Mt Hood Oregon Trip

Amber went on a 5 day trip with Western Spirit riding singletrack around Mt Hood, Oregon. She decided she wanted to do this because she couldn't get the time of to go on the Whistler trip I was planning on doing in September later in the year.

Below are some random photos that Amber needs to write words around. She didn't get a lot of photos because she was riding up in the front mostly with the hammer heads in the group and stopping to take photos was a lower priority to pounding along and enjoying (suffering :p ) the riding.


The Group on Day 1 after riding uphill to this lookout with a Mt. Hood view. We got to ride back downhill to our campsite for the week. This was the best downhill of the entire trip. I ended up doing it three times during the week :)


A Day 2 section. Day two was a bit hideous as we rode downhill first, and then suffered uphill on the way out, which was a different way than we had ridden down. I told the guides that I would NEVER take anyone on this ride ever. The day's riding was dramatically improved as some of us that wanted more riding for the day combined it with the Day 1 ride that included the awesome downhill back into camp.


Another Day 2 section. This was the bottom of the downhill beginning of the day's ride. We had lunch here and hung out for quite awhile delaying the inevitable uphill exit.


A day 3 section. This was a bunny ears loop with views of three mountain peaks and some nice up and down and winding riding. Today was a lot of FUN riding.


View at the end of Day 3


Day 4 view. This was a 30 mile day on a HOT ridge part of the way, but fortunately there were some parts of the ride that were pleasant riding in the trees.


Another Day 4 view. We had some great views of Mt. Hood on this day, but this was another out and back day with lots of uphill suffering both ways. Also, I'm pretty sure that if I was riding with Sean we would have taken the ride at a much more pleasant/slower pace. I think this was actually a really nice ride....if only the group would have gone a bit slower and stopped sometime before the 15 mile mark.


Taking a break on Day 4. This was one of the guides on a single speed, and one of the strong uphill riders of the group.


A day 4 section. Another one of the riders on one of several wooden bridges that we crossed. I took a lot of pictures on the way back on day 4 because I was not in the mood to do "race pace" riding on the way back that day.


The lead guides bikes he used on the tour - Single speed pain and suffering. Day 5 riding was ALL downhill in which we were dropped at the top and one of the guides waited for us at the bottom. I did this ride substantially faster than anyone else in the group because I was the only one on the tour that really loved going fast downhill. There were a lot more people that enjoyed the rolling hill riding, flats, and uphills instead of the awesome downhill singletrack and technical bits that were way more fun for me :)