BZ-Glenwood Loop
Total Distance: 47.1 miles
Climbing: 2150
There are some rides that are must-do rides, and this is one of them. You’ll have gorgeous views of Mt. Adams, the chance to see some wildlife at the Conboy National Wildlife Refuge, and some nice pavement with a great downhill. In addition, you’ll hardly seen any cars on the BZ-Glenwood and Glenwood-Trout Lake segment, and even the Trout Lake-BZ segment isn’t too heavily traveled.
Cross the Hood River bridge. Take a left. Go a couple of miles and take a right up the Alt. 141 towards Trout Lake. Drive a dozen miles or so to BZ. Park in BZ, at the park on the right, just past a gas station on the left. Head downhill 100 yards and ride your bike eastward up the BZ-Glenwood Highway. There’s one big hill followed by a flat stretch and then another big hill. After that, the ride mellows out, with a slight hill or flat road and good pavement until you hit Glenwood. At Glenwood, take a left onto the Trout Lake highway. The pavement is a little rough for a mile or so, but then becomes nice chip-seal. You’ll do some minor climbing before you hit a series of 4-6 short hill climbs. The last climb has been spray painted “last hill”. After that, it’s a long, sweeping, curving downhill to a flat road to Trout Lake, where you’ll take a left on the 141 and pedal downhill to your car at BZ. You can cut a few miles off the ride by taking Sunnyside Road before you hit Trout Lake (follow the sign that says “White Salmon”).
