Looks like the Evergreen Highway trail will be re-opened after a severe ice storm downed a large number of trees, closing the trail. In the past couple years, salvage logging and regular timber harvesting operations have been ongoing, trails are closed while logging is taking place. This trail is on private property, as part of … Read more
The past few days have been perfect mountain biking conditions, if you can stand a few light rain showers, which we are fully able to do around here. You can actually ride away from the rain if you know what you’re looking at. Even though summer has barely started, it’s much drier than normal, we … Read more
We are stoked to have Jenson bikes onboard as advertisers on the watermanatwork.com website and blog. If you’ve been around cycling for any length of time, you’d know that Jenson is one of the better merchants to buy bicycle stuff from. I’ve been a customer for some time and they’ve always done well by me, … Read more
There has been a bit of a drought on cycling blog posts lately, partly due to the fact it’s prime smallmouth bass fishing season so whenever the conditions allow, we are out on the water fishing. You can ride a bike in almost any weather conditions, with kayak fishing, you have to go out when … Read more
With the dryer than normal late winter/early spring weather, the mountain bike has been getting a bit more of a workout than normal. Usually, we plan to do any major maintenance when the wet weather is over, no sense installing a bunch of new parts then take them out in the mud, although dusty conditions … Read more
It’s starting to look a lot like summer around here. Days are getting longer, nights are a bit less cold and we are starting to see the thermometer show some 70’s. The mud that was everywhere a week or so ago is now hard packed dirt with dust starting to show on top. Pretty good … Read more
Even though this spring has been exceptionally mild, there are still rainy days and cold days as well as rainy and cold days. Like many outdoor activities, you must become somewhat of a weather forecaster to plan what to do and where to go. With mountain biking around here, the weather is a factor as … Read more
A steady rain today has brought to an end an almost unbelievably great week of mountain bike riding here in the Columbia River Gorge. Whether it’s due to global warming, or we are just lucky to not have the usual gray and wet until July routine this year, the late winter/early spring weather here has … Read more
The Pacific Northwest has some of the best mountain biking in the world. It may not have the best “spot”, but if you spent a couple weeks here, the total package is pretty unbeatable. The big variable is Mother Nature; the weather pretty much dictates what is going on. The tail end of the 2012-13 … Read more
A couple straight days of heavy rain has brought to an end an incredible run of nice late winter weather here in the Pacific Northwest. Usually, the weather is endlessly wet and cold, but the past couple years, especially this one, have been drier and milder than normal. A wet spring may last until August, … Read more