Mountain Bike Adventure Rides in the Ochocos, Oregon

The Ochoco national forest is east of Bend around Prineville.

The two main riding areas in the Ochocos are Lookout Mountain and Scotty / Cougar Creek.

Our adventure rides will explore the two different areas with several types of rides. Terrain is steeper than many of the trails in Bend, with open alpine zones, fir forests, open ponderosa stands and trails vary from smooth, firm packed clay to rough loose rocks.

2024 Ochocos Adventure Ride Dates:

Saturday June 8: Ochoco Scotty & Cougar Creek Trails – at least 3 shuttles
Saturday July 20: Ochoco Round & Lookout Mountains
Saturday September 7: Ochoco Round & Lookout Mountains

June 8: Scotty & Cougar Creek trail shuttles!

We will finalize the plan based on the group, but basic goal is to ride Scotty Creek to begin, then 2 laps on Cougar from the top of the climb. Focused on the descents, these trails are super fun! If we have time we’ll do an additional shuttle or ride.

Sign up before 10 PM Thursday night to reserve your seat & sandwich
Bend & Oakridge Cog Wild season pass holders get 25% off these trip! Add your membership code during checkout.
Open to CJC riders for discounted rate of $100 for the day with lunch; talk to your coach to see if this is a good fit for you.

Full day from Bend $ 149 per person includes:

Transportation from Bend to the trailheads
Meeting at Cog Wild at 7:30 AM Saturday, June 8. Returning by dinner time.
All shuttle service during the ride
A hearty sandwich & snacks
Light guide support: orientation & sweep, ride at your own pace.
Beverages from Deschutes Brewery, Humm Kombucha, and Polar Seltzer

Meet there $ 95 per person includes:

Meeting at 9:15 AM at the Ochoco Divide Group site on the east side of HWY 26 across from NF-27 road: view on Google Maps
All shuttle service during the ride
A hearty sandwich & snacks
Light guide support: orientation & sweep, ride at your own pace.
Beverages from Deschutes Brewery, Humm Kombucha, and Polar Seltzer

Not included:

Bring your own bike or rent one from us for the day.
Guide gratuity: If you like the ride, plan to tip your guides.

We have rental bikes available for the day. Add to your cart during checkout. Come a few minutes earlier than the meeting time listed above to get your bike setup. Also available for riders meeting us at the trailhead, too.

John Weald

00:31 02 Oct 24

Booked a half day private lesson for myself and brother-in-law whom was... visiting from the UK. Both of us are over 65 and took up mountain biking later in life. We sat down with Erika Schmid, our instructor, at the start of the session. She asked excellent questions about what we wanted from the day and our experience to date. Erika quickly came up with a game plan and we were off! The half day was spot on, just what the two of us needed. Erika is an extremely talented instructor, and I loved her use of physics to explain bike and rider behavior. We spent the entire time on the trails with stops for instruction.The skills we learned from Erika allowed us to be much more confident on the trails, and we found ourselves looking out for obstacles on the trails to practice our newly acquired skills.Communications with Cog Wild was excellent, really friendly and knowledgable team.read more

Lisa Joseph

05:32 01 Oct 24

Excellent service and convenient location (as we stayed at Loge)!! Easy booking... online. We used the shuttle service to take us to Swampy and biked all the way back to their offices/Loge. Super convenient!!read more

Andy Clemans

21:57 26 Sep 24

I’ve been a Central Oregon resident going on 14 years. I can’t believe I have... used CogWild before. Of course I knew about them but we just always shuttled ourselves. This is so much better. In addition, I rode a route I had never pedaled before. Excellent service for visitors and locals alike.read more