Bike the Timothy Lake Trail

Located about 2 hours outside of Portland, Timothy lake is a great home base to adventure from. It has many campgrounds, lots of lake access and great loop around the lake that is open to both hiking and Mt biking. While the hiking loop is 13 miles, the Mt. bike loop is 15 since you need to make a small detour around the PCT trail which is closed to Mt. bikes. Not to worry though, it offers some great riding in some very scenic forest and loops back to the main trail on the lake.

The trail is very well marked and easy to follow with good signs at all the intersections. Most all the riding is very easy, with little elevation gains and very few technical sections that could easily be walked if you choose to.

Note:
There is no cell service anywhere near the lake.

For some added fun, bring a bike lock and leave your bike at the intersection for little crater lake. Its a 1/2 mile walk in and a pretty cool place to check out. If you hop in for a swim, be prepared for the coldest water ever!!!

For more details on camping, check out this adventure.