NSR TR: Oregon MTB Goodness
Dates: Friday, July 23rd – Monday, July 26, 2021
Locations: Ashland & Oakridge, OR
Riders: Enginerd, Mike, SchralphMacchio & UCL
Photos: Enginerd, Mike, SchralphMacchio & UCL
Synopsis: This is a super belated trip report, but I figured better late than never! The overall plan was Mike, Enginerd and I would leave from the Bay Area super early on Friday, driving all of the way to Oakridge, OR to meet SchralphMacchio – where he would have a camp set up for up and we’d enjoy two days of mountain bike shuttling. It’s a super long drive, so we split it up going up and coming back by stopping in Ashland for some mountain biking on the way.
Overall, it was an awesome trip – great riding with good buddies.
Day 1 – Bay Area to Ashland to Oakridge
As noted, we hit the road really early and started the long drive to Oakridge with the plan to stop in Ashland near the CA/OR border to hit some afternoon riding. The challenge was it was going to be SUPER hot at that point, so we couldn’t get involved in any super long rides.
So we settled on hitting up Bull Gap to Missing Lynx trails, which were great.
Shasta was looking dry as a bone on the drive up.
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Welcome to Oregon!
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Enginerd gearing up for the hot climb up.
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After the climb up the road, we were treated to dry, but fast conditions.
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It was a great series of trails and all went smooth, other than some quick bike repairs. Was better to get this out of the way today before the shuttle riding up in Oakridge the next two days.
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We headed into Ashland and grabbed a beer and some food. Mike about to chow down.
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It was super hot that afternoon, but fortunately we stopped just past Medford and jumped in the Rogue River. That was awesome!
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After the plunge, we continued up with the long drive to Oakridge. SchralphMacchio was super cool and got there early, setting up a sweet camp for everyone right off the river by Wesfir. We got up there very late, found him by headlamp, had a beer and got to bed.
