2008-2-17 Tillamook Trailride
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:11 pm
I met Scott and Roger at Coleman's Restaurant at 8:30am for some chow, then we headed west in search of a place to ride. My bud Mike was supposed to show too, but was a no show. We unloaded at Koenig Creek and then started north on the dirt roads.
It wasn't long before we hit the Cutoff Trail, then had to leave that side of the river due to the snow.
We then went over to Jordan Creek in search of the Holy Trail. We rode up Jordan Creek Trail, then caught Spauer Creek Trail. Of course the bridge across the creek is still blown out, so we had fun getting across the log-infested coldness. Both Scott and Roger were sporting studded tires and had no problems crossing the wet log, but it did make me squirm.
We then went back on Jordan Creek Trail and went up Archer's Road. We again got shut down due to the snow.
So the only remaining option was to run Roger's Road, but we ran into snow at the summit of it too.
All in all it was still a great ride, even though we only did 29 measley miles. Just getting back out into the woods and into the sunshine made it worth it! Bottom line: there's still a heckuva lotta snow out there, even on the Coast Range! All the pix are here:
http://tawmn.smugmug.com/gallery/435619 ... #255684226
-Tom
It wasn't long before we hit the Cutoff Trail, then had to leave that side of the river due to the snow.
We then went over to Jordan Creek in search of the Holy Trail. We rode up Jordan Creek Trail, then caught Spauer Creek Trail. Of course the bridge across the creek is still blown out, so we had fun getting across the log-infested coldness. Both Scott and Roger were sporting studded tires and had no problems crossing the wet log, but it did make me squirm.
We then went back on Jordan Creek Trail and went up Archer's Road. We again got shut down due to the snow.
So the only remaining option was to run Roger's Road, but we ran into snow at the summit of it too.
All in all it was still a great ride, even though we only did 29 measley miles. Just getting back out into the woods and into the sunshine made it worth it! Bottom line: there's still a heckuva lotta snow out there, even on the Coast Range! All the pix are here:
http://tawmn.smugmug.com/gallery/435619 ... #255684226
-Tom