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Lower Alpine Trail Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- E-Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaAlpine Trails
Oakridge, Oregon -
Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (2 votes)
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeAM, XC
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DirectionDownhill OnlyPopular direction shown
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Climb DifficultyBlue
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Physical RatingEasy
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SeasonApr - Oct
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike AllowedYes up to Class 1
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Global Ranking
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Local Popularity100 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 100 in E-Biking
- 5 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking
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Year Opened2015
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Land OwnerUSFS
Overview
The original backcountry ride that put Oakridge on the map, this has the same start as the ATCA but you stick just to the Alpine Trail all the way down. A great combination of deep forests, narrow singletrack, and scary-fast segments that will have your palms hurting from handing out so many high fives to your riding buddies.
Route Details
After the shuttle vehicle drops you on National Forest Road NF-1912, take the short connector from the road, and then a right onto the legendary Alpine Trail. The trail starts with a climb, which feels steeper than it is because you’re not yet warmed up. Soon enough it levels off and begins to playfully roll through the landscape, past towering conifers and through beargrass meadows. A ripping, prolonged descent ends where the trail again crosses National Forest Road NF-1912 twice in a short distance.
You’ll continue descending singletrack past the turnoff to the Tire Mountain Trail (a ride for another day). Even though there are a couple small uphills it would be exaggerating to call them “climbs”, and the trail seems like it rolls downhill endlessly, through rocky, exposed hillsides with scrubby oaks to more pine-needle loam than you thought could possibly exist in nine miles of trail.
As you continue to drop you’ll catch glimpses of the valley floor but the fun isn’t over yet. The final segment doesn’t disappoint, offering up everything from twists and turns to no-brakes-if-you-dare straightaways. One last hard left near the bottom and you’re almost there, glad to give your forearms a rest but at the same time disappointed to know that endless descents aren’t really endless. Console yourself by riding through the historic covered bridge and visiting the Westfir Lodge and Mountain Market for refreshments and beta on the nearest swimming hole.
Riding Season
Late spring through late fall.
Local Trail Association
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Lower Alpine Trail mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change-2,602 ft
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Altitude min1,144 ft
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Altitude max4,010 ft
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Altitude start3,746 ft
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Altitude end1,145 ft
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Grade-5.7%
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Grade max-74.3%
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Grade min29.3%
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Distance climb2 miles
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Distance down6 miles
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Distance flat1,604 ft
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Avg time01:20:17
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Avg reverse time02:07:03
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17 Reviews & Comments
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Where this trail really shines is the adventure factor: the scenery, the novelty, and if you’re brave and talented enough you could probably have a killer run down.
The trail description says something to effect of “your hands will hurt from high fives from all the glorious moments this trail offers”, more like your hands will hurt from white knuckling your bars / breaks for 10 miles and 4000 feet of descending.




Larison rock: endurofest. Now this one is comparable to alpine as it is still quite the adventure but you can really let it loose and fly through with only a couple times where you’ll do some real climbing. Super fun and I think if you have one ride here and you want something for more instant dopamine, then pick this trail.
Dead mountain: super pumpy, rolling, jumpy trail. So much fun but not your typical trail riding. It’s a good supplement to the other trails, and I would say do it as a second ride.
Larison rock: I don’t think I climbed even once. Just a quick 3 mile shred fest. Some people said it’s a warm up but It’s so easy to start flying down and slip out (what I did).
Lower Goodman trail: just did this is a quicky on my way out. Just skip this one, definitely do mt hardesty instead. Super overgrown right now too.




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