Giant ambassador Adam Craig has traveled the world to race and ride his mountain bike, but some of his favorite trails are right in his backyard.
These days he spends much of his time building and maintaining trails in Oregon with the U.S. Forest Service and Trans Cascadia. It’s hard work, but Adam will tell you there’s no greater reward than sampling the goods—especially when he gets to do it on his new Trance X Advanced Pro 29.
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mikekazimer
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Just moved to the area and have loved exploring these trails. Hopefully the OCC stays out of harms way with the current fires. Anyone know what trails the riding is on? Specifically around the 3:12 mark?
Crossing my fingers on the fires right now as well..a few good ones have taken hits, (Umpqua, several parts of the Oregon Timber route [Fremont & Ollallie area], and a few other cool tracks) but overall seems we are getting lucky? Lighting & wind tonight, so we will see. I think the 3:12 mark is Grasshopper. Aside from the trails, so hard to watch so many folks loosing their homes...brutal work, this 2020 thing.
@briceps: I think we are talking different Ollalies (thankfully). The sections approaching Ollalie Lk near Mt Jefferson/Breitnebush are burning. The Ollalie trail near O'Leary is not.
@dorkboat2004: Ohhhh I follow now. That area up there looks amazing and it's so sad it's burning. My wife talks about the Ollalie Butte hike like it's magical.
Adam Craig is a great guy. Had a chance to hang with him for a bit during a TransCascadia event - hard working, always smiling, fun to ride with, and shreds hard. Thanks Adam and all the rest of you Oregon builders!
Fires can also open up opportunities for rad trails. I am not saying that is always the case and I would obviously prefer no fires, but there have been some beautiful and unique trails built after fires.
@HB208: Yeah? I'll take your word for it, but I'd like to experience a "before" too... The only experience I have with fires on trails is the Greenwater WA stuff, and recent fires killed them (what was left of them after the CDC enduro, that is LOL)
Aside from the trails, so hard to watch so many folks loosing their homes...brutal work, this 2020 thing.