Road Trip Down to Oregon and Back
June 26, 2013
Day 1: Burnaby Mountain Ride
Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/61578528
I started the road trip off with a quick spin on SFU. A sort of warm up for the legs for what I was hoping would be 8 straight days of riding on the Range. A bit of a different ride route wise trying to incorporate as much single track with no doubling over in a ride.
Day 2: Greenwater. Ranger Climb / Descent
Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/61819900
I met up with a buddy Andy in Enumclaw, Washington after battling through some serious Seattle traffic. We didn’t have much time, so pedaled up one of his local favourites. It had just stopped raining and the trail conditions were perfect. Don’t ride this place, you wouldn’t like it.
The Range on Ranger. I couldn’t believe how perfect these trails were.
Vacation Day 3: Greenwater. Ranger and Pallasades
Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/61988272
I enjoyed myself so much yesterday that I decided to ride in Enumclaw with Andy again today. We shuttled two trails that were absolutely epic.
The man, the myth, the legend, Randy Andy at the top of the shuttle road. It’s a tough call if the driving or the riding was more exciting.
View down in to the valley from Pallasades
Day 4: Talent. Climb to Old Man Trail to Chucks Chips
Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/62210475
I drove down from Seattle to Talent Oregon yesterday and today. I was early for the e13 event since the Enduro race was in progress, so I went to a local bike store and got a sketchy hand drawn map. What I found was awesome and well worth the solo pedal mission.
Day 5: Mt. Ashland Morning Ride
Morning Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/62392748
Afternoon Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/62453322
I met up with the e13 guys last night, had some beers, and prepped our bikes for the next 2 days of riding. You can check out my NSMB review here: http://www.nsmb.com/the-hive-ethirteen-for-2014/
The riding was awesome, the gear was great and I had a lot of fun on my bike.
Day 6: Mt. Ashland. Time Warp to Marty’s to Jabberwocky.
Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/62643606
Probably the fastest I’ve ever been on an all-mountain bike. Following Wild Bill was wild.
Wild Bill our guide for the second day in Ashland.
Day 7: Oakridge. Alpine Trail
Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/62890931
I drove up to Oakridge from Ashland this morning. I went via this random liquor store just in California state to get some scotch and Crater Lake. Both of which were awesome. The driving was entertaining as well. I hooked up with a shuttle driver in Oakridge and self guided down their epic trail called the Alpine Trail. I was pinned the entire way down besides a couple photo ops and it still took the better part of 2 hours.
Some of the cheapest liquor around
Crater Lake
Getting my pose on at Crater Lake
The start of the Alpine Trail
Day 8: Bellingham. Galbraith Lap
Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/63096855
I thought was little better way to end an epic road trip than a ride on Galbraith. Galbraith remains one of my favourite places to ride an all-mountain bike. The legs hurt from all the riding, my face hurt from all the grinning and it didn’t matter.