This road starts on the south edge of Ukiah and gently wends it way uphill into the heart of the Blue Mountains. Once you’re about 15 minutes in, you’ll start to see signs for various OHV riding and snowmobile areas, and shortly afterwards the road starts to get interesting with much tighter and more frequent… Continue reading Umatilla Forest Service Road 52 ‘Soap Hill Road’
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Oregon State Route 402 ‘Kimberly-Long Creek Highway’
Back in 2007, I wrote the following and I think that it bears some further discussion: Long known by its name, the newly minted Oregon State Route 402, is considered by some Portland sport-riders to be a destination road in its own right. It’s a mere 35 miles long and links the towns of Kimberly… Continue reading Oregon State Route 402 ‘Kimberly-Long Creek Highway’
Idaho State Route 8
I must say that I’ve kind of fallen in love with the sweeper roads of North Central Idaho. The roads gently weave in between the rolling hills of trees and fields, with an occasional village with a gas station and market, with hardly any other vehicular traffic out on the road. This particular road is… Continue reading Idaho State Route 8
US Route 20 in the Oregon Coast Range (Newport to Philomath)
Road Update: As of 2018, The Oregon Department of Transportation has finally opened up the new bypass through the Eddyville area. US20 is now much safer, faster, and straighter. Sadly, this road report may need to be removed soon. I can’t easily recall how many times fellow riders have maligned the US Route highway here… Continue reading US Route 20 in the Oregon Coast Range (Newport to Philomath)
Yachats River Road
Following the Yachats River back up into the Oregon Coastal hills is this eponymous little road. It starts out inside the also eponymous little town of Yachats right off US 101 with a funky uphill and acute-angled intersection that goes right up the side of the hill. Once you’re a few blocks in and getting… Continue reading Yachats River Road