11 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain • 2 nights
My first bikepacking trip, we went around the Metolius Horn, about 24 miles one way. The downstream portion of this riverbefore it rounds the horn and becomes Lake Billy Chinook feels really wild. No-one past the first few miles beyond the gate for the whole trip. On the remotest part of this route( the Shut In Trail), it was more of a bikeschwack where we were often pulling our bikes over and under fallen logs. It was also helpful to have our helmets on while plowing through overhanging vegetation, what a blast.
On the second day we hiked: up to the top of Green Ridge using the mysterious Reservation Trail, and floundered through manzanita in a fruitless attempt to get close to Castle Rock.
