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Umpqua River Cycling Vacation:

A five-day, intermediate/advanced bike trip in southern Oregon.
Winner Outside Magazine's 2005 Bike Trip of the Year
Western Spirit's Umpqua River trip takes you on some of the best singletrack we ride anywhere in the country. A world-class bike trip.
Riding Surface: Singletrack, mostly firm pack, some loose pumice and smooth pine duff. Some sections are rocky and grassy. Some dirt roads and a few miles of pavement.
To find our more information about our trips, or to book the best adventure on two wheels, please call Western Spirit Cycling at 800-845-2453

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So, were you to go to Oregon and ride the Umpqua, you'd be riding Trail X:

So named by Bike Magazine (Sept/Oct 2005)

They didn't give the name of the trail to preserve it's identity for those really resourceful enough to sleuth out it's location. It's the epitome of why we ride singletrack, and should be reserved for those who really want it. This is not the Sunday rider outing, located in the remote backcountry river gorge of the Umpqua River, it's meant for riders who want to really get out there. And stay out there. The campsites are as good as the trail, riverside and shady. Amenities of civilized bathrooms (so may argue the mirrors aren't necessary!), the river to throw yourself in and to stare at with a cold beer in your hand. The roar of the water to put you to sleep at night.

The trail sections are named, "dread and terror" being the most famous, and they give you a sense of the environment in which you're living for five days. The Deer Leep Section is fast, fun and throws in the gut buster climb to remind you that what goes down must go up. The Hot Springs Section... well.
At the river's edge, the trail gives you the classic feel of Oregon: lush, mossy, green and ferned with side streams cascading down the hillsides next to the trail. The basalt rock erodes in a fashion that makes waterfalls likely, so the Oregon travel council has printed a brochure of world class water falls to visit. One of our guests was having so much fun on the trail, he blew by 135 foot Lemolo Falls. People travel a long way to hike to this falls, but funny, he didn't seem to mind, riding's too fun.

The salmon are another magical part of the Umpqua experience. They come all the way up the river from the Ocean and we can see them schooling in the pools below the trail.

Read about this trip from the perspective of one of our Western Spirit Cycling Guides ~ Sue Weis writes about Umpqua

Please call 1-800-845-2453 for booking information!

Umpqua River Oregon Cycling Trip