Rides around Mt Hood Village

A quick post with a couple of videos from short rides around Mt Hood Village. No photos, other than embedded in the first video, since those I took appeared in my review of the campground.

As mentioned previously, I use Strava to track my rides, and Relive to convert the routes into 3D videos.

Here’s the first ride, by myself:

And the second ride, with Jenn:

Not overly exciting, but a handy way to explore large campgrounds.

Bike rides around Stub Stewart

Stub Stewart State Park was a great place to have a new bike, as it has a number of interesting places to ride, plus is in the middle of the 21-mile Banks-Vernonia State Trail.

One of the first places I rode was the Stub Hilltop area, which has a picnic shelter and tables, nice views, a disc golf course, and a mountain bike area:

Stub Mountain Bike Area

Stub Mountain Bike Area

Stub Hilltop Shelter

Stub Hilltop Shelter

Bikes

Stub Hilltop area

View and bike

View

I used Strava to track my ride, and Relive to convert the route into a 3D video:

The start of the disc golf course through the trees at the hilltop area:

Disc golf course

Disc golf course

Disc golf course

I also rode along a very small portion of the Banks-Vernonia State Trail:

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Ride video:

And another portion of the trail, with a nice bike repair station where the trail crosses the Stub entry road:

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Ride video:

A short ride video around the campground:

Heading further towards Banks:

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

The trail crosses the Buxton Trestle, a 733-foot long, 80-foot high former rail bridge:

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

Banks-Vernonia State Trail

A rather green pond by the Buxton picnic area:

Pond

The picnic area below the Buxton Trestle:

Picnic area

Picnic area

Picnic area

Picnic area

Picnic area

Prison work crew doing landscaping:

Prison work crew

Ride video:

A video of the first ride Jenn and I did together:

Another day, Jenn and I took a picnic lunch on our bikes to the Buxton Trestle:

Picnic on bike

Picnic via bikes

Picnic via bikes

Ride video:

Was this post interesting? I figure our exploring by bikes is not too different to exploring by hiking or driving, in terms of post topics, and may be of interest to some people.