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• Beautiful Black Butte Ranch • Birding: Sisters is for the birds • Camping in the Sisters Country • Cycling: Put your skinny tires on the road • Day Trips in Central Oregon • Equestrian: Get out and horse around! • Family fun in Sisters • Fishing: Sisters is a fisherman's dream • Golf: Paradise on the greens of Sisters • Hiking: Sisters Country on foot • Lakes: Playing in Sisters Country lakes • Mountain Biking: Hit the trails on a mountain bike • Rafting in Central Oregon: Get your feet wet! • Running: Sisters Country is a runner's paradise • Wildlife: Going wild in Sisters • Wildflower abudance in Sisters • Winter fun abounds near Sisters |
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Hit the trail on a mountain bike The Sisters area is one of the premier mountain biking regions in the state. The best known and most popular trails include the Peterson Ridge Trail System with its trailhead within the city limits, the Suttle Tie Trail between Black Butte and Suttle Lake, and the nearby McKenzie River Trail, which is widely regarded as one of the great epic bike trails in North America. The Peterson Ridge Trail is located at the south edge of town just across Whychus Creek on Elm Street. This trail has been expanded to 25 miles, and offers options for riders of all abilities. Easier near town and more technical further out, with spectacular views of the Cascades, this “stacked loop” system can entertain for days. East and west legs and a dozen connectors between them provide loop opportunities from one to 20 miles. For a fabulous 360-degree view, ride or hike the experts-only trail over Eagle Rock, only two miles from town. Recommended parking is at Village Green Park, across from the Sisters Fire Hall on Elm Street, where you will find restrooms and water. The trailhead is only a quarter-mile away. The Suttle Tie Trail begins 10 miles west of town past Black Butte at the intersection of George McAllister Road and Highway 20, across from the turnoff to Camp Sherman. This easy-to-intermediate trail climbs through the forest to Suttle Lake, crossing bridges over a couple of small creeks along the way. Cap this pleasant forest cruise with a three-mile lap around the lake trail. Another similar trail constructed in 2009 connects Suttle Lake to Camp Sherman. Refreshments can be had in both destinations. The closest more aerobically and technically challenging option is the 99 Trail, done either as an 11-mile loop from the upper Three Creek Sno Park located about 10 miles south of town, as a shuttle from the Park Meadow trailhead nearly 20 miles back down to town, or you can ride up to Park Meadow from the sno park and make it 25. Much of the singletrack descent follows the Metolius-Windigo Trail, which gets heavy horse traffic in the summer. With big trees, meadows and creeks, some of it is steep rocky “black diamond” terrain. Ten miles out and back with a great view from a short hike at the top, the Green Ridge Trail is another segment of the Metolius-Windigo that is popular in the spring and early summer before horse traffic makes it too soft to enjoy. This trail is accessed from Green Ridge Road that turns North off Hwy. 20 just before Black Butte. Check with the Forest Service for detailed directions to the trailhead. Information and trail maps covering these local trails and others can be obtained at the Sisters Ranger District office, at Eurosports or Blazin’ Saddles, each on Hood Avenue in Sisters, the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce, and other locations. This fall, October 1-3, 2010 Sisters will celebrate the sport with the family-friendly Sisters Mountain Bike Festival. For more information visit www.sistersmountainbikefestival.com.
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