Brown's Camp Memorial Weekend Ride x2!

Time for a Brown's Camp Ride!
(AKA: Roger's Camp) 

JD & I hear this trail has come out from under its snow blanket and is ready for riding. Several folks have e-mailed us that they've ridden it over the last two weeks and it is in pristine condition! The long weekend will give us time for a Monday recovery.

Thanks to Shane, we will now have 2 ride options:

Ride Option #1 w/ JD & Shanti:
"Classic Roger's/Brown's Camp"
Most people know this as "Brown's Camp." Roger's Camp - Brown's Camp: It's the same ride.

This is about a 8.6 mile / 2-3.5 hr ride on fantastic singletrack though beautiful forest. It really does have a bit of everything: winding flowey singletrack where you can open it up, rocky and rooty technical stretches, and nice little drops for some XC air opportunities. There are some rooty climbs and technical bits, so a "beginner" won't have the "best" time. Nothing you can't hike your bike over though.

There was a re-route last year that eliminated our co-use with ATV's, so those who didn't ride it last year will be pleasantly surprised.

We are doing the highlighted loop marked as "Roger's Camp":

  
2008 Roger's/Brown's Camp ODF/TSF map
*This trail is now called the "Historic Hiking Trail" on the ODF maps 

Ride Option #2 w/ Shane:
"Shane's Enduro"

This is about an 18 mile ride that will begin at the Gales Creek Camp Ground/Trailhead.  Folks on this option will ride Gales Creek, Storey Burn, the "Classic Roger's/Brown's Camp" ride (Ride Option #1), and back again! Wooo-hooo!  You'll definitely earn the protein fix of your choice on this one!

Here is just some of the enduro sweetness you'll experience with Shane's ride: 


2008 ODF Gales Creek/Storey Burn Map
(Reference the map for "Classic Roger's Camp" for bottom of ride)

From Shane:

My ride will by going out Gales Creek and up Storey Burn.  From there we can option a short loop on Sickter Lars and then down Gravelle Brothers.  We then climb out and do the standard Brown's Camp [Ride Option #1] Loop.  We return by the Gales creek trail to Gales Creek campground.

The Meet Spot/Departure Time will be the same for both rides. We will divide into Ride Options 1 and 2 and carpool accordingly.

Meet: We will meet at the Sunset Transit Center parking structure at 10:00 am (10:20 departure), get in carpool convoy configuration and go from there.

Carpool Riders: We really thank the folks who volunteer to drive with bigger rigs/racks. With gas at $4/gal, please take care of your carpool driver appropriately. We want these folks to keep steppin' up so we can all save some $$. What used to be $5 is now $12.

Links

Tri-Met: If you are doing the MAX thing (which I've just discovered is very easy for an mtb meet): Sunset TC Connections/Info

Going on your own: Tillamook (mountain bike ) Trails Info/Directions  

For complete maps/info/updates on the Tillamook mtb scene see: Tillamook Info
If you are looking for the Brown's Camp map, click on the "Historic Hiking Trail" map
(Ryan Kilgren is our PUMP Tillamook Rep)

Pre-Ride Questions
Shanti: 503-228-0589 // mtb_grrl@msn.com

Day-Of-Ride Issues
JD Cell: 503-806-3655

See you there!