Buck Prairie Nordic area
The Buck Prairie Nordic area is located on Dead Indian Memorial Road 13 miles east of Ashland. Parking is available in the Sno-park at the trail head. This area has seven interconnected trails and can accommodate skiers of all levels. There are trail maps located at the trail head and at the intersection 1.9 miles up Natashia's Web.
Starting from the Sno-park you will be on Natasha's Web (easy,moderate). After about 0.3 mile look for a trail marker on the road bank to the right. This is the start of Peabody's Wayback (difficult). Peabody's Wayback should be skied in the up hill direction (from this point) if you have not skied it previously. This trail is quite narrow and steep in places and should only be skied in the down hill direction by very experienced skiers. Continue on Natashia's Web another 0.6 miles will bring you to an Outhouse and a trail junction. From this point Natashia's Web makes a 3.1 mile loop. If you take the right side of the fork 0.8 miles you will come to the second trail map board and the intersection with Rockys' Flight (moderate), Bullwinkles' Run (easy) and the continuation of Natashia's Web. Bullwinkles' Run connects with the upper end of Peabody's Wayback. Staying on Natashia's Web another 0.3 miles will bring you to the other end of Rocky's Flight and the start of the Table Mountain loop (difficult). A left turn at this point will put you on the down hill section of Natashia's Web and return you to the Outhouse. The Table mountain loop straight ahead is a 5.5 mile trail that will return you to the Outhouse on the lower section of Natashia's Web. This trail can be hard to follow in places but, on clear days, will reward you with wonderful views of the Ashland area.
At the 2.7 mile point the Table Mountain Loop intersects with a snowmobile road. Turn left on the snow mobile road and follow it 2.8 miles back to Natashia's Web. Continuing south on the snowmobile road will bring you to the unmarked Connector Trail (difficult). This trail connects to the Camper Cove trail (difficult) and will take you to the Camper cove restaurant and trail head. These two trails to Campers Cove are unmarked and difficult to follow.
Please check the comments section for current snow conditions. If posting a comment, please identify the trail you are commenting on. For more information email the Oregon Nordic Club, Southern Oregon Chapter at southern_oregon_nordic@yahoo.com.
Starting from the Sno-park you will be on Natasha's Web (easy,moderate). After about 0.3 mile look for a trail marker on the road bank to the right. This is the start of Peabody's Wayback (difficult). Peabody's Wayback should be skied in the up hill direction (from this point) if you have not skied it previously. This trail is quite narrow and steep in places and should only be skied in the down hill direction by very experienced skiers. Continue on Natashia's Web another 0.6 miles will bring you to an Outhouse and a trail junction. From this point Natashia's Web makes a 3.1 mile loop. If you take the right side of the fork 0.8 miles you will come to the second trail map board and the intersection with Rockys' Flight (moderate), Bullwinkles' Run (easy) and the continuation of Natashia's Web. Bullwinkles' Run connects with the upper end of Peabody's Wayback. Staying on Natashia's Web another 0.3 miles will bring you to the other end of Rocky's Flight and the start of the Table Mountain loop (difficult). A left turn at this point will put you on the down hill section of Natashia's Web and return you to the Outhouse. The Table mountain loop straight ahead is a 5.5 mile trail that will return you to the Outhouse on the lower section of Natashia's Web. This trail can be hard to follow in places but, on clear days, will reward you with wonderful views of the Ashland area.
At the 2.7 mile point the Table Mountain Loop intersects with a snowmobile road. Turn left on the snow mobile road and follow it 2.8 miles back to Natashia's Web. Continuing south on the snowmobile road will bring you to the unmarked Connector Trail (difficult). This trail connects to the Camper Cove trail (difficult) and will take you to the Camper cove restaurant and trail head. These two trails to Campers Cove are unmarked and difficult to follow.
Please check the comments section for current snow conditions. If posting a comment, please identify the trail you are commenting on. For more information email the Oregon Nordic Club, Southern Oregon Chapter at southern_oregon_nordic@yahoo.com.
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