How to set up ski on a bicycle day and multi day trip

**cem_terzi** · 06-25-2008, 01:32 PM

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2008,June 24 How to set up ski on a bicycle day and multi day trip

NO CAR NO GAS
NO MONEY NO PROBLEM
ENJOY SKI CYCLE OUTDOOR AND FREEDOM

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This pictures gives good detail info about set up.

SKI OR CYCLE WHAT SHOULD I DO TODAY!!!!!!!!!

Temark boots caffee holder

Crater lake

Buckle up to rear rack

Buckle up to rear rack forward and back, than do it the same the other side of bicycle

A frame for ski mean buckle two ski at the top so ski do not move rim direction.

Backpack infront of ski

Boot at the top of front rack COKE or COFFEE it's the chose

Heading Mt McLoughlin trail head from lake of woods, day trip.

For short day trip ski at the back is OK

Heading to Lassen

Tiago Resort, Ron and Julia offer free yurt to stay at Tiago Pass resort .

For a double shot in a day I am cycling mt Dana & mt Gibbs

Tiago pass (9945 ft)

I asked many cycling retail company to sell me some parts holesale price before I started this trip only one small company did that.

Northwest Adventure phone 541-385-6599
1346 NW Galveston Ave.
Bend, Oregon 97701
northwest adventure.net
thanks Northwest Adventure

On the way to Shasta my front rim broken at Mt. Shasta SHASTA BASE CAMP outdoor company suport me with use temp old rim. Thanks

On the way to Trucke my rear rim broken The BACK COUNTRY bicycle shop sell me 2 rim with holesale price. Thanks The BACK COUNTRY bicycle shop .

Sincerely

Cem Terzi

Here is the trip report
MAY-JUNE 2008 SKI-CYCLE TOUR CASCADE TO SIERRA ROAD TO ARGEN

**cem_terzi** · 06-25-2008, 01:38 PM

MAY-JUNE 2008 SKI-CYCLE TOUR
CASCADE TO SIERRA ROAD TO ARGENTINA CHILE

May-June 2008 Ski-Cycle Tour. Cascade to Sierra and the road to Argentina, Chile.

Finally after many ways to try to set up my skis on a bicycle I was ready to hit the road on May 1st. Thanks to Northwest Adventure Cycling for their support and wholesale price, zero profit, discount.

Northwest Adventure 541-385-6599
1346 NW Galveston Ave.
Bend, Oregon 97701
northwest adventure.net

I started to cycle from Bend, OR, May 1st and cycled to Mt. Bachelor Camp at Duchman Flat. The next day I skied at Mt. Bachelor, the last time which I skied there this season 1 million vertical feet. It was a great snow with a sunny day. Only cow face was hard and a little icy. The next day, May 3rd, I cycled to Sunriver and stayed there. Later I rode towards Twin Lake Wickiup Reservation on Hwy 46 south of Cascades Lake Hwy to Hwy 58 west to Crescent Lake and Odell Lake.

Diamond Peak
I camped at Crescent Lake on May 5th. I cycled to Odell Lake and skin up Diamond Peak the next day. Late start and a long distance (15 miles one way). I skied in five miles then I came back. Not too much elevation gain and 10 mile round trip. Sunny day. Snow is getting corn but not yet. Snow was soft. I camped at Odell Lake.

May 7th. I cycled from Odell Lake to Diamond Lake and stayed at Diamond Lake.

Mt. Bailey
May 8th. I cycled from Diamond Lake Resort to Mt. Bailey trailhead. Snow cover all the way to Hwy 230. I started to skin up at 11:30. I skin up to the summit from the southeast ridge. There was some avalanche risk on that day so I skied down from northeast side of Mt. Bailey bowl (not in the middle of the shoot) which has a shallow slope. It was still scarey. Snow was not very stable. I came back to the trailhead at 10 pm then ride my bicycle to go back to Diamond Lake. I was back at 12 midnight at Diamond Lake. Great skiing but not a very safe day.

Crater Lake
May 10th. I cycled from Collier State Park to Crater Lake. It was a big climb on a bike. Camp around Rim Village. In the morning get some food from the Rim Village Cafe and head to the west side on my skies at 9 am. Many hills around Crater Lake. It is better to ski this hill rather than ski around Crater Lake. I tried west side this time and skin up two picks first. I skined up Diamond Lake Overlook which takes direct sun so it is soft and corn. Ski all the way to the bottom of valley. Skin up again. This time Watchman Tower. Snow was hard at the top but half way to the top and all the way to the bottom of valley it is soft and corn. One of the best ski days. Came back to the Rim Cafe at 5 pm. Then started to ride by bicycle down hill from Crater Lake down to the valley Fort Klamath and camp there on May 11th.

Mt. McLaughlin
May 12 & 13th. I bicycled from Fort Klamath to Lake of the Woods and camp there. Head to the trailhead at Mt. McLaughlin start point at 11:30. Trailhead to the road was covered with snow. It adds another additional six miles to the trip. Partly cloudy and some sun. Snow is soft but not corn yet. When I skin up to 7500 ft it was 5:30 pm. I turned around at that point and skied down. All the way to the highway. Then ride my bicycle to the campside at the Lake of the Woods at Dead Indian Memorial Road. Soft snow but not corn, but not steep hill. Partly cloudy, some sun. It was a short day because I started late.

Mt. Ashland
May 13th. I cycled from Lake of the Woods to Ashland on the Dead Indian Memorial Road and stayed at Ashland. Next day did not cycle far and stayed close to Ashland.
May 14th. I went to Mt. Ashland in the morning with a friend. We skined up to Mt. Ashland and skied it. It is sunny and snow is corn. Short day but great corn snow and sunny.

Mt. Shasta
May 15th. After skiing in the morning corn snow of Ashland I started to cycle to Mt. Shasta. First town I stayed overnight was Montague, CA on May 15. thNext day I cycled from Montague to Mt. Shasta. Five miles before Mt. Shasta my trek bike rim broke.
May 16th. I got a low quality used rim for $10 including a new trube from Shasta base camp outdoor store. I was sure I won't be able to make it with this rim to Argentina, Chile.
May 17th. I planned to go to a day trip at Avalanche Gulch & Helen Lake as a day trip from Bunny Flat. The next day a friend is going to join me for summit trip at town of Mt. Shasta. When I reached the Helen lake I had a phone call that my friend will not make it because of work schedule. A family group from Sacramento offered me support to make my day trip to overnight and summit trip. Thanks for my Sacramento friend. I stayed at Helen Lake (10,400 ft) and did not have crampon and ice axe. Weather was great. The weather report said it will be 50 degrees at the top of the mountain the next day.
May 18th. At 2 am we started to climb up from Helen Lake. It was cold in the night. After 2,000 ft climb snow was ice. I did not have crampon and ice axe. Snow at higher elevation is getting icy and it is getting steeper. At 12,500 ft the snow gets very icy like a rock. I cannot go up more without crampon and ice axe. I go lower down to 12,000 ft. and wait for the sun to make the snow softer. Two hours later the snow gets softer and I started to climb again. I climbed up to 13,600 ft just before the Misery Hills. Then turned to go west to Cascade Gulch - Hidden Valley side. Snow at Avalanche Gulch has a lot of big sun cups and snow is not covered. It is not really skiable at Avalanche Gulch side.
Hidden Valley-Cascade Gulch side has a great snow. It is full cover corn snow 13,400 ft to 9,000 ft. and no sun cups. Great ski hill. At 500 ft. below Hidden Valley cover with rock. Rest skiable all the way Bunny Flat. I skied down to the parking lot. Great day. Corn snow. Awesome. One of the best days of the trip.

Lassen Peak
After having a great ski at Mt. Shasta the next day I started to cycle to Lassen Peak. Overnight camp before McArthur Burney Falls. Net day I camped at Manzanita campground at Lassen National Park. Next in the morning I cycled from Manzanita Lake to Devastated Area Park. I was there at 1 pm (6,200 ft). I camped close to the road. At 2 pm I started to head up from Devastated Area (6,200 ft) on the road. I rode to the more left side (south). At 8,000 ft snow was hard and icy with a lot of sun cups. I keep going up more. Snow was very icy. At 9,000 ft I turned around. Not good skiing. A lot of sun cups and it is icy. The next day I would like to try again but weather was colder. So the next day I started to head to Lake Tahoe. Big, big climbing on a cycle to summit of the road (8,512 ft). Then great downhill ride from 8,512 ft to campground at Lake Almoner-Chester. Next day I started to cycle from Lake Almoner campground (Hwy 89 South) towards Lake Tahoe. Twenty miles before town of Truckee this time Trek rear rim broken. I got a ride to Truckee. Got a two new rims, front and rear, then cycle to Lake Tahoe campground. Next day I stayed at south end of Lake Tahoe. Met a cycling couple that were just returning from a 3,000 mile bicycle trip that included Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and California. They stopped next to me and offered to have me stay at their fancy home. We shared cycling stories from Tibet to Indonesia and the Sierra to Colorado.

Cem Terzi

**snowful** · 06-25-2008, 01:46 PM

I am happy you enjoyed your travel in the U.S.!

**Sierra Cement** · 06-25-2008, 01:55 PM

We saw you going over Luther Pass just south of Tahoe, Cem. Glad to see you are posting your adventures. I'll be watching to see more. You are riding all the way to South America to ski there too, right?

I also like that you are doing this on your Trek 8000, I have one of those too!

**renoenvy** · 06-26-2008, 06:34 AM

Really sweet.

This needs some more love.

Great trip!

You were mentioned on The Backcountry's site
http://www.thebackcountry.net/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1451

Thanks for postin'

Do you have any shots of the ski days?

**splat** · 06-26-2008, 09:52 AM

Wow. Fuck. Yeah. Wow.

**philippeR** · 06-26-2008, 10:05 AM

Wow. This is cool.

Hugh Conway · 06-26-2008, 10:07 AM

You are going overland by bike all the way to Argentina & Chile? Fucking Awesome!

**Sutter** · 06-26-2008, 10:10 AM

Holy core to the core, nice work.

**cem_terzi** · 06-27-2008, 04:21 PM

I think mountain bike is good for heavy load like that

NO CAR NO GAS
NO HOUSE, NO MORGAGE NO FORECLOCURE
NO MONEY NO PROBLEM
ENJOY SKI, CYCLE OUTDOOR AND FREEDOM

P.S.
On this trip I had 2 broken rim
On the way to Shasta my front rim broken at Mt. Shasta SHASTA BASE CAMP outdoor company suport me with use temp old rim. Thanks

On the way to Trucke my rear rim broken The BACK COUNTRY bicycle shop sell me 2 rim with holesale price. Thanks The BACK COUNTRY bicycle shop .

Broken rims couse by wornout break metal to metal friction not from heavy load.

Cem

**Hutch** · 06-27-2008, 04:34 PM

color me subscribed!

**powdork** · 06-27-2008, 04:42 PM

All comercial right belong to Cem Terzi, All info for induvicual use.

2008,June 24 How to set up ski on a bicycle day and multi day trip

NO CAR NO GAS
NO MONEY NO SPELCHEK NO PROBLEM
ENJOY SKI CYCLE OUTDOOR AND FREEDOM

all the same. i did the picasa tour and it was very cool. you went right by my house.