I packed the snowboard away in my garage and also the disappointment of a winter season that wasn’t fully capitalized upon. So my passion for the mountains now turns to flowy singletrack and mountain trails. With little preparation, other than some sporadic bike commutes, I hit the trails with Oregon Adventures who shuttled us up to 3 different trail heads so that I could get a sampler-platter type downhill experience. You can go to a place like Whistler and ride the lift up and take different runs down each time. When a ski lift isn’t an option you get a shuttle. The nice thing about the shuttle is that you know the van and the guide are waiting for you at the end of the trail. You can worry a little less about no one knowing you’ve gone missing, and focus on having uninhibited fun.
We did just that, we had the best uninhibited fun we could have. We did the “Triple” which includes Flat Creek, Aubrey Mountain and Larison Rock. Each trail astounded me with it’s natural offerings. You would turn a corner and almost fall off your bike, not because the trail was rough, but because you couldn’t believe that something so beautiful could exist. The nice thing is that these trails are virtually empty. Unlike Whistler, you can stop and marvel at what you’re seeing without the fear of causing a chain-reaction crash. Later on in the season I can see adding a hill climb to this so that I feel a little bit more deserving of the post-ride carbo load.
Captain Anaerobic 