MRT baby, PNW's proclaimed best trail.
Check the Ride Reports next week for my take.
Check the Ride Reports next week for my take.
On the docket...
- Thread starter Skookum
- Start date
Looks like some cool terrain. Looking forward to it...
Nice.
27 mile river trail. i like river trails and this one is always touted as the best. i've heard about it for years and it was in one of the rags top 10 all time trails. From pictures, past reports it does look outstanding. i'm wondering if i'll be too engorged in the trail to stop and take photos.jdcamb said:
neaky:
I've done it as a shuttle. It was fun but super long and much more of a xc ride than it sounds when people say shuttle. I got burned out and ended up finishing the last couple on the road.
Have fun. I'm a bit jelous.
Have fun. I'm a bit jelous.
Were you not on an XC bike?
We are all expecting an XC ride, but we are going to shuttle to the beginning. Still leaves 27 miles of what is supposed to be goodness!
We are all expecting an XC ride, but we are going to shuttle to the beginning. Still leaves 27 miles of what is supposed to be goodness!
Great job on the map
Can't wait til this weekend
Can't wait til this weekend
27 miles? That's a shortie.buildyourown said:
So Skooks - which trail is it? The green one *right* along the river? It looks tasty from a topographic standpoint.
Cool, a pre-ride report.
That trail is simply awesome - you'll all have fun...wish I could join you. Like already stated, it will kick your ass!
Yes, number 3507. McKenzie River Trail.SkaredShtles said:27 miles? That's a shortie.
So Skooks - which trail is it? The green one *right* along the river? It looks tasty from a topographic standpoint.
Best of all, it's only going to be mid 70's this weekend
I should warn you, there is currently a Black Crater fire burning just outside sisters and by McKenzie. Highway ORE242, 17 miles West of Sisters MP 74 - 86, issued: 07/24/2006 1:04 pm. Forest Fire in area. Highway is closed.
Huh?Heidi said:
Thanks for the info! Do you know where I can go get up to date info on this fire and road closer?
Oregon Dept of Transportation TripCheck is updated regularly.
http://www.tripcheck.com/Pages/RCMap.asp?curRegion=5&mainNav=RoadConditions
The little red box with the white x is the fire closure.
http://www.tripcheck.com/Pages/RCMap.asp?curRegion=5&mainNav=RoadConditions
The little red box with the white x is the fire closure.
Thanks! Great siteHeidi said:
Ohhhhh.....this is gonna be good!!!
Don't forget the smores!:heart:PsychO!1 said:
very cool trail, and you will certainly have fun, but top 10? not on my list.
Dude you don't know more than Bike magazine or whatever....narlus said:
one of the best things about that ride was the shuttle back up...8 guys w/ 11 bikes in the blackened hold of a U-Haul truck, w/ beers and banging out a tribal beat on whatever surface available.
you may have had to have been there.
mtbtom, can i get a witness?
you may have had to have been there.
mtbtom, can i get a witness?
Well i still say you don't know more than magazines. They know all...narlus said:
i'm not sure the magazines said you were supposed to do that in the article i read...mtbtom said:
I ran it once on foot... popular 50K when run as an out and back.
Heidi: Do you still have those pictures from a few years back when you rode with... IRB & MBC? Or is that just some pre employment flashback of somebody else?
Heidi: Do you still have those pictures from a few years back when you rode with... IRB & MBC? Or is that just some pre employment flashback of somebody else?
That does look like a great trail, I've heard a lot of good rides from it. Some day I may have a bike I could do miles on.
That's been on the hit list.mtbtom said:
Y'know all kidding aside there was a big deal about North Umpqua in one of the rags. They were calling it "Trail X" in order to try to keep a massive flood of people from riding it. i found out about that when people on some local boards started inquiring about it, asking what is Trail X????. i thought that was ridiculous on many levels....
And believe it or not i don't have a top ten list. Trails can be different from year to year and from day to day. Twist my arm and i'll spit out a few trail names, but for the most part they all can be good if you bring the right attitude, and/or people.
But sometimes the masses have a good basic idea and many many positive opinions can't be wrong. So with that i'm stoked....
i'd be interested in riding it as an out and back, but not with my downhill chums.Serial Midget said:I ran it once on foot... popular 50K when run as an out and back.
Hey howzabout Humptulips Trail in about a month or so? i keep on saying that about my Enduro, complaining about my tall 36 and 34 lbs. But then i get to the top and have miles of downhill, and i quickly forget.jimmydean said:
Go sell some more sausages and buy an XC bike.
Sounds like it could work... low river + a much needed vacation in mid September = a qualified maybe.Skookum said:i'd be interested in riding it as an out and back, but not with my downhill chums.
I haven't been on a bike since I started my new assignment...
From what little of it i rode the trail is really primitive, but i'm looking forward to doing it again because the scenery is really nice. Keep me in the loop on your time off, might be nice to make a social out there with possible campout with a beach ride one day and the Humper the next.Serial Midget said:Sounds like it could work... low river + a much needed vacation in mid September = a qualified maybe.
I haven't been on a bike since I started my new assignment...
I keep trying to, but it never turns out right. I bought a GT Ruckus I-Drive, but then I dug it so much I didn't touch the DH bike for 2 months. Then the DH season started and I lost my ass.Skookum said:i keep on saying that about my Enduro, complaining about my tall 36 and 34 lbs. But then i get to the top and have miles of downhill, and i quickly forget.
Go sell some more sausages and buy an XC bike.
I am building a long HT that "should" be trail worthy, I guess I'll find out in a couple weeks.
I look forward to the pics and ride report, maybe I'll put it on my list of "must rides" before the weather sucks.
I never rode it with them, I've ridden it with a ton of people back when I wasn't working so I don't know which ones you are talking about :love: I don't have any of the pics on this computer at work though.Serial Midget said:I ran it once on foot... popular 50K when run as an out and back.
Heidi: Do you still have those pictures from a few years back when you rode with... IRB & MBC? Or is that just some pre employment flashback of somebody else?
As opposed to running it on his hands.Serial Midget said:
Hmmmm... a few years ago someone posted some very cool pics, wrote a ride report that mentioned running out of water so they drank from the river... I thought it was you because you made such great ride & race reports.
Well I mixed my stories but here is yours:
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58754&highlight=mckenzie+river+trail
Its was mushrooms... not water.
Well I mixed my stories but here is yours:
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58754&highlight=mckenzie+river+trail
Its was mushrooms... not water.
Heidi said:I never rode it with them, I've ridden it with a ton of people back when I wasn't working so I don't know which ones you are talking about :love: I don't have any of the pics on this computer at work though.
No pictures or detailed ride report yet, but here is a short summary....
1) The trail lived up to it's billing
2) The weather was perfect
3) 27 miles on a bike make you hinnie sore
4) Skooks got stung by some hornets about 1/3 of the way down while taking pictures, but rode it out like a stud
uch:
1) The trail lived up to it's billing
2) The weather was perfect
3) 27 miles on a bike make you hinnie sore
4) Skooks got stung by some hornets about 1/3 of the way down while taking pictures, but rode it out like a stud
uch:
Yah i mean riding off the mountain with a broken leg was easy compared to them stupid hornet stings...Snacks said:4) Skooks got stung by some hornets about 1/3 of the way down while taking pictures, but rode it out like a stud
Believe it or not it actually takes me hours to do ride reports, photo editing and writup... Anyways i'm almost there but i gotta go watch my dumb friend get hitched at the courthouse.
Anyways here's a teaser...
Can't wait for the pics... photoshop me in so people will think I ride.