The Alpine Trail trailhead.
We did a shuttle ride on the Alpine Trail outside of Oakridge with Dad.
It’s a long, long climb up a gravel road to get to the trailhead, so most people arrange their own shuttle or use a commercial bike shuttle.
Just starting out.
The Alpine Trail is nationally known, due to its length (15.4 miles), descent (3,400’), and smooth, flowy ride.
Cruising through the forest.
The trail is intermediate, with only a couple of very short steep sections.
Dad getting some turns.
There are virtually no rocks in the trail, which is always a shock for us riders from Tahoe.
Floral.
The ride is in the trees practically the whole way except for this clearing with wildflowers in the sun.
A view of Westfir / Oakridge near the end.
It’s a fun trail, although not at all challenging.
BIG blowdown.
There’s a fork in the trail about a mile from the bottom, and somehow we lost Dad, as he left the car at a different trail’s end west of the usual end point.
Covered.
The normal trail end is at the Office Covered Bridge across the North Fork of the Willamette River in Westfir.
The Office Covered Bridge.
We eventually found Dad on another part of the trail and made our way back to Eugene.
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