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Trail Running Bend and Central Oregon is an extensive guide to the best trail running in one of the country's top outdoor destinations. Author and trail runner Lucas Alberg provides detailed descriptions of the area's best loop runs, including several new trails added within recent years. From classic high desert runs to the east in the Badlands, to mountain escapes and high alpine scenery to the west in the Cascades, the guide highlights the unique and diverse geography that Central Oregon has to offer.
Unlike other guidebooks, Trail Running Bend and Central Oregon is organized by season, so runners can know when to hit the right trails at the right times throughout the year. The 50 routes described in the book are all located within 65 miles of Bend, which means that trail runners will spend more time doing what they love to do, instead of spending time behind the windshield in anticipation.
Unlike other guidebooks, Trail Running Bend and Central Oregon is organized by season, so runners can know when to hit the right trails at the right times throughout the year. The 50 routes described in the book are all located within 65 miles of Bend, which means that trail runners will spend more time doing what they love to do, instead of spending time behind the windshield in anticipation.
Price: $17.95
Pages: 242
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Imprint: Wilderness Press
Publication Date:
17 May 2016
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780899978239
Format: Paperback
Lucas Alberg is a native Kansan who ventured west after college in pursuit of outdoor adventure in the mountains. A distance runner since his youth, Lucas took to trail running when he moved to Portland, OR, in 2001. After exhausting the trails in the northwest part of the state, he moved to the sunnier side of the Cascade Mountains and Bend in 2011. Since then, he has been eagerly exploring Central Oregon's diverse geography and gobbling up miles on the area's vast network of trails. Outside of running, Lucas enjoys spending time mountain biking, hiking, backpacking, cross-country skiing, and camping with his lovely wife, Rae, and their son, Loren. A longtime musician, Lucas has written and recorded two albums with his band, The Beautiful Train Wrecks, and has found time to play hundreds of shows across the Pacific Northwest. Lucas currently serves as PR Manager for a Bend-based outdoors company.
Overview Map
Acknowledgments
A Note from the Author
Foreword By Max King
Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 YEAR-ROUND RUNS
- Old Mill Loop
- Pilot Butte State Park
- Entrada River Loop
- Archie Briggs Canyon
- Shevlin Park Loop Trail
- Ben’s Trail
- Phil’s Trail
- Lower Peterson Ridge Trail
- Horse Butte
- Horse Ridge
- Badlands Rock
- Larry Chitwood Trail
- Tumulus Trail
- Maston
- Tumalo Canal Historic Area
- Radlands
- Suttle Lake
- McKenzie River
- Whychus Canyon Preserve
- Cove Palisades State Park
- Smith Rock State Park
- Gray Butte
- Tumalo Falls
- Swampy Lakes
- Three Shelters Loop
- Paulina Lake
- Patjens Lakes
- Canyon Creek Meadows
- Duffy Lake
- Eight Lakes Basin
- Clear Lake
- Iron Mountain
- Scott Lake
- Matthieu Lakes
- Obsidian Trail
- Broken Top
- Green Lakes
- Moraine Lake
- Sisters Mirror Lake
- Horse Lake
- Lemish Lake
- Lookout Mountain
- Metolius River
- Metolius Preserve
- Black Butte
- Upper Peterson Ridge Trail
- LaPine State Park: North Loop
- LaPine State Park: South Loop
- Paulina Creek
- Otter Bench Trail
CHAPTER 2 WINTER RUNS
CHAPTER 3 SPRING RUNS
CHAPTER 4 SUMMER RUNS
CHAPTER 5 FALL RUNS
Appendix A: Managing Agencies
Appendix B: Running Clubs and Groups
Appendix C: Running Stores
Appendix D: Central Oregon Race Calendar
Index
About the Author Map Legend