Sumpter, OR is a tiny town with a lot of gold mining history. Derek planned a gravel loop that took us up from camp through some back gravel logging roads to Sumpter where we stopped and toured the Dredge. Then we crossed over and climbed around some gravel roads on the lake side of the …
Our original plan was to camp for a week up at Anthony Lakes…until we saw the weather forecast of below freezing overnight temps and highs in the 40’s. So instead we camped lower and drove up to the mountain to ride one day. Anthony Lakes Ski Mountain is remote. It’s a 40 minute drive from …
The Elkhorn Crest Trail has been our bucket list for quite some time. In the almost three years that we have been traveling fulltime and checking off places to go, things to see, trails to hike and ride, and life to live, this one is especially sweet because it’s in Oregon where we lived for …
This remote gravel ride through the Zumwalt Prairie was extremely pretty and diverse. We took our mountain bikes on this one because the route we planned was pretty rough and chunky. Our out and back was 24 miles with 3372′ of climbing. The Chief Joseph band of the Nez Perce were the original human inhabitants …
I heard from several people that this trail was worth the hour drive from where we are boondocking. It was. Our mountain bike loop was 23.2 miles with 2622′ of climbing up to the highpoint of 5251′. It was a chilly start and in fact, the whole day felt quite a bit like fall to …
After climbing up a series of trails out at MERA the day before, we switched it up and decided to descend them. Our loop was 13.3 miles with 2248′ of climbing up to 5205′. Mt Emily gravel/dirt road leads to the top though the further you go the lesser the road becomes. It’s washed out, …
For the first time since we left Oregon in Jan 2019, we’re back in the state. After a few days in Idaho visiting family, we are now by La Grande, OR boondocking in the forest. Our spot took some work since it’s up a rough rutted dirt road but so far it’s quiet with nobody …
So many lakes! We rode to four lakes our first day in the area, and to another lake the other day so figured we would keep the theme going. This last ride to Barker Lake was a beast. There are a couple different options for how to ride this but we opted for an out …
Wow! The internet didn’t have much info on this trail but we took a chance and it paid off. Yes, this was a really hard climb and I’m betting only a handful of people ride it each year. This out and back was 16.1 miles with 2904′ of climbing up to the highpoint of 8186′ …
After leaving Butte, we drove a short distance and are now in the Anaconda/ Phillipsburg, MT area for a week. The day of our first ride here the weather forecast was for 90% chance of rain after noon but we took our chance and went for a ride anyway. We rode up to four alpine …