White Salmon is a town in Washington, located across the Columbia River from Hood River. A one-hour drive east of Portland, it’s popular with outdoor recreationists for all the same reasons as Hood River — the area is filled with opportunities for mountain biking, wind and water sports, hiking, and more. We caught wind of […]
Construction along NE Halsey: I-205 Path Undercrossing Underway?
Construction crews have been building what a service road parallel to the NE Halsey Street overpass and under the I-205 and I-84 freeways for the last month or so. Are we going to finally have a safe and direct option to access Gateway Green from the west side of the 205 freeway? <Update> After reaching […]
The Quarry Bicycle Skills Park – Waluga Park, Lake Oswego, OR
The Quarry Bicycle Skills Park is located in East Waluga Park in Lake Oswego, just south of Portland, Oregon. The pocket-sized bicycle skills park features a short bit of single-track trail as well as a number of skills lines. A blue rated “intermediate” skills line feature two constructed cambered turns and two constructed (wood with […]
Portland, OR – Gateway Green Bike Park 2020 Phase II Build Journal (Updated 10/16/20)
The 3rd weekend of September kicked off the first day of 2020 phase II volunteer trail work at Gateway Green. Over the last few weeks, the park has been making progress towards its projected opening date, TBA sometime in November. Volunteer opportunities continue to be offered weekly, with work parties held every Saturday morning. Clearly, […]
It’s official – an asphalt Velosolutions Pumptrack in Portland, OR
The rumors have been swirling for some time now, but its finally happened— an all-season, asphalt pumptrack has been constructed at Portland’s Gateway Green Bike Park. Portland Parks contracted with American Ramp Company to construct the asphalt pump track. Located in the center of the new park, it’s the crown of the Phase II improvements […]
The Catamount Trail, Silver Falls State Park (Salem, OR)
Located in Silver Falls State Park east of Salem, Oregon, the Catamount Trail is a four-mile single track that sets an example of the modern mountain biking experience. Described as an ‘enhanced’ cross country trail, the single track twists and turns through the forest over a mixture of hardpack and pine needles. Punctuated with roots […]
Riding the New Lines at Mountain of the Rogue — Rogue River, OR
The Mountain of the Rogue Trail System is a recently established bike optimized trail system in southern Oregon notable for its proximity to the I-5 transportation corridor. Located just a few minutes from the freeway exit, the system is located 18 miles north of Medford. Developed and managed by the BLM, the trail system features […]
2020 Mt. Bachelor Bike Park Pine Martin Opening Weekend
The bike park at Mt. Bachelor opened the Pine Marten lift on the July 4th weekend to riders, with hours of operation extending to 7 days a week. With only a fraction of the trail network open for the weekend, there was considerable congestion on the trails during peak hours, as all riders are routed […]
Trail Report: 2020 Sandy Ridge Trail Maintenance Updates
On June 18th, 2020 it was announced that trail contractors were to begin improvements at Sandy Ridge: Attention Sandy Ridge Riders! Trail improvements and work will start on Monday, June 22nd, until further notice. Trail maintenance will be on Quid Pro Flow, Communication Breakdown & Johnny Royal. Eager to view the long-awaited updates, we headed […]
Review: Camco Fold-away Aluminum Camp Table
A portable camp table is a fantastic upgrade to weekends spent in the woods. After reviewing a number of the available options we added the Camco Aluminum Roll-Up Campsite Table to our travel kit. Easily assembled and broken down, it packs into an included carrying bag for easy storage. Features & Specs (via Camco) Multi-Purpose: […]
Gateway Green Phase II Construction Update
Gateway Green, Portland’s first real attempt at a bike park, has been closed for several months now with phase two construction currently ongoing. With the trails closed, the small bit of sanctioned trail in the city is almost non-existent. Though work paused briefly due to the ongoing pandemic, construction has resumed and the new iteration […]
Bend, Oregon Trail Report: Tyler’s Traverse to Lone Wolf
New favorite route in Bend? Tiddlywinks to Tyler’s Traverse to Lone Wolf. For some reason I hadn’t ridden Tyler’s Traverse yet; and as a fan of jump filled flow lines, Lone Wolf is also a must-d0. Lone Wolf is a black diamond jump trail made up of berms, tables and double (gap) jumps, it reminded […]
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