Thursday, May 03, 2012

Oregon Day 2 - Bike Phil's Trail with Dad

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The Skyliner Trail trailhead.

05/03/12 Thursday

We did a shuttle ride in the Phil’s Trail area, starting on the Skyliner Trail at its west (upper) end.

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Starting with a short, steep climb.

The trail is mostly downhill, except for a short climb at the start.

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Dealing with the snow.

We ran into a lot of snow patches and blowdown before getting to Whoops.

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Having fun in Whoops.

The Whoops Trail is about two miles of downhill features, a constant series of bank turns and small jumps.

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Whoops is a blast—you can bank on it.

It’s so much fun that we often ride back up to do it again.

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There’s some tight turns in the trees.

After Whoops, we finished off on Ben’s Trail, more cruising through the forest.

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Dad hit a manzanita bush and the bush won.

Dad missed one of the turns and got taken out by a manzanita. He got a bloody cheek, but no serious damage.

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