Preserve the quality of our trails - ride with a conscience - be observant of conditions.

We are working on adding maps to many of these trails. Always be prepared for the conditions and take caution when venturing out.

A new feature to this page will be the official spreadsheet of trail conditions from the Forest Service. This basically details whether the trail is open, but does not mention when NOT to ride the trail due to wet conditions. Be observant and care for our trails.

North Shore- Be observant of trail conditions! Help us improve this trail as it's the closest one to Eugene and holds up well. A great rolling rocky trail along the reservoir. This is an Army Corps trail and is not included in the list of Forest Service maintained trails.

High Cascades - A work in progess. Check out some pics of Bunchgrass!

McKenzie River - Hwy 126

King-Castle Trail - The trail is called King-Castle, because it connects King Road to the Castle Rock Trail. King-Trail starts just off of Rainbow Dr. across the covered bridge and joins Castle Rock Trail about 1/4 mile after the road crossing. FYI, on the way down trail, you can extend the ride a little by continuing on Castle Rock Trail another fun 1/2 mile or so, back down to the road. Then it's a short b*tch of a climb back to King-Castle Trail. Trail conditions are superb.

MRT (McKenzie River Trail) - Be observant of trail conditions!

Highway 58

Goodman Creek/Eagles Rest - Getting soggy, about time to lay off for the seasons. July-September is the best time to ride here. Be observant of trail conditions! View link at top of page for trail conditions.

North Shore- Be observant of trail conditions! Help us improve this trail as it's the closest one to Eugene and holds up well. A great rolling rocky trail along the reservoir. Contact us for work dates.

South Willamette- View link at top of page for trail conditions.Now even longer, go from the Goodman parking lot out and back for a good ride!

Hardesty- View link at top of page for trail conditions.

Eula Ridge- View link at top of page for trail conditions.

Lawler- Be observant of trail conditions! Take the new South Willamette contector back over to Patterson Road. It is about 1-1.5 miles down the gravel road from the base of Lawler.

Oakridge

Alpine - "5828 Short loop" map, gps track. Be observant of trail conditions!

Larison Creek - View link at top of page for trail conditions.

Larison Rock - View link at top of page for trail conditions.

Salmon Creek - View link at top of page for trail conditions.

Flat Creek - View link at top of page for trail conditions.

Heckletooth/ETC - View link at top of page for trail conditions.

Tire Mountian- View link at top of page for trail conditions.

Cloverpatch - View link at top of page for trail conditions.

Winberry Divide- View link at top of page for trail conditions.

Winberry Tie- View link at top of page for trail conditions.

North Shore Tie-View link at top of page for trail conditions.

Middle Fork Willamette- View link at top of page for trail conditions.

Coast Range

The trails at Cape Mt. offer some good variety, little mud, a few puddles and lots of fast single track and long climbs for that SS of yours. The trails are fairly wide open singletrack, you start high at Dry Lake trailhead, from there you can run east or west along a ridge which eventually will give you the option of droping down into Berry Creek, from there its all up hill. We usually put together a couple of loops for a good ride. You can combine a variety of loops for and almost endless ride. Normally we start at Dry Lake Trailhead head out Princess, turn onto Tasha, then Scurvy Ridge to the gravel road, down Berry Crk and then up Wapita, over Cape Mt., down Lookout, then back up Nelson Ridge (via Elk Meadow) back to Dry Lake. The trails are well marked, you can't get lost unless you really try.

Applegate Trails, Rogue Valley

Check out this great link to find trails in the area.

http://rvhpa.net/mtbike/index.htm

Southern Oregon Trails, Road and Mountain Maps

A great website for finding maps about rides down in Southern Oregon.

http://www.siskiyouvelo.org/

Trail Care Reminder

I have been around the DOD long enough to remember what we went through with the efforts to keep the MRT open. This kind of effort takes an ongoing approach. Let's not let ourselves and future MTBers down by surrendering to momentary pleasure seeking (Did I say that?). I would also like to add that the best time to ride MRT is during the week, when it's truly dry,.... in smallish groups. We have been successful largely because of our willingness to participate in dialogue with the land management agencies (USFS & BLM) and other user groups, volunteer work (thanks go out to Richard and Scott, and some others for organizing these work parties in recent years!) and a pro-active approach to helping to educate ourselves and other cyclists as to the appropriate ways to use the trails.

We have some great winter riding at Whypass, and there is also the Coburg Hills, where BLM has put an emphasis on developing an existing trail network. For background, the Coburg Hills trail network existed before we discovered it in the mid-80s, as motorcycle trails. Therefore, if you go out there, don't get upset at our throttle-twisting brethren, some of them were great partners in helping get the network legitimized with BLM out there. We worked with them and BLM from 1994-2000 on the process before things gelledinto a cohesive package. There were many long meetings with an assortment of folks showing up from time to time. Your DOD representatives and ETRA reps were the most constant, level headed attendees of these meetings, and
therefore gained a good deal of respect from BLM for our efforts. So I'll stop being a windbag and say, go out and ride the winter areas until it's been dry (as in NO RAIN AT ALL) for at least three weeks. It takes the damp areas that are deeply shaded at least that long to dry thoroughly.

Cheers,
Tim