9 miles

Distance

2,177 ft

Climb

-2,177 ft

Descent

2,412 ft

High Point

The full climb and descent option as of the 2015 season. This includes the only route to the top of Whistlepunk via a gravel road that breaks off the main paved road climb. This route will get you the full Alsea Falls experience of rocks and jumps at the top into pedaling sections, berms, tabletops, hips and doubles in the middle, and then pure flow rollers and berms at the bottom.

A mix of paved and gravel road climb all the way up to the top of the trail system (as of the 2015 season) with 1500ft of elevation gain over about 4.5 miles. Be sure to watch at the 2 mile point to turn off the paved road onto gravel on the right hand side, then stay left at the first split. After that just stay on the road and look for the trails to start on the left hand side.

It is a roughly 5-mile descent back to the parking lot via Whistlepunk, Sexy Tree, Highballer, and Springboard.

Other shorter options exist as well as alternate descents through the middle of the trail system.

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3 Reviews & Comments

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Trail-Swag (Mar 30, 2018 at 20:57)

My goto route. Trailhead has campground right next door - no cell coverage on ATT.

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Chuckolicious (Sep 20, 2018 at 20:51)

Just had the most amazing descent of my MTB life. Lucked out with being able to climb road with permission from the loggers, but don't come during the week as I don't think they're down to do that regularly. Congrats to Team Dirt on simply amazing trails!

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JeremyJace (May 6, 2019 at 10:41)

Did this loop this weekend for my first real MTB outing in over 10 years. Sooo fun! Climb wasnt horrible, trails are good practice for beginners, even on a hardtail! Cant wait to go back!

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Trails in Route

	Fall Creek Access Road				2 miles
	Whistlepunk-Misery Whip Tie Rd				2 miles
	Whistlepunk				5,253 ft
	Sexy Tree				2,087 ft
	Bailout-Highballer Tie Rd				1,115 ft
	Highballer				1 miles
	Springboard				2 miles
	Dutchman				292 ft

Details

Riding area

Alsea Falls
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Difficulty rating

Blue
Route Type

Loop
Bike type

AM, XC
Direction

One Direction
Physical rating

Hard
Ridelogs

200

More Stats for Whistlepunk to Springboard Loop mountain bike route

Altitude min

943 ft
Altitude start

943 ft
Altitude end

943 ft
Grade max

-33.984%
Grade min

40.283%
Distance climb

5 miles
Distance down

4 miles
Distance flat

2,918 ft

trail	date	description
Highballer	Jul 8, 2020 @ 12:57pm Jul 8, 2020	Amazing conditions. One or two needing some maimtenance , nothing major, but otherwose best trail of the day
Springboard	Jul 8, 2020 @ 12:56pm Jul 8, 2020	Absolutley perfect, rode it twice and it's something oit of a dream
Whistlepunk	Jul 8, 2020 @ 12:54pm Jul 8, 2020	I feel like the first half should be called whistlerock and the second half whistleroot. Riding well
Bailout-Highballer Tie Rd	Jul 4, 2020 @ 3:34pm Jul 4, 2020	reporter
Fall Creek Access Road	Jul 4, 2020 @ 3:33pm Jul 4, 2020	reporter

Whistlepunk to Springboard Loop route

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