Riding Around Bend, Oregon

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campbellrae
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by campbellrae

Hi,

I'm going to be in Bend for 3 days in early April picking up my Argonaut and am hoping to get in a few rides. I had hoped to do some of the mountains to the west, Highway 242 looks incredible, but it will still be blocked by snow. I'm really hoping the road around Crater Lake will be clear as that looks like a must do, but again it looks incredibly unlikely.

From streetview the Crooked River Highway looks like it would be worth a ride too, I'm guessing that would be something like a 150km loop from Bend.

So what would you recommend? Bearing in mind that I'm there so early in the year and a lot of the roads in the Cascades look likely to be closed. I'm looking for one long day, up to 200km, and a couple of shorter 50-80km rides. We will have a hire car, so can drive a bit out of Bend if it makes things easier.

Cheers,

Campbell.

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