The countryside around Mt. Hood is one of the most blessed area in all of the Pacific Northwest. I’m not certain even camping and riding the entire area for a solid week or two would exhaust all of the riding opportunities presenting in that particular corner of Oregon. The roads aren’t the most curvy on… Continue reading Wamic Market Road / Mt Hood FS Road 48
Category: Eastern Oregon
Eastern & Central Oregon ‘Dryside’
Oregon State Route 82 (Enterprise – Imbler)
Route 82 is one of the roads coming out of the Enterprise/Joseph area. The roads begins as a somewhat dull, bucolic highway rolling through a river valley in between some pretty sizeable hills. Mostly dead-straight sections punctuated by the occasional gentle curve, it will should be a stress to nobody’s riding skills. But once you’re… Continue reading Oregon State Route 82 (Enterprise – Imbler)
Washington State Route 129 / Oregon State Route 3
Most of the road that you see below is only marginally a “motorcycle road”. In the summer, it’s hot and straight and not generally much fun throughout its length. Most riders could take it or leave and grudgingly acknowledge that it’s better than slogging up Interstate 5. But I also said “most of the road”.… Continue reading Washington State Route 129 / Oregon State Route 3
Oregon State Route 216 in Deschutes River Valley
This road is a fun little stretch of highway that zips across the Deschutes River Valley (via Tygh Valley) south of Tygh Ridge. The road intersects with US 197 about 7-8 miles north of Maupin’s sweet twisties and heads back to the Deschutes River and its own set of twisties. There’s fuel and food in… Continue reading Oregon State Route 216 in Deschutes River Valley
Oregon State Route 19 ‘John Day Highway’
A fine example of the Eastern Oregon highway-building, Oregon Route 19 does a little bit of a Jeckyl & Hyde routine. With this in mind, I’ll be covering this road in sections. Viewing the road from south to north, it follows Eastern Oregon’s John Day River from the US Route 26 junction in the midst… Continue reading Oregon State Route 19 ‘John Day Highway’