Falls Creek Bike Trail, WA

Today started out to be another Saturday that none of us knew what we wanted to do on. Tim mentioned a few trails that none of us had been on before, so all we had to do was pick one....Falls Creek it was! Located in the Wind River drainage, the trail starts basically at the headwaters of the Wind River. Tim Thornton, Meggie, Andy Maser and myself all agree that this is one of the top rides we have ever done! Don't let the shuttle fool ya though, plenty of gradient to climb on this ride, but it is so worth it. This ride has a lot of something everyone can enjoy, and it takes about 3 to 3.5 hours with sight seeing along the 17 mile rim. Epic views, collapsed lava tubes, and fast ass downhills!!!

Black Rock Mtn Bike Park, OR

We had been hearing tales of a great trail system located just southwest of Salem for a couple of months now. After watching hours of YouTube footage of this grand establishment of beauty, five of us decided to make the two and a half hour drive south......and it was well worth it!

High Prairie thru 15 Mile Bike Trail

We decided to hit up a shuttle ride in the foot hills to the east of Mt Hood on Sunday and it was oh so tacky and good! It is a pretty full on ride of continuous single track and one that tests how fast you can go and stay in control! This ride had a little bit of everything...some little step jumps, some techy features, and some balls to the walls gripped fast track. Highly recommended!

A Few Random Shots

Upper Yellowjacket Cr- WA

The other week we hit up Yellow Jacket Creek in WA. We decided to explore the upper section a bit and see what was up there. We ended up running into a 45 footer that was runnable, but with fairly high consequence due to a fairly small landing zone caused by rock. These shots are all taken by Christie G, and Dave Hoffman, thanks guys!

Hitting The Trails

Its no secret that the mountain bike trails in and around Hood River are some of the greatest on this side of the country, so we have been taking full advantage of it! The last couple of weeks I have definitely been on my bike more than in my kayak, which is a nice switch-up. Unfortunately, one of our favorite trails, 8-track, is getting logged within the next few days. Not the worst thing in the world, and I guess it will get us out on some different trails, but its a great single track and it will be missed! Here are a few crummy shots from last Sunday-I meant to get some of 8-track, but kinda forgot I had a camera on me.

West Coast Women's WW Festival

Last weekend Husum hosted the first annual West Coast Women's WW Festival on the White Salmon hosted by Heather Herbeck and Christina Russell. They had a pretty good turn out and it was fun to watch all of the events take place, with the 8-ball race being the most entertaining. A BBQ Saturday evening was a great excuse to hang out and socialize and was a lot of fun!

Lochsa River-Idaho

My roomate and I decided to hit up the Lochsa for a chnge of pace and to get on some big water with the playboats. This run reminded me a lot of the New River Gorge in WV. The flow was around 12,000 CFS and there were a ton of huge waves to play around in! We met up with a huge crew from Missoula that makes regular trips out here to the Hood and had a blast!

Some Photo's