A dear “moved-away” friend, Morgan sent me Singletrack’s “Best trails of Oregon”. A bit of reading, map gazing and description perusing later I selected Oakridge and considered riding up gravel roads to do half of their signature trail. One stop in the bike shop and I was swayed to take the shuttle. That led to their flagship “Alpine” trail which gave us 15.6 miles, 5,846 ft of descent and 2,484 of climbing mixed in just to keep it a pedaling mountain bike adventure. 3 hours, 39 minutes later allowed time for wildflower pics, fearful scampers around a few over exposed outcroppings and an over-all great ride. Worth the drive to Oregon!
David (written at Juniper Cookhouse, Eastern plains of Oregon)
The Voyage of the Tramper 