Biking from Oregon's Columbia River Gorge to Crater Lake

Volcanoes South presents a dramatic illustration of the geographic diversity of the Cascade Range. A product of the region's intense volcanic legacy, the Cascades began to take shape approximately 15-17 million years ago. As the landscape rose, the Columbia River, with its vast area of drainage, began to carve its course through the basalt bedrock on its way to the Pacific, a process that was dramatically accelerated at the end of the last Ice Age when the Missoula Floods cut the dramatic walls that exist today. The result of those floods is the 80-mile gorge that at times reaches depths up to 4,000 feet.

The gorge today presents the only navigable breach in the Cascade barrier between the Columbia Plateau to the east and the Pacific. The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, administered by the U.S. Forest Service, and its efforts in the rehabilitation of the historic Columbia River Highway, has resulted in the creation of a bicycling corridor through the gorge that is truly extraordinary, and it is through this corridor that we will launch Volcanoes South pedaling to Hood River, Mt. Hood, Bend and on to Crater Lake.

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Timberline Adventures' programs are innovative, athletic and adventurous - experiences created by cyclists and hikers for cyclists and hikers. The cyclist and hiker alike, not only sees the breathtaking beauty of a region; each also feels the land, senses the crispness of the air, the sound of ru…