Day 7 – Hart Mountain Spring to Frenchglen A chronicle of my 7-day ride of the Oregon’s Big Country route. I slept decently at Hart Mountain Springs campground. Although there were quite a few people there, it was rather quiet by 10pm. Also, I was dead tired and didn’t wake at all until sun up….
Category: Gravel Rides
Bikepacking the OBC Day 6
Day 6 – Catnip Reservoir to Hart Mountain Springs A chronicle of my 7-day ride of the Oregon’s Big Country route. Today’s post is one of the most bizarre things to happen in my life and also the most emotionally draining to write. This is my account. Although a vehicle pulled through camp around 3:30am,…
Bikepacking the OBC day 5
Day 5 – Bog Hot Springs to Catnip Reservoir A chronicle of my 7-day ride of the Oregon’s Big Country route. Waking up a bit groggy, the sun was bright and burning my legs before I even had breakfast. Despite my worry that I would be eaten by a feral cat, I slept deep into…
bikepacking the OBC day 4
Day 4 – Trout Creek to Bog Hot Spring A chronicle of my 7-day ride of the Oregon’s Big Country route. Tuesday, July 16. I slept well despite a bit more rain during. I stayed dry, but the condensation on the inside was pretty bad. I spent the better part of the morning using my…
To Stubb Stewart – The Hard Way
For some years, Brad and I have talked about trying to find a way to Stubb Stewart State Park that is completely unpaved or at least mostly gravel. After some more research and routes posted by Our Mother The Mountain, we were able to stitch some routes together that make for a very interesting, low…
Central Oregon Backcountry Explored
NOTE: I’m going to have to come back and finish this write up at a later date. There’s still so much of the Pacific Northwest I would love to see, starting with more of Central Oregon. The high desert exposes some amazing landscapes of mesas, rock formations, canyons, and beautiful sunsets to sunrises. I can…
CZ-Pittsburg Loop with Snow
It was turning into a lovely weekend so I invited some friends to go ride the CZ-Pittsburg Loop. Although there might be snow in the upper elevation, ice on the path, and a frost in the air, we four headed out for a pleasant gravel ride. We parked by the gravel piles across from the…
Cascade Skyline 2018
Summer 2018 was coming to a close and we wanted to squeeze in one last bikepacking trip before I started to immerse myself in painting projects. The Cascade Skyline route was one we rode back in 2015 but that version had some wet weather that made the first day and a half kind of miserable….
Skull 120 – 2018
I heard about this ride through a co-worker and was driven to do it as I like long rides, especially on dirt and in areas that are completely new. It was practically a dare and an insult to suggest I wouldn’t have the guts or legs to do it. Zack and I were the only…
Japanese Hollow
A local group of riders called “Our Mother the Mountain” or OMTM, puts on some really great unofficial, unsupported rides. People drive in from all over the PNW and beyond to ride these routes through amazing forests and backcountry. Japanese Hollow is stuck just south of The Dalles, Oregon and is mostly farmland to cherries…