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Wheels & Water: King Castle / Castle Rock Trail (OR)
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Adventures of a Weekend Warrior. Wednesday, June 26, 2013. King Castle / Castle Rock Trail (OR). Ken, near the start of the climb, with our destination looming in the background. Karly making the grind. Emily starts the Demoralizer pitch. Ken rounding the last turn of the gravel road climb. Ascending the Castle Rock Trail. Emily rounds the first switchback of the steep section. Erin finishing up the traverse. Roman hammering with one gear. Cool rock formation near the summit. Three bad A$ women! The trai...
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Wheels & Water: Fuji Mountain Trail, OR (9.15.13)
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Adventures of a Weekend Warrior. Friday, September 27, 2013. Fuji Mountain Trail, OR (9.15.13). Fuji Mountain (OR) had been on my radar for the last few years, ever since I started to do more riding in the Waldo Lake area. I had heard that it was fairly similar to Maiden Peak. While Emily (my wife) raced in the Fat55, taking the top spot in Women's Singlespeed! Under the cloud layer in Lowell. Erin Hooten, on the boosters somewhere on Gold Lake Trail. Kim McGovern climbs the spur trail, between. Erin, lo...
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Wheels & Water: Black Rock, OR (In Lycra)
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Adventures of a Weekend Warrior. Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Black Rock, OR (In Lycra). With a crew of 11 strong, we headed north on Sunday morning, clad with lycra, styrofoam helmets, and clipless pedals - perfect for a day of shreddin' freeride trails! As we made our way along I-5, the morning fog started to give way to sunny skies, and I knew it was going to be a good day. By the time we reached BR, it was around 10:30am, and after getting suited up, we started our ascent up Mt. Brown. After a quick r...
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Wheels & Water: Sandy Ridge (OR)
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Adventures of a Weekend Warrior. Monday, April 27, 2015. A map of the Sandy Ridge trail network, which can be found here. The kiosk, at the top of the road climb. Chris goes for the left line at Rock Drop. The author takes the rock line. Photo by Roman Androsov). Roman drops down some fun rock stairs, near the start of Rock Drop. Now on Quid Pro Flow, we had reached the goods – technical rock gardens, which is one of my favorite types of riding! Chris finds some flow on Two Turntables. I figured it was p...
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Wheels & Water: Cline Butte (OR)
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Adventures of a Weekend Warrior. Thursday, April 30, 2015. Jason starts the short climb to the top of Cline Butte. Great views of the Sisters along the way. Jason and Grace, about halfway up. The rocks that mark the start of the descent(s). Jason finds Trail #2, right off the fence line. The author drops down the entrance to #2, while Grace looks on. Photo by Jason Snook). Jason takes his turn. Rounding the corner, just down from the entrance. Jason takes the safe line around the second major drop. Some ...
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Wheels & Water: Ride Report - Crater Lake, OR (6.22.13)
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Adventures of a Weekend Warrior. Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Ride Report - Crater Lake, OR (6.22.13). Although I've lived in Oregon for 13 years now, amazingly, I've never been to Crater Lake - Oregon's only National Park and the deepest lake in the United States. I'd actually wanted to visit the park for years now, but since it's a bit out of the way from my usual destinations, it's always seemed to take a backseat to other plans. After doing the Old McKenzie Pass. Backed up at the park entrance. Alex, on...
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Wheels & Water: Mount Fromme - North Shore (BC)
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Adventures of a Weekend Warrior. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Mount Fromme - North Shore (BC). Chris gets acquainted with Upper Oilcan. Roman studies the next part of the puzzle. Chris on a fun root drop. More roots and rocks. Chris, somewhere on Upper Oilcan. The author drops into Espresso. Photo by Chris Arnold). Chris takes his turn. Typical terrain at Mount Fromme - steep and techy. Roman on one of a few fun ladder bridges on Espresso. Chris, on the same bridge. The author takes one of the optional lines.
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Wheels & Water: Adams Mountain Trail, OR (10.14.12)
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Adventures of a Weekend Warrior. Thursday, October 18, 2012. Adams Mountain Trail, OR (10.14.12). Being that I've already done a ride-report on Crawfish ( here. Karly enters the Beargrass meadow. Amanda, about to drop-in to some downhill. Perry enjoying the ride. Amanda drops into a steep section. Randy, leading the pack. Randy getting in back of the seat for this one. Emily sets up for another steep one. Andy rails around one of the many steep ass switchbacks. Perry finds an opening to build some speed.
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Wheels & Water: Trail 99 (Sisters, OR)
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Adventures of a Weekend Warrior. Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Trail 99 (Sisters, OR). Welcome to Barbie Camp! Headed toward the upper trailhead. The upper trailhead, at Park Meadow. A photo I took back in 2012 of the Pole Creek fire,. During a trip to Bend, while it was burning. Another shot from the same trip. Roland, starting off on Trail 99. Navigating through the charred remains. Kim, trying to stay warm during the first bit of the ride. Arthur finds a nice meadow, as the snow starts to fall. The remainin...
