Fieldtrip 21 A Bicycle Adventure
Day 7.
Today we leave the Baker Valley and Baker City and make our way to the Hells Canyon of the Snake River.
The route heads east from Baker City, then turns north. The landscape is large hills covered with sagebrush. The narrow valleys that have streams in them support irrigated agriculture which from my point of view looked mostly to be cattle ranching. You climb over Flagstaff Hill, with a good view back to the Baker Valley. The first town on the route is Richland, I stopped there for a snack. Right out of town is about an 8 mile climb, average grade 6%. It was exposed and with a headwind. On the other side you drop down to the Pine Creek Valley which contains the town of Halfway. There's a beautiful view of the Blue Mountains to the North. Still some snow on the tops. The route into Richland follows the Powder River, and you are again following the Powder River down its canyon to our stop for the night Oxbow; which is right on the Snake River.
The numbers;
72.6 miles,
Avg Speed 14.6
Ft Climbed 2709
Ft Descended4242
NP 120
TSS 192
Min Temp 68
Avg Temp 90
Max Temp 109
Morning Ride
Distance
72.60 mi
Elev Gain
2,710 ft
Time
4h 57m
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