MTB Peterson Ridge

The weekend rolled around pretty quickly and the original plan was to attempt a trip down to Oakridge for some riding but it looked like the weather was going to be less than ideal.  I teamed up with Trevor to go hit Peterson Ridge over in Sisters.

It was fun to ride some different trail and we even found where the trail system tied into Metolius Windigo and rode that for a couple of miles before it became un-rideable.  The trail conditions were great and the weather was also pretty much ideal.

We got some great views of the Cascades on the return and it planted the seed to head back and ride the trail from Peterson to Metolius Windigo into Bend.  Truth be told, it has been a bee in my bonnet for a couple of yrs now and the crux will be timing.  Given the length and altitude changes of the trail, it will be in varying levels of trail conditions.  When the upper elevations open up to ride, the lower conditions will most likely be loose.  There probably is no 'optimal' time to hit the trail that connects from Bend to Sisters (or vice versa) but it is definitely on the hit list.

It was nice to ride some trails that still had some rocky features to them.  Everything in Bend seems to have been nuked down to resemble dirt bike paths lately.  It is frustrating to those of us who like a little tek in our trail....there is absolutely no reason to have to remove every technical feature from a trail in order to reduce it to the easiest common denominator...after all, it is 'mountain' biking right?

As more rules get imposed locally, it does make it a little less of a soulful experience but I suppose that is what happens when trails get popular enough to have to create these sorts of things.  As always, it is still good for the soul to get out and ride the dirt.

Saturday's fun: