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The Hood Report: Beyond the Trail

When discussing destination mountain biking in Oregon, most follow one of two paths: Bend or Oakridge. Although you wouldn’t be unwise in selecting either for your next trip, it would be a mistake ignoring careful consideration of the Mount Hood and Hood River-area trails. Why? Well, in case our last 8 ride reports failed in …

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The Hood Report: Intro to the 44 Trails, Report on Knebal Springs and 8-Mile

The Hood River Valley courses nearly 40 miles along Highway 35, bound by Mount Hood to the south, the Columbia River to the north, and the Cascade Range to the west. A large ridge system runs the eastern border of the valley where, 26 miles south of Hood River, OR, National Forest Development Road (NFD) 44 climbs into the ridge …

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The Hood Report: The Best $2 You’ll Ever Spend: Timberline to Town

It’s 5:54am as I slide two neatly-folded bills down the cash box before sauntering down the aisle to locate a seat towards the back of the Mount Hood Express. Surely, no city bus route has garnered so much recent popularity (for better or worse), so it’s best to get it in early. A few others …

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The Hood Report: Sojourning on Surveyor’s Ridge and Downing Dog River

It’s not difficult to ring up an unforgettable mountain bike trip in Oregon. If you’ve never been, you’ll go to Bend, where hundreds of miles of singletrack surround one of the most outdoor-friendly towns in the U.S. After Bend, your next trip to Oregon will take you south, where thousands of feet of plunging through …

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Mammoth Lakes, CA: Home of the Kamikaze Games, and Miles Upon Miles of Sweet Singletrack

“So the thing about riding Mammoth is…” Somehow I knew Gabe Taylor, head of bike park operations at Mammoth Mountain, would comment on the elevation. Was it my gasping and sputtering that made him offer this nicely-packaged, handy excuse for me? The one I was just about to deploy? I don’t know, but I was …

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