Favorites from the ‘Bike Routes & Trails’ Category
Winter Riding on the Maston Trails (Redmond)
The funny thing about riding the Maston trails is that they are at their best when other trails are at their worst. When higher trails are snowed under, Maston is simply frozen hard (in warmer temps the Maston trails morph into quicksand.) The intertwining loops of singletrack through sparse juniper forest too flat for most [...]
Ride the Lower McKenzie Trail (Willamette Nat’l Forest)
Those of us on the dry side of the Cascades often crave a good dose of mossy, humid green-ness, and the McKenzie Trail gives a sure fix. The full trail requires an all day commitment to cover the 26.5 miles, from above Clear Lake to the McKenzie Ranger Station. If time or energy is limited, [...]
ODOT’s Oregon Bicycling Guide
Your tax dollars at work! ODOT has created a set of statewide biking maps that have a lot of good information, especially for planning long distance road bike trips. Roads are classified by traffic volume, steepness of grade and shoulder width. Three maps are available: statewide, the Columbia Gorge, and the coast. It’s worth tracking [...]

