{"id":181,"date":"2012-10-22T21:51:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T04:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theloggingroadcyclist.com\/?page_id=181"},"modified":"2016-04-19T15:04:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T22:04:47","slug":"praire-mountain-loop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theloggingroadcyclist.com\/?page_id=181","title":{"rendered":"Prairie Mountain Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATED, 19 April 2016: There is a gated section on the descent to the SF Alsea Rd. below Prairie Peak. This is a new red gate with a forbidding sign and cameras. One can get through, but doing so pretty clearly constitutes trespass.<\/p>\n

This ride<\/a>\u00a0(gpx<\/a>) starts at the bottom of Tobe Cr. and grinds up a steep 11 miles to the summit of Prairie Peak, then turns back and winds down to the top of Coleman Cr., thence to the South Fork of the Alsea, where a few miles of pavement lead back to the start.<\/p>\n

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Heading up Tobe Cr.<\/p><\/div>\n

This is a traditional October ride for The Logging Road Cyclist. Once the rain starts and it is time to put on the fenders, Prairie Mountain beckons, and this is a good starter for the area. This loop in its current form was a long time in the making. The last part down to the South Fork of the Alsea took TLRC some figuring out several years after he first started riding here.<\/p>\n

A few miles up Tobe Cr. Is a major intersection. Go right, up the steep hill. Left goes down to the SF Alsea at Herbert Mcgee Park.<\/p>\n

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After going through the Gunsite, a short traverse leads to the very rough and steep road to<\/p>\n

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Heavy forest near the summit.<\/p><\/div>\n

the top. It had been raining very heavily just before our ride:<\/p>\n

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and the views of and from the summit were pretty restricted by the bad weather that we were having<\/p>\n

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“View” to the NW from the summit.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Summit meadows, looking towards Lobster Cr.<\/p><\/div>\n

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More summit meadow.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Our Friend, Mr. Gabbro.<\/p><\/div>\n

On the way down we had a nice view into Lobster Cr., and alien signs:<\/p>\n

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And the recently industrialized landscape of Coleman Cr.<\/p>\n

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UPDATED, 19 April 2016: There is a gated section on the descent to the SF Alsea Rd. below Prairie Peak. This is a new red gate with a forbidding sign and cameras. One can get through, but doing so pretty … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-181","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theloggingroadcyclist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theloggingroadcyclist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theloggingroadcyclist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theloggingroadcyclist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theloggingroadcyclist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=181"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/theloggingroadcyclist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193,"href":"https:\/\/theloggingroadcyclist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/181\/revisions\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theloggingroadcyclist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}