Originally Posted by
PatrickGSR94
I was about to ask if that hill you mention is the one in your avatar, but then I thought the scenery in Oregon is a bit different than you avatar.

Yeah, that's Utah in my avatar. If you take out the cool rock formations in the background, there are parts of Oregon that look like that, but happily I live in the green part.
Just for fun, here's the steep side of my hill.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll...5,,0,9.03&z=16
I ride that once in a while when I'm feeling masochistic.