Brown Mountain Trail Has Been Logged

New Spence Trails Open

The Spence trail building is complete until the fall. We have a new 1.6 mi technical black trail called Nighthawk. This trail is a mix if rocks, flow, jumps and drops and will be a challenge for all but the best riders. The second trail is partially complete, called Chinquapin (a bush growing at Spence that is bane of trail builders). This trail is blue-rated and has 0.4 mi complete at present (scheduled to be complete in the fall). The trail ends at a skid road close to Rock Spur road and a short climb back to Jct 6. The route is signed. Even if it is short, the trail includes jumps, drops, flow and a few rocks. It gives a nice taste of what the complete 2 miles will be when complete.

Spence has re-opened!

Spence Mountain is officially open again. Thank-you for your patience during the fire closure over the last month. We are still at Level 4 or Extreme fire danger but temperatures have moderated and the nights are cooler. Also, from a resource standpoint Oregon Department of Forestry is in better shape with equipment and personal. Please continue to use extreme caution when recreating in the woods until we get moisture.

Spence Closure 8/5/21

With the advice of the Oregon Department of Forestry, the owners of the Spence Mountain land tract have closed public access to the Spence trail system/roads/forest. This is related to the high fire danger. the hope is that this is a temporary closure and Spence will reopen when weather conditions or fire danger levels improve. They hope to have the land back open as quickly as is possible. Updates will be posted here as they are available.

Other ways to get updates

trail routes + conditions

Head over to trailforks where you can get detailed trail conditions and suggested routes according to your needs.

Driving conditions

We recommend viewing the live webcams from Tripcheck  on Highway 140 at Doak Pass for Spence Mountain and Lake of the Woods for Brown Mountain and surrounding areas.