The weather here has continued to stay crappy, and it's finals week coming up. I sorted through my pictures from last summer to lift my spirits.
My friends and I took a week long trip to Sisters Oregon, and did a bunch of random stuff.
We rode the Mackenzie River Trail
Got lost at one point (or thought so) and had to cross that unfinished bridge. Turns out we just missed the fork.
The Mackenzie River Trail is long, up on top its super technical and rocky. But fun. really fun. The river is beautiful and so are the blue pools and water falls. The lower section is super fast and flowy. In the shade of the afternoon we just cruised.
I stepped off my bike at the end and my quads seized up. what a great way to start a trip!
Next we backpacked into North Sister
It was a blast, more relaxed. We hiked in one day, climbed it the second day, and hiked out the third. More recovery from the Mackenzie
After that we spent a day at Smith Rock
The climbing there is insane, although I don't like to climb much I had a ton of fun. We went with a Bend local who climbs a lot. It made the day way more fun and I'd suggest having a friend who knows the ropes... (ha)
On the last day we spent the morning at Phils outside Bend and the afternoon on the deschutes river
Phils trails were a ton of fun, and we were glad to have a map. There is so much to ride in there. All of it was pretty mellow, smooth and flowy. Nothing super technical or out of hand. Flowy and fast.
Not too many pics of the riding because we were, well, riding. says to me that the trails were awesome and so was everything else.
Bend/Sisters OR is an outdoor mecca we found
My friends and I took a week long trip to Sisters Oregon, and did a bunch of random stuff.
We rode the Mackenzie River Trail
Got lost at one point (or thought so) and had to cross that unfinished bridge. Turns out we just missed the fork.
The Mackenzie River Trail is long, up on top its super technical and rocky. But fun. really fun. The river is beautiful and so are the blue pools and water falls. The lower section is super fast and flowy. In the shade of the afternoon we just cruised.
I stepped off my bike at the end and my quads seized up. what a great way to start a trip!
Next we backpacked into North Sister
It was a blast, more relaxed. We hiked in one day, climbed it the second day, and hiked out the third. More recovery from the Mackenzie
After that we spent a day at Smith Rock
The climbing there is insane, although I don't like to climb much I had a ton of fun. We went with a Bend local who climbs a lot. It made the day way more fun and I'd suggest having a friend who knows the ropes... (ha)
On the last day we spent the morning at Phils outside Bend and the afternoon on the deschutes river
Phils trails were a ton of fun, and we were glad to have a map. There is so much to ride in there. All of it was pretty mellow, smooth and flowy. Nothing super technical or out of hand. Flowy and fast.
Not too many pics of the riding because we were, well, riding. says to me that the trails were awesome and so was everything else.
Bend/Sisters OR is an outdoor mecca we found
Looks like a great trip!
