gill wrote:
> Am heading down to Bend Oregon next week and would like to know which trails might be open at this
> time of year. Also, which rides are recommended (am looking for intermediate-advanced ones).
You'd have to check with the local bike shops or the ranger district to see what's open. Any of the
bike shops will the local trail map that shows most of the trails. You can pick it up for about $6.
I was there last summer. I never found anything "advanced"... the terrain is pretty rolling with the
occasional lava flow that you wouldn't want to biff into. Overrated as a "mecca" if you ask me, but
then I ride in Idaho...
I did the Sparks/Lava Trail which was a longish, easy intermediate ride. It's 22 miles rolling
singletrack that runs behind the west side of Mt Bachelor, a one way ride that you can either loop
by coming back on the road, do an out and back, or leave a car at one end.
The ride that was recommended as the real killer is the Edison/Lava, Lots of up and then
lots of down.
I took the kids on Cultus lake trail.
If you get the rec map, you'll see there are a lot of trails just west of town that ought to be
clear, not sure about the higher up ones.
Keep in mind that they ski on Bachelor until the 4th of July most years,
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/index.shtml
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/index-rec.html look for trail info.
This site was better than the average USFS site for trail information, and the rangers seemed to
know what they are talking about.
have fun
penny