Eagle Ridge Trail is a 1.5 mi trail in the south east corner of Spence. It is a mix of flow and rocky areas and is bidirectional, although the alternate line may be very difficult for anything but an ebike in one direction or the other. It is best accessed from Badger at a signed road crossing. 0.5 mi of road riding is required to reach the uppermost section of trail. The trail is intermediate difficulty and has 3 black alternate line with challenging rocks and wood features. There is a blue alternate line that is a short jump line on the downhill with an adjacent climbing route. The trail building is continuing up the ridge and hopefully next year will have a trail linking it to Jct7. The trail terminates at J14 (Badger/Queen of the Lake). Rode it this morning and the dirt is very good.

Trail building at Spence Mountain continues on two projects. A climbing-friendly bi-directional trail, built by Dirt Mechanics, will replace hard to climb Winema. This trail is partially completed and extends from the road above the blue portion of Queen of the Lake to a main road that extends to Junction 9. The trail is currently open, although access is somewhat awkward – either from the road up from J10 or accessed from the road connector about 1 mile out on QOTL (see map below). The trail will be completed with direct connection into J9 and J10 either in the Fall 2025 or Spring 2026.

The second project is the continued building of the southern end of Eagle Ridge Trail by Paul Thomasberg. The main trail is intermediate and will have multiple alternate lines. There is a short intermediate jump line with an adjacent climbing trail and there are multiple black alternate lines that include challenging rocks and log rides across rocks. The trail will start at J14 (bottom of Badger/end of QOTL) and continue up eagle ridge. The upper end of this trail exits onto a main access road at present. Work will continue into the summer. Info on trail openings will be posted here soon.

Badger and Chinquapin trails are now open and ready for riding. Chinquapin is an intermediate flow trail with lots of berms and small jumps. It is about 2 miles long and starts at J5.5 next to top of Nighthawk and ends at Shoalwater TH. There is about 1000 feet of climbing to the top of Chinquapin but the downhill is more than worth it. Badger is a intermediate cross country trail that climbs from lake level at the end of Queen of the Lake and ends about 3 miles later around the middle of North Star. Badger opens up a lot of new loops to ride in the center portion of Spence Mountain.

The Spring trail building season at Spence has arrived and Dirt Mechanics is hard at work. they are building a trail that connects the east side of Queen of the Lake up to the mid portion of North Star. the new trail will be around 3 miles in length and will climb from lake level (~4150 ft) at Queen to the high point on North Star (~4650ft). It will be intermediate difficulty and will allow for loops involving the new portion of Queen of the Lake completed last year. We will also finish Chinquapin trail this year. This trail is about 2 miles long and is an intermediate difficulty flow trail (lots of jumps, berms, and fun) that starts on Captain Jack above Junction 6 along with Nighthawk (black). It ends at the Shoalwater Trailhead. We will also start on the construction of Eagle Ridge Tr starting at the east end of Queen of the lake. This will be a traditional singletrack that will eventually cross most of the length of Eagle Ridge along the east side of Spence.

The Spence trail building is complete until the fall. We have a new 1.6 mi technical black trail called Nighthawk. This trail is a mix if rocks, flow, jumps and drops and will be a challenge for all but the best riders. The second trail is partially complete, called Chinquapin (a bush growing at Spence that is bane of trail builders). This trail is blue-rated and has 0.4 mi complete at present (scheduled to be complete in the fall). The trail ends at a skid road close to Rock Spur road and a short climb back to Jct 6. The route is signed. Even if it is short, the trail includes jumps, drops, flow and a few rocks. It gives a nice taste of what the complete 2 miles will be when complete.

Spence Mountain is officially open again. Thank-you for your patience during the fire closure over the last month. We are still at Level 4 or Extreme fire danger but temperatures have moderated and the nights are cooler. Also, from a resource standpoint Oregon Department of Forestry is in better shape with equipment and personal. Please continue to use extreme caution when recreating in the woods until we get moisture.

With the advice of the Oregon Department of Forestry, the owners of the Spence Mountain land tract have closed public access to the Spence trail system/roads/forest. This is related to the high fire danger. the hope is that this is a temporary closure and Spence will reopen when weather conditions or fire danger levels improve. They hope to have the land back open as quickly as is possible. Updates will be posted here as they are available.

Red Rover and portions of Speed King trails are now open.

Red Rover is a walking/stroller trail loop that is separated from the rest of the system to minimize interaction from other trail users. It is Ok for bikes, but as the builder says – “as long as you are 4 or 64.” This is an easy 1 mile loop off of the main 140 trailhead. Speed King is a flow trail that has 2/3 of a mile open at present, the rest to be completed in the fall 2021. This can be accessed from South ridge trail from a couple of signed connectors. Speed King is meant to be a fun trail with lots of jumps, berms. It is wide and smooth and one-way downhill.

Activities at Spence Mountain slow down in the winter due to snow and rain. Spence trails hold up better than Moore Park when wet, but they will get muddy as the moisture increases. Please stay off of muddy trails as they may be damaged in the process. That damage takes time and work to fix in the Spring.