Southern Oregon Nordic trails

Buck Prairie Nordic area

2005-11-11T14:17:00.000-08:00

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.

Pederson Nordic Trails

2005-11-11T13:58:00.000-08:00

The Peterson Nordic area is located on Dead Indian Memorial road 32 miles East of Ashland. Parking is available at the PCT Trailhead. On the north side of the highway you will find the PCT, which is marked with blue diamonds. This trail (more difficult) will take you to the Brown Mountain shelter. Watch for the left fork in the trail at the 2 mile point. Continuing beyond the turn off to the shelter you can ski Glasgow's loop (more difficult) and add a nice 5 mile loop to your trip.

The PCT on the south side of the road is also marked with blue diamonds. The south side offers a number of possible ski routes, most of which are not marked. The snow is often much better on the south side.

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.

High Lake Nordic trails

2005-11-10T16:26:00.000-08:00

This trail system consists of 13 interconnected trails and the Summit shelter located on the North side of Highway 140. It can be accessed from the Summit Sno-park, 4 mile Sno-park, Summer Home Sno-park and Lake of the Woods. From the Summit Sno-park you would ski east following the powerlines to either Lower Canal or Petunia trails. From these trails you can branch off to many other trails: Power line, Pit view, McLoughlin, Big Mac, and South Rye. South Rye (most difficult) will take you to the Fish Lake Nordic trails via Lund's Link. The Power line trail (easy, more difficult) will take you all the way to the Lake of the Woods trail. If you stay on the Lower Canal trail (easy, more difficult) you will reach the Upper Canal trail (easy, more difficult) and eventually Four Mile Lake. The Summit shelter is located on the McLoughlin trail a little south of the intersection with the Big Mac trail.

From the 4 mile Sno-park you would head up the Fourmile Lake trail/snow mobile road (easy) and could continue 6 miles to Fourmile lake. Branching off this road to the right are the East and West Billie creek trails(easy, more difficult) and farther up the Upper canal trail. East and West Billie creek make a nice 6.6 mile loop or can be used to access the other trails via the Upper Canal trail. Branching off to the left of the road are Big Mac (easy, more difficult) and Lower Canal trails.

From Summer home Sno-park you can take the Lake of the Woods trail to Lake of the Woods (easy) and on to the Sunset trail (easy). You could also take the Power line trail mentioned above and connect with the rest of the trail system.

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.

Fish Lake Nordic Trails

2005-11-10T16:14:00.000-08:00

This trail system starts from the Fish Lake parking area and consists of four interconnected trails that allow for a variety of loops. The five trails are Lollipop (easy), peppermint (more difficult), Candy Cain (easy) and Sucker's alley (easy). One additional trail, The Fish Lake Tie (more difficult), connects this trail system to the High Lakes trail system on the North side of Highway 140. When adding comments on this trail system, please include the trail name in the comment.

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.

Mt Ashland Bull Gap Trail

2005-10-30T16:15:00.000-08:00

This set of trails varies from easy to more difficult. The 5.7 Bull Gap trail connects the Bull Gap parking area with the Mt Ashland ski area just below the lodge. The last 2.5 miles up to the ski area climbs 1100 feet. The Crest loop is a 2.0 mile trail that branches off the Bull Gap trail at the 0.4 mile point and follows the PCT, then cuts through the woods, and finally follows road 050 back to the Bull Gap trail. Do not ski this trail in icy or low snow conditions. A round trip from Bull Gap to Mt Ashland with the Crest loop added in on the way out would be a 13.4 miles trip with more than 1500 feet of vertical climb on the way up to Mt Ashland lodge.

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.

Grouse loop trail on Mt Ashland

2005-10-24T20:25:00.000-07:00

The Grouse loop trail is a 6.7 mile loop trail that leaves the Mt Ashland Nordic parking area and follows Road 20 across Grouse Gap to the Grouse Gap shelter. From there it heads south along a forest road, eventually turning off the road to the left through the trees and later, across a meadow, eventually reaching another forest road. This road will intersect with forest road 40S15 and you head up hill back to the parking area.

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.