Resort

Mike Palin, who worked at Sunriver Resort before coming to Pronghorn to take over the PGA Tour Academy in 2011, dubs Pronghorn's parcel of high desert and <>

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juniper forest as the "Banana Belt" for its balmy, dry climate.
"It can be 50 or 60 degrees out here in January," noted Palin. "It could be better weather than what you'd get in the spring."
That's a stark difference compared to the villages of Sisters or Sunriver, both of which are less than 25 miles away, where the golf season is a more predictable mountain range of May-October. At an altitude of about 3,500 feet, Pronghorn's rare climate offers the off-season playability of <>

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Arizona or Nevada but without the intense summertime heat.
The climate, mixed with a wealth of outdoor recreation options, has made Bend one of the west's most coveted summer spots. Not only can you fly fish or go mountain biking, you can ski on the mountains near the town well into the summer months.
Or for a more leisurely afternoon activity, the Deschutes River flows right through town and makes for pleasant canoeing or tubing, and it's within walking distance to downtown's many brew pubs and restaurants, perfect to cap the night off.
Around central Oregon, the things to do outdoors are seemingly limitless 12 months a year, a big reason why it's become such a coveted second-home market