Beaver Creek Tr1426
Overall: 5
Aerobic: 6
Technical: 6
Steepness: 6
Flow: 5
Singletrack: 99%
The Canyonville Oregon Beaver Creek Trail, Bunchgrass Meadows Tr1575 and Elkhorn Tr1426A create several loop opportunties, passing through established forest and open meadows in a ridgeline to creekbed ride.
Type
Loop
Length
Avg: 11.5mi
Ascent
Moderate
Elevation Change
TH:3800'
Avg Ascent:3100'
Ascent Incline
14%
Duration
Avg: 3hr
Weather
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Bunchgrass Meadows Tr1575 is a historic ridgeline route to Huckleberry Gap, passing through open sub-alpine meadows and old harvest units. There is a shelter at the western TH.
Elkhorn Tr1426A is a steep 1.8mi descent alongside switchback creek and could be part of a CCW loop.
Coffin Butte Tr1575A is a 0.3mi hike to a former fire lookout, now overgrown.
Whisky Camp Guard Station is an 8-person furnished rental, built in the 1940s as a fire guard residence.
Directions: OR227 to Tiller then left onto CR46, which becomes FR28 (5mi total). Go right onto Jackson Creek FR29 for 9.7mi to FR2925. Go right onto FR2925 and contiue for 6.5mi to the 5-way junction. Go right onto FR3114-600 for 1.5mi to the locked gate at FR645. Trailhead is at the Whisky Camp Guard Station. View Larger Map. No Map?.
Loop Directions
Creek to Ridge
- TH: From the Whisky Camp Guard Station TH, descend Beaver Creek Tr1426, crossing Maverick Creek and then FR480 at 0.2mi. and FR473 at 1.1mi. Pass the Elkhorn Tr1426A intersection on the right at 2.8mi. Descend through a series of steep switchbacks to Switchback creek at 3.2mi, followed by a Beaver Creek traverse to 4.8mi.
- 4.8mi: Ascend from the creek bed through the steepest section of the ride, in parallel with FR250 to the TH at 6.4mi. Go from FR250, right onto FR3114 and continue 0.4mi to the Bunchgrass Meadows Tr1575 TH..
- 7.2mi: Ascend the hillside, crossing FR242 at 7.4mi., to the Bunchgrass Meadows ridgeline, passing FR219 intersection at 8.3mi. and the Coffin Butte Tr1575A intersection.
- 9mi: Cross FR3114 and ascend to the ride summit at 9.6mi. Descend through Green Prairie, crossing FR491 at 10.5mi. Cross FR3114 at 10.9mi and descend to the Whisky Camp TH.
Trail Index
This Ride
Beaver Creek Trail 1426, Bunchgrass Meadows Trail 1575
Area
Elkhorn Trail 1426A
Hiking
Coffin Butte Trail 1575A
Campgrounds
Whisky Camp Guard Station
Trail Rankings
Ranking consistently applied to all of the listed trails.
- Overall Rating: Ride quality and challenge
- Aerobic: Ascent challenge
- Technical Difficulty: Terrain challenge
- Steepness: Average incline
- Flow: Uninterrupted riding
- Elevation Change: Total elevation gain
- Ride Difficulty: Terrain challenge
