Since quite a while I’ve been looking for a good excuse to check out the riding and fabled trail systems at our neighbours in the north - Oregon.

Enter the inaugural High Cascades 100 , which had a very appealing premise: one huge loop , pretty much all singletrack. Ok, that one loop actually included two sub-loops (Swampy Lakes), but few would whine about that, since it was supposed to be a very fun sub-loop.

We were greeted by a brisky 34 degrees at 6.15 in the morning on the Wanoga parking lot, hence I put on a jacket; and decided last minute to ditch the small camelback and go with bottles, as the forecast predicted high seventies max and we’d pass aid stations every 20 miles or so. From the start, I mainly remember a huge dust cloud and riding the first mile or two pretty much blind, just following the wheel(s) right in front of me. A fine way to wake up and get the adrenaline going! It must have been quite dry here lately, as sand and dust proved to be a bit of a constant today. More about that soon!

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