BZ-Glenwood Loop
Total Distance: 47.1 miles
Climbing: 2150
Sometimes it’s nice to cross the bridge. So, cross the Hood River bridge. Take a left. Go a couple of miles and take a right up the Alt. 141 towards Trout Lake. Park in BZ, and ride your bike eastward up the BZ-Glenwood Highway. Follow the highway to Glenwood, and take a left onto the Trout Lake highway. Ride to Trout Lake. Get ice cream or lunch, and ride back down the 141 to your car.
The charm of this ride is the complete lack of traffic, except for a few yahoos on the 141.
Saturdays are usually run to the dump day for many residents of this area so better on a weekday or a Sunday. I like it better to start going up the main highway, 141. Spend some $ in the store in Glennwood. If some in the group want a shorter ride, have them come a bit later and meet them at the Troutlake School. I think mid July is when you get pelted with grasshoppers up in Glennwood. It is a great ride!