Posts Tagged ‘BigThrills’
Among the Best Skate Parks (Newberg)
I’d like to give a big shout out to my boys in the ‘Berg. Yeah, Newberg. w00t w00t! For those of you that don’t know, I’m talking about Chehalem Skate Park. You’d think out here in the sticks there’d be nothing but a makeshift second rate park. Well think again. We’re getting props from all [...]
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, [...]
Slalom Playloop: For big kids on bikes (Bend)
Just a few miles up Skyliner Road from the Mt Washington roundabout, an inconspicuous brown sign points the way to Phil’s Trail, most beloved of Bend’s mountain biking trailheads. Most riders fan out from this point through miles and miles of forests and rocky canyons, but there are some who spend hours within half a [...]

