Youngs Rock to Moon Point Tr3685
Overall: 6
Aerobic: 8
Technical: 7
Steepness: 8
Flow: 4
Singletrack: 35%
The Oakridge Oregon Youngs Rock to Moon Point Trail is a very popular free-ride trail, and easily shuttled.
Type
Loop
Length
Avg: 18.5mi
Ascent
Mt. Goat
Elevation Change
TH:2000'
Avg Ascent:5700'
Ascent Incline
9%
Duration
Avg: 4hr
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The ride is dominated by the road climb, but the singletrack descent is long enough to warrant the effort.
Youngs Rock and Moon Point are two prominent features of Warner Mountain, overlooking steep drainages to Willamette Middle Fork.
Youngs Rock Tr3685 is a 17% grade, too steep for most riders to ascend. Use of FR2129 reduces the climb to a still-tough 9% grade, aside from shuttling.
Ding: The rating takes a hit due to 12mi of forest roads needed to begin the singletrack portion of the ride.
The technical difficulty is amplified somewhat by the 17% grade, but the downhill ride is generally considered fast and smooth.
As with any trail which has an average grade in excess of 10%, most of the ride is spent getting to the singletrack.
The really great downhill rides are those with reasonable singletrack access to the top, such as nearby Hardesty Tr3469, Deschutes NF Tumalo Ridge Tr25 or Gifford Pinchot NF Smith Cr Tr225.
With a 17% grade and an 8% FR2127 grade, twice as many miles are spent on the ascent than the descent.
Better to spend that time climbing singletrack than eating dust on some fireroad.
Moon Point Tr3688 extends from FR439 to...Moon Point. Youngs Rock Tr3685 starts at the intersection which leads out to the point.
Directions: Park at Youngs Flat, just prior to the Secret CG, or park at Secret or Campers Flat CG in the day-use parking. NW Forest Pass required right at the TH. View Larger Map. No Map?.
Loop Directions
climbing to the moon
- TH: If starting from Campers Flat campground, ride north on FR21 2.7mi to FR2129, go right onto FR2129 then begin the long grind to the top.
- 10.6mi: Go right at the T intersection, onto FR439.
- 12.2mi: Go right onto Moon Point Tr3688, then go right at 12.9mi to ride out to the point and back.
- 13.5mi: After returning from Moon Point, go right onto Youngs Rock Tr3685. Descend through some steep, but rideable switchbacks, then pass the south side of Youngs Rock at 14.8mi, past some talus rockfall. Switchback along the steep ridgeline to 17.2mi, then descend to Campers Flat campground.
Trail Index
This Ride
Moon Point Trail 3688, Youngs Rock Trail 3685
Area
Alpine Trail 3450, Aubrey Mountain Trail 3554, Box Canyon Trail 3660, Bunch Grass Trail 3559, Chucksney Mountain Trail 3306, Cloverpatch Trail 3457, Deception Butte Trail 3466, Eagles Rest Trail 3461, Eugene to Pacific Crest Trail 3559, Eula Ridge Trail 3463, Goodman Creek Trail 3461.1, Grasshopper Mountain Trail 3569, Grasshopper Spur Trail 3314, Hardesty Trail 3469, Hardesty Way Trail 1402, Larison Creek Trail 3646, Larison Rock Trail 3607, Lawler Trail 3473, Lone Wolf-Patterson Mountain Trail 3470, Lost Creek Trail 3462, Mayflower Loop Trail 1559, McBee Trail 3523, Middle Fork Willamette Trail 3609, Mount June Trail 1400, Salmon Creek Trail 4233, Sawtooth Trail 1401, South Willamette Trail 3465, Tire Mountain Trail 3485, Winberry Divide Trail 3476, Windy Pass Trail 3643
Waldo Lake
Betty Lake Trail 3664, Bobby Lake Trail 3663, Douglas Horse Pasture Trail 4382, Fuji Mountain Trail 3674, Gold Lake Trail 3677, Maiden Lake Trail 41, Maiden Peak Trail 3681, Metolius-Windigo Trail 99, Moore Creek Trail 3840, Mount Ray Trail 2682, South Waldo Lake Trail 3586, The Twins Trail 3595, Waldo Lake Trail 3590
Campgrounds
Campers Flat Campground, Indigo Springs Campground, Sacandaga Campground, Sand Prairie Campground, Secret Campground
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
