The Bend Trail Blog

Video: Upper Whoops
Short video of the recently re-worked and upgraded Upper Whoops trail — recorded in mid-June of 2023.
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Respecting the Middle Flagline Trail Closure
Flagline Trail Closure and Elk Calving Grounds Authors: Brock McCormick, Wildlife Biologist, US Forest Service; Nicole Strong, Assistant Professor, Forestry […]
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Gary’s Top Fat Bike Routes
One of the nice things about fatbiking in the winter is the trails are NEVER the same day to day […]
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My Love Affair with Horse Ridge
If any of you read the trail updates you might notice I post a lot of Horse Ridge updates. You […]
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Tips for Riding in Snow
With snow comes snow biking! Fat bikes, skinny bikes and cross bikes can all be fun to ride in the […]
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The Rockfall DH Trail
Mt. Bachelor Bike Park’s newest trail is also its most technically advanced… If you’re like me, you’ve been staring longingly […]
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Adventures in the Cascades
My Summer With Trans-Cascadia and OTTA. This is my third and final blog post focusing primarily on the Cascade Crest. […]
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Cascade Crest – the Work Begins
Starting a Dialogue with the USFS & Clearing Trails! The day after my recon ride with Steve in the Old […]
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Discover the Cascade Crest
From Beta Explorations to 75 Miles of New Singletrack! I am constantly scanning the landscape for trails, envisioning potential trails, […]
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New Boise Trails Website!
In June of 2017 Joe and I got a DM on Instagram from Kirk Cheney and Jason Delgadillo, a couple […]
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Moab Mountain Biking Road Trip
During the last week of October, a group of us packed up the truck and headed to Moab for five […]
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Mt. Bachelor Fatbike Freeride Rally
Sponsored by Bend Cyclery, The Mt. Bachelor Fat Bike Freeride Rally was held on April 29th. Riders and racers used […]
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Meet John. My Hero.
Ever since the short section of the COD Reroute (aka Rockstacker) has been open, almost every time I am working […]
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Now for Something Completely Different
In May I had a chance to meet up with some of my mountain biking friends from Kauai in Sedona […]
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Your Gateway to Recreation
The new Cascade Lakes Welcome Station opened on March 18th of 2016 and offers a lot of amenities for locals […]
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Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Nicole Strong on the West Bend Project If you spend a lot of time in the forest, you develop an […]
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Transition Time
This is the time of year where many of us transition from Eastside riding to Westside riding… I am always […]
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The Rating Game
My friend Joe, one of the founders of this BendTrails web site, asked me some advice about some of the […]
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Snow Berms at Wanoga?
I met Gary Meyer (COTA snow trails ambassador) + TJ and Matt from the Hub Cyclery today at 9 am […]
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Post-holes, Multi-Use Trails & Etiquette
I’ve seen a few complaints on social media over the past month from fat bikers about their favorite snow route being […]
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Wanoga Snow Bike Trails!
This coming January and February 2016, COTA will begin to groom trails for fat bikes! Trails will be groomed with […]
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The COD Reroute
In the last year or more, COTA has been working on a new re-route for C.O.D.. This is due to […]
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Clearing Deadfall
I was recently in McCall Idaho riding a loop around Loon Lake (an IMBA Epic ride). The ride started out […]
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Riding Around Snow Patches? Really?
Don’t ride around the snow. Ride or walk where the trail is. Ok, so we all know it’s been a […]
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