The last snow is melted at the lower elevations and we’ve had a few days of dry weather which has allowed some of the local trails to dry out enough to go for a bike ride. We’ve been sitting around inside for the past few months and we’re getting near the end of our ropes. … Read more
So far in 2014, we’ve had one significant snow event followed by a significant deep freeze and a good dose of fog and freezing fog with some on and off rain showers. Not bad weather for this time of year but wet enough to turn the local trails into mud. Even without a lot of … Read more
This is the time of year that every mountain biker dreads; the onset of the cold, wet Pacific Northwest winter. There are always rainy days, but in the late spring and summer, usually the rainy days are followed by dry days that allow the trails to dry out. Winter means rainy days followed by more … Read more
After more than a month off of the bikes due to a serious ankle sprain, today was the first day back on the mountain bike. The weather has been perfect for bike riding and winter is right around the corner, having to watch the nice days go by has not been easy. Injuries are a … Read more
Recent forest fires have been taking their toll on the local mountain biking trails, most of them being closed due to fire danger in the past week or so. The lower elevation trails on private timber company land are probably closed for the rest of the summer, leaving only the trails higher in the Cascade … Read more
We’ve been doing a lot of mountain bike riding in the Mt. Hood National Forest lately. Most of the lower elevation trails are closed due to extreme fire danger or too crowded with summer vacationers getting their last riding in before school starts and the rainy fall weather sets in. There are many excellent trails … Read more
Riding mountain bikes is a lot of fun and there are many ways to enjoy riding a bicycle without pavement. Most people like to ride on maintained trails with parking lots, signs at every bend and fork in the trail and smooth trails with no downed trees, rocks, water crossings or anything else that may … Read more
With the lower elevation mountain bike trails closed due to extreme fire danger, it’s time to head higher up into the Cascade Mountains and ride the trails in the Mt. Hood National Forest. One of the more entertaining and scenic trails is the Surveyors Ridge Trail, one of our local favorites, that’s where we’re headed. … Read more
We’ve been doing a lot of mountain bike riding on the local trails lately, haven’t been writing about it too much, there are plenty of photos in previous blog posts, no sense reposting the same thing every day. There haven’t been any posts on kayak fishing lately either, that’s because it’s been very windy here … Read more
Not too many posts about bike riding lately, not because we are not riding, we’re just not talking about it that much. Some people ride one day a week for a couple hours and spend the next six days posting about it on Strava, Garmin Connect, Facebook and anyplace else that’s available. We try to … Read more