Wednesday Ride on Row River Trail
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Wednesday Ride on Row River Trail
The Row (sounds like now) River Trail is a Rails-to-Trails project starting in Cottage Grove, Oregon, going east from town into the Cascade Mountains. The trail is 16 miles long, but at the east end it connects with very low volume paved roads that go into the Umpqua National Forest.
I rode 50 miles, from Cottage Grove to Spirit Falls and back the same way. The ride included three covered bridges, and 3000 ft of climbing over 25 miles.
The first bridge is the Mosby Creek Bridge
The trail is hard surface and very smooth
I rode 50 miles, from Cottage Grove to Spirit Falls and back the same way. The ride included three covered bridges, and 3000 ft of climbing over 25 miles.
The first bridge is the Mosby Creek Bridge
The trail is hard surface and very smooth
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After leaving the rails-to-trails path, it's on to Culp Creek and the National Forest
This is the Row River and the paved roads in the forest
And the second covered bridge, Dorena Bridge
Then into the National Forest
Then the last bridge of the day
This is the Row River and the paved roads in the forest
And the second covered bridge, Dorena Bridge
Then into the National Forest
Then the last bridge of the day
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Looks like a great ride. I do the Banks to Vernonia rail trail a couple times a month during the summer, but with the about 15 miles of gravel I take the mountain bike. We still need to plan some of the training rides for Cycle Oregon. Take care.
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Mark this trail on your list of rides, the trail starts in downtown Cottage Grove, OR It is great for the whole family, very safe.
There is a new French Bakery downtown to supply the fuel.
https://www.americantrails.org/nation...wriver-or.html
There is a new French Bakery downtown to supply the fuel.
https://www.americantrails.org/nation...wriver-or.html
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Beautiful.. nice to know such pristine place still exist.
I hope to find myself in your neighborhood this summer.
I hope to find myself in your neighborhood this summer.
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Peugeot U010, Deep V's in orange and fixed
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Belgium Bertin. an angel spared it and sent it my way.
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Very cool! Thanks for the tip, Shifty. My wife & I will be down in Eugene next month; we'll definitely hit this trail.
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Wow! That sounds like a beautiful and (for me challenging) ride. I'd love to do it some day. Thanks for the pictorial...so nice Love the bike staging in some of the more meaningful stages of your ride . Sometimes a bike needs a good lookin' over huh? lol