Trail building 2025

June 13, 2025

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.

Upcoming KTA Events

April 17, 2025

April 26th – Healthy Klamath Give Back Day
Help make a difference! Join Healthy Klamath and be a part of improving your community. There will be
several projects to choose from.

May 3rd – Spence Mountain trail work day (Old Eagle Trail)
RSVP and more details are posted on our Meetup page.

May 18th – Family Bike Day at Moore Park Bike Skills Park from 11am-3pm
This super popular Family Day is back! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for announcements and details
for this fun event!

May 24 & 25th – Spence Mountain Spring Cleanup
We hope you will join us for this annual event to clean up Spence Mountain before the Mountain Race and
Mountain Mayhem Race. We will spend the morning clearing the trail & the afternoon enjoying a bike ride!
RSVP and details will be posted on Meetup. Stay tuned!

June 7th – Annual Spence Mountain Mayhem
Registration is available on Ultrasignup.com for the Third Annual Spence Mountain Mayhem. Kids 18 and
younger can register for free for this event. All participants need a $5 OBRA license for insurance purposes.
There will be food & drinks provided for registrants for $10. There are 3 courses available (advanced riders,
intermediate riders, and beginner riders).

June 28th & June 29th – Rye Spur Trail workday
Join us for a collaboration work event on the fabulous Rye Spur Trail. We will be working with National Forest
volunteers, Backcountry Horseman High Desert Riders, Siskiyou Mountain Club and KTA this year. Details and
RSVP will be posted to Meetup as we get closer to this event.

August (TBD) – Overnight Backpack Trip
We are so excited to organize a fun overnight backpack trip this year! We are looking at possibly hiking into
Sky Lakes Wilderness via Cherry Creek Trailhead then camping overnight around Trapper Lake. Details with
be forthcoming so keep your eyes out for the RSVP on Meetup.

New Trails are open now!

June 13, 2024

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.

Trail building 2025

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