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Ride Style
Firelane Plus. Out& Back
Location
Forest Park. PDX.
Time
1.5-2H
TH
Lower Saltzman gate
Description
From Saltzman, climb uphill until your junk goes numb. Really, it’s only about 1.5 miles and 500ft vert. Keep a looky for a large cut log at an uphill left turn. Then Peel your glazzies and viddy a stand of large second growth. See that tiny trail on the left? Don’t take it. It’s private property. Once at the top, head steep left down through a deep gravel sweeper and sally forth. This is FL5. Always choose left. When FirelaneW presents itself, keep going straight and enjoy some of the best Uni single track in FP. Give many thanks to the good boys and girls at P.U.M.P. who helped re-create this trail (with the help, mind you, of a man wearing a skirt, carrying a baby and proffering fresh melon). At the bottom of FL5, bear right on Leif Erickson. You’ll see a meadow on your left. This leads to Maple trail. Don’t take this. It is illegal. When you get back to Saltzman, head downhill to the gate.