, 7380 SW Bridgeport Road, 11 am-1 pm. Register at 639-6500. $20. Easy.

Ice Bowl 2007: Disc Golf

Eighteen holes of wrist-snapping frisbee putt-putt is yours for the scoring, if you can get past the fact the mission of this tournament's benefactor—Northwest Medical Teams International—is "to demonstrate the love of Christ to people affected by disaster." Par for the course? You decide. Guaranteed minimum $500 purse. Lunchtime Disc Golf Course, 2374 SW Vermont St. 9:15 am (tee off). Register at icebowl.net. $15-$45. Easy-Difficult.

Plastics reCYCLE Round-up Ride

Take what can't be recycled curbside at home (see masterrecycler.org for a list of items) and join SHIFT for its Old West-style plastics roundup. Costumes encouraged. Meet by the Rain Garden at Mount Tabor Middle School, 5800 SE Ash St. Noon. shift2bikes.org. Free. Easy-Moderate.

Sauvie Island Raptor Road Trip

Viewing raptors up close doesn't get more convenient for the layman (or woman) than at Metro's annual trip to Sauvie Island. Beak-seekers receive spotting scopes, a hawk-viewing guide and map, naturalist-guided viewing at four different island spots, up-close encounters and educational displays. Hot drinks and doughnuts provided. Kruger's Farm Market, 17100 NW Sauvie Island Road. 9 am-2 pm. metro-region.org. $5. Easy.