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Post Canyon: Loop Ride
Mountain Biking Trail
Hard
14.27 mi
2,658 ft
An excellent sampler of a loop ride in the expansive Post Canyon trail system.
Post Canyon reigns supreme as the most popular—and most expansive—trail system in Hood River, Oregon. The trails here are so good, and the network so expansive, that Post Canyon draws riders from Portland every day of the week… despite the 1 hour, 15 minute drive.
Local rider Chris Daniels characterizes Post Canyon as "the epitome of trail networks” in [his article on ]( saying "you can sample from the largest buffet of trail types within a relatively small geographic area.”
While shuttling is extremely popular at Post Canyon, many riders choose to pedal loops through this complex network. If you choose to pedal, "the easy-grade roll out from the Seven Streams trailhead seems to be the most intuitive place to start Post Canyon,” according to Daniels. From there, continue climbing and climbing. Eventually, most riders choose to pedal up the gravel road for the most direct route to the top of the network.
From there, any number of options will lead you back down the mountain, but the route mapped here follows some of the highest quality trails in the system. Flow and airtime are the priorities on this route. A continuous cascade of berms allows you to rail down trails such as Dirt Surfer, Bad Motor Scooter, and Grand Prix.
Grand Prix and Kleeway provide a never-ending line of jumps and air opportunities as you wrap up the second half of your descent. While most all of the jumps can be rolled, many provide two line options—the bigger option often featuring a big kicker followed by a gap to the landing.
Most of the trails on this loop ride are considered the most popular in the network, so expect to share the trail with other riders. Thankfully, most of the trails have an agreed upon direction of travel, making it uncommon to meet riders traveling the other direction. That said, most of these trails are still technically two-way and multi-use, so be sure to ride heads up! Written by Greg Heil
Post Canyon reigns supreme as the most popular—and most expansive—trail system in Hood River, Oregon. The trails here are so good, and the network so expansive, that Post Canyon draws riders from Portland every day of the week… despite the 1 hour, 15 minute drive.
Local rider Chris Daniels characterizes Post Canyon as "the epitome of trail networks” in [his article on ]( saying "you can sample from the largest buffet of trail types within a relatively small geographic area.”
While shuttling is extremely popular at Post Canyon, many riders choose to pedal loops through this complex network. If you choose to pedal, "the easy-grade roll out from the Seven Streams trailhead seems to be the most intuitive place to start Post Canyon,” according to Daniels. From there, continue climbing and climbing. Eventually, most riders choose to pedal up the gravel road for the most direct route to the top of the network.
From there, any number of options will lead you back down the mountain, but the route mapped here follows some of the highest quality trails in the system. Flow and airtime are the priorities on this route. A continuous cascade of berms allows you to rail down trails such as Dirt Surfer, Bad Motor Scooter, and Grand Prix.
Grand Prix and Kleeway provide a never-ending line of jumps and air opportunities as you wrap up the second half of your descent. While most all of the jumps can be rolled, many provide two line options—the bigger option often featuring a big kicker followed by a gap to the landing.
Most of the trails on this loop ride are considered the most popular in the network, so expect to share the trail with other riders. Thankfully, most of the trails have an agreed upon direction of travel, making it uncommon to meet riders traveling the other direction. That said, most of these trails are still technically two-way and multi-use, so be sure to ride heads up! Written by Greg Heil
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Route and Elevation
Segments
| Name | Distance | Elev. Diff. | Avg. Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dirty Mobius | 0.90 mi | 305 ft | 6.4% |
| Mobius | 1.18 mi | 387 ft | 6.2% |
| Mobius Ascent | 1.07 mi | 456 ft | 8.0% |
| Mobigetti | 2.61 mi | 430 ft | 1.6% |
| mobiles from bridge | 1.42 mi | 449 ft | 5.9% |
| Spaghetti Factory North to South | 1.42 mi | -207 ft | -2.8% |
| Post-Flats to Blade-Runner Road Climb | 0.22 mi | 161 ft | 13.5% |
| Post Canyon #1 | 0.89 mi | 371 ft | 7.8% |
| Riordan to Binns | 1.51 mi | 325 ft | 4.1% |
| Gates Closed - Climb to 140 | 0.20 mi | 95 ft | 8.7% |
| Riordan Hill | 0.58 mi | 285 ft | 9.2% |
| DirtSurfer DH | 0.93 mi | -361 ft | -7.3% |
| Dirtsurfer (Clear Cut to Bottom) | 0.71 mi | -276 ft | -7.4% |
| Jammy Ts no stack segment | 0.48 mi | -217 ft | -8.5% |
| Dirt Surfer - Final Woods | 0.40 mi | -213 ft | -9.9% |
| New 140 DH | 1.25 mi | -423 ft | -6.4% |
| Roots and Rocks | 0.29 mi | -72 ft | -4.7% |
| Slow Down Federico ;) | 0.12 mi | -72 ft | -11.0% |
| 158 Bad Motor Scooter (April 2021 Rebuild) | 0.58 mi | -249 ft | -8.1% |
| BMS Fun | 0.40 mi | -233 ft | -10.2% |
| Bad Motor Scooter | 0.48 mi | -223 ft | -8.8% |
| GP | 0.66 mi | -259 ft | -7.4% |
| 158 Upper Grand Prix (April 2021 Rebuild) | 0.58 mi | -230 ft | -7.5% |
| Upper GP | 0.41 mi | -243 ft | -11.2% |
| UGP21 | 0.41 mi | -210 ft | -9.7% |
| Chainless - Stage 3 | 0.83 mi | -322 ft | -7.3% |
| Toilet Bowl to Kleeway | 0.62 mi | -272 ft | -8.3% |
| Toilet Bowl Proper DH | 0.57 mi | -233 ft | -7.8% |
| TBK | 1.51 mi | -390 ft | -4.9% |
| Toilet off Road near top of Charlies | 0.49 mi | -203 ft | -7.8% |
| Kleeway Check Your Speed Before You Yeet | 0.32 mi | 52 ft | 0.0% |
| Kleeway to Mobius | 0.59 mi | -157 ft | -5.0% |
| Kleeway | 0.75 mi | -220 ft | -5.5% |
| Pump Track Superstar | 0.21 mi | -72 ft | -6.4% |