Review Date
June 5, 2007

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a month

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: johnstoc ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
GREAT trail west of portland. Nice singletrack loop with some great, challenging, rocky, rooty ascents and descents. Waterfall is right off the trail and a great place for a break. I ride this trail often and would recommend it to anyone looking for an aggressive XC / All mountain ride. About 1 mile of the trail is shared with ATV's, so keep an eye out.

Work is currently being done to the trail (6/2007) to reroute the trail... but i like the old route better so i still hit it.

Watch out for rednecks that like to rev their dirtbikes and do wheellies, burnouts, and haul *** around the parking lot. Also look for them when the trail crosses ATV/dirtbike trails. Also, you will hear gunshots all over the place, you won't get shot at but i'd stay away if they bother you.

Recommended Route:
Start at the parking lot and ride it CCW. Begins and ends in BRUTAL climbs that only a champion will be able to clean.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Hagg lake is a fun 13 mile loop. I have heard that Gales Creek Trail (Very close) is also good.

Review Date
October 2, 2006

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: doug5150 ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
First Portland area trail and it was a hit!! Very fun tech climbs, rocks/roots/ruts. The trail was so nice that I kept thinking that I was going to get in trouble for riding on it. The downhill sections were a scream!! nothing to hard - just fun for an experienced rider. I am giving it a 4 just because of the high red neck factor, Lots of gun fire and moto bikes. I swear to god we heard a fully automatic rifle.

Recommended Route:
out and back. The loop is way too short. be sure to check out the falls.

Review Date
July 15, 2006

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a month

Reviewed by: LeeMan ,  Racer

Summary:
This trail really starts from Rogers Camp, now Browns Camp. Rogers Camp is the first parking area you come to when you turn off the highway (just west of the summit) and take the "T" left about 1/4 mile. Rogers Camp is a couple of miles farther down the road, and not on this trail.

This trail is also called the Historic Hiking Trail, and really connects 3 different trails to make a loop.

You can also connect this with the Story Burn trail and make a loop that includes Gales Creek (though I recommend taking that trail down and not up).

Recommended Route:
I have only tried it clockwise, but I think if I do both loops together, the best direction on this trail will be CCW.

Also, if you don't like parking by all the motos (and all the dust that involves), there are several places where this trail crosses dirt roads. For example, the University Falls trail head would work.

Review Date
April 28, 2006

Overall Rating
 0 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 0 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 0 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: theeric ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
It's only an 8 mile loop, but it's a great 8 miles. Lots of roots, rocks, small drops (maybe 2' at the largest) on both the climbs and the decsents. Also plenty of smooth single track climbs and decsents. A solid, challenging ride. Rode it April 27th and the trail was in kickbutt shape. University falls is a nice place to take a rest.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
have been on many as of yet. Fire lane 7 in Forest Park is fun.

Review Date
February 20, 2006

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a month

Reviewed by: downhellrdr ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
This weekend (2/19/06) was the fourth time I have ridden this trail and I wanted to post a warning that there is a lot of debris, fallen trees and large limbs all over the trail. You will be forced to walk over a few trees and other brush until the trail is cleaned up a little. With that said, this trail is damn fun every time and one of the best overall rides around.