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This route is a convenient companion to the Cultus Lake Loop – a good way to build a weekend around riding. While the route starts from a different campground, you can easily access either ride from either campground. This “lollipop” route offers more challenge, between the increased elevation gain and the somewhat technical aspects on the downhill portion of the lollipop. To get to the secluded campground on the east side of Little Cultus Lake, from Bend you drive 46 miles southwest on Cascade Lakes Hwy... More

It’s a picture-perfect day in Central Oregon: bright sun, brilliant blue sky and balmy warm weather. Yet I am bundled in thick fleece and wool socks, peering through semidarkness toward a few bristly strands growing from a crevice in the rock. They’re so fine that the light from my headlamp barely catches them. More

There's something to be said for a trail that is sort of organically created – maybe it's an old game trail, or an ancient hiking path, and now you can ride it. It rolls how it rolls, and it flows how it flows, and sometimes it all comes together to be epic.But Sandy Ridge is at the other end of the spectrum – where you take a great piece of land and plan, design, build and maintain a custom bike playground – an off-road paradise... More

El Prohibition Cave Tour de Wanderlust, un recorrido para grupos pequeños que combina la visita a una de las notables cuevas de tubos de lava en el bosque nacional Deschutes National Forest con una parada en las excelentes destilerías artesanales de Bend. More

Clinging to the eastern flank of the Blue Mountains, the Mt. Emily Recreation Area boasts a trail system that’s like an ice cream store – so many flavors, and all of them good. And like your favorite sweet shop, you’ll want to come back time and again, just to work your way through all the options before settling on your favorites. With 28 named trails, it’ll take you a while – but you’ll enjoy tasting them all.  This particular route gives you a nice cross-section of what the system has to... More

Opening Friday, June 13 at the Oregon Historical Society, the original exhibition The Yasui Family: An American Story examines relevant questions about citizenship, immigration, and belonging through the lens of one Oregon family.Members of the Yasui family were among the millions of immigrants who came to the United States seeking new opportunities during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The exhibition follows in particular the story of Masuo Yasui, who immigrated to the U.S. in 1903 at the age of 16. He joined his brothers... More

I definitely have some suggestions. Here are some of my favorite half-day, full-day and overnight backpacking hikes: Half-Day Hikes Tumalo Mountain (Bend, Central Oregon): Tumalo is about 4-miles round-trip. The trail up Tumalo starts from Dutchman Flat parking area on Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway and offers a steady climb rewarded with alpine wildflowers and beautiful views of Broken Top, the Three Sisters and the Cascade volcanoes to the north. Mt. Bachelor (Bend, Central Oregon): Mt. Bachelor is about 6-miles round-trip. The trail starts from just right of the ski lift. Park along... More

Fat biking may be all the rage on the beach, but there will always be riders looking to rip a trail through a deep forest. And now that kind of riding is available at the coast, in the form of the new Whiskey Run Trail System, a network of MTB trails that’s planned to encompass 30 miles of prime riding when it’s complete – but already has enough tracks to give you an all-day adrenaline boost.You can still enjoy the scenic beaches, the quaint towns... More

Portland-area residents consider the Mt. Hood National Forest to be, basically, their local playground. And if you want to clue into why there’s that abiding fondness, just hang out around Timothy Lake for a day or two – and riding is maybe the best way to immerse yourself in the abounding beauty. This loop gives you enough things you have to pay attention to (besides just the scenery) that it will keep you engaged, but it also won’t leave you too whipped to enjoy the... More

Something that’s easy to overlook when people explore wine country is that, beyond the valley floors and rolling vineyard hillsides, Oregon’s wild and lush Coast Range is just a few miles away. If you’d like a bit of climbing challenge and love the low traffic of gravel roads, here’s a ride that takes you from the heart of a vibrant community, into the peaceful isolation of the forest, and back – all in 41 miles.Oh, yeah: You’ll also pass near multiple wineries along the way,... More

I believe I can give you some great ideas on how you can road trip your way around Oregon and see as much as possible in two weeks! First of all, let me say that either way you choose to travel, you will love it. I personally would love a road trip via motorhome because of all the perks of "having your home ride with you" and it will give you a chance to pick up some delicious food from many regions and prepare and... More

When word spread through what constituted the United States in the mid-1850s of a fertile valley paradise out in the wild Oregon Territory, it may have sounded like a land-rush fantasy. But the tales of a temperate climate, a broad and lush valley, and abundant wildlife turned out to be true, and dreamers flocked to develop what would become one of the great agricultural resources of the country and world.When you ride an isolated gravel road in the Willamette Valley today, it’s not hard to... More

Just the words “wine country” tend to evoke a certain imagery, a terrain, a certain feel… and maybe the best part is that all of that is equally appealing to cyclists – whether they like wine or not. Plop yourself down in a region that features rolling hills and open countryside, family farms dotted across the landscape, and soil so rich and fecund that you can almost smell it in the air… if you’re a cyclist, you’re loving it. If you’re a winemaker, you’re loving... More

Steens Mountain is a mighty fault-block edifice that rises dramatically from its surroundings. You might hear a stray reference to “The Steens” and think it’s a mountain range, but there’s really just the one – and it’s huge one. Here’s an idea of the scale: At the top of the mountain’s loop road, you’re standing at nearly 10,000 feet, looking down at the Alvord Desert, almost exactly vertically below you at around 4,000 feet. That’s more than a mile, nearly straight down. It’ll make your... More

Cómo pasar una noche con un guía en las alturas de un árbol antiguo en el Valle de Willamette. More

For the past 45 minutes, I’ve been following Leo Rosen-Fischer on a 1.75-mile-long hike along a path in Silver Falls State Park near Salem. At 9,000 acres, this is Oregon’s largest state park, a magnificent preserve of thundering waterfalls, meandering trails and a stunning Ewok forest bristling with some of Oregon’s oldest and largest trees. More