Drew Coleman

I realize that The Big Show is now underway, but here's an edit from one of the lovely stand-alone races on our calendar. Enjoy as you're getting ready for Day 2 of Cross Crusade:

LCN 009 CROSS ON MOUNTAIN: The Road Not Taken (link below)

It takes 1 hour and 35 minutes to drive from Sellwood to Cooper Spur ski village. What a treat! If you haven't been there, small cottages dot the landscape all clustered around a tavern and restaurant built into the slopes of the mountain. Wide open spaces and intimate single-track (everywhere). I had one thing in mind when I set out, but when I arrived, I immediately thought of “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and altered my plan to shoot to that poem.

I had a colleague do a few reading of it and I love what has emerged. The Poem is about choices and that it really doesn’t matter which path we choose. We arrive where we are no matter. Anyway …

Not far from Parkdale and Hood River, this small little village is host to Cross on the Mountain - a tragically under represented race that features a ton of single-track flow and technical shred opportunities, a sand-pit and a lot of good-old climbing. This is as beautiful a course as there is and is just ripe for more racers: accommodations, beer, fun, and the potential for a tent city. This is definitely on my list next season to race (not film).

Enjoy! And please Like and Subscribe (it makes me happy when you do).

Drew

Local Cycling Network

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MRm2QEAj7w

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009 Cross On The Mountain: The Road Not Taken
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It takes 1 hour and 35 minutes to drive from Sellwood (where I live in Portland) to Cooper Spur ski village. I have ridden through there on my bike a few tim...