Steve Larsen

Trail Snapshot:

Status
Riding Well
Length
2.5 miles
Elevation
283' ↑
C.O.D.
green
Deadfall
none

Trail Description

ebike allowed or not caveat

 E-bikes allowed on Steve Larsen

Steve Larsen Trail is a two and a half mile connector from Tiddlywinks to Tyler’s Traverse within the Wanoga Trail Complex. The trail starts on the North end at Tiddly with some flowy berms and rock obstacles. There’s even a large boulder about shoulder height you can ride up and over in both directions. After the initial fun, the trail is fairly gentle and as it meanders it’s way toward Tyler’s.

The trail and the trailhead at Wanoga Sno Park are both named in honor of Bend athlete Steve Larsen.

This trail is maintained by Central Oregon Trail Alliance.

Larsen’s, Larsons, Larson

Trail Photos

Recent Reports

  1. Chris Bailey

    Large downed tree at about 43° 58′ 15.108″ N, 121° 28′ 33.288″ W, and smaller one prior to that (between that and Tiddly).

  2. Michael Karlovich

    4 Downed trees, 3 of them very large require getting off bike to get over. Otherwise riding well.

  3. Porter Friedman

    Top half still covered in snow

  4. Grace Ogawa

    Lots of puddles as of 11/10, with increasing spots of snow towards the S end. Enough that on a slushy day you’ll be hiking up.

  5. Big Fatty

    Closed due to Fire.

  6. Big Fatty

    Snow gone

  7. Big Fatty

    trees cleared by Don, Glenn. Small snow left near tyler’s

  8. Clark Ritchie

    There are 2 downed trees before the intersection with Tyler’s, and multiple snow patches. It is definitely not ready to ride just yet.

  9. Barney Gill

    Rode both directions yesterday, and dirt is amazing!

  10. Big Fatty

    Several trees down – have photos. Snow starts about half way and gets 1-2’ deep. Needs a couple weeks

  11. Dustin Balderach

    Riding great! No deadfall – thanks – and no snow.

  12. Natalie Herse

    Great riding from the Tiddly intersection until halfway when the snow becomes too much. We bailed onto the FS road to continue to Tyler’s, which also had snow but much easier riding than the trail. Will need a few more weeks to melt out.

  13. BendTrails

    Deadfall was cleared yesterday. About 10 trees.

  14. Will Swales

    Storm King > Tiddly Winks > Larsen’s > Tylers > Catch & Release. Such a great loop with a bit of everything. Everything’s riding great right now!

  15. Ryan Pedersen

    Made it to Tyler’s but still some hike a bike snow patches. Deadfall all cleared.

  16. Jeremiah French

    I cleared 5 trees from Larsen’s. From Tiddly, I got about half way to Tyler’s. There are probably more trees further towards Tyler’s.

  17. Brett Farrell

    Larsen’s is a mixed bag right now with lots of deadfall and snow drifts. Trail is dry and free of snow until about the halfway point (riding from Tiddly), where many of the drifts become large and unrideable. Most of the deadfall is 10″+ in diameter and would be tough to clear without a chainsaw.

  18. Robert Rekward

    Four of us broke trail from Twinks to the Tyler’s Junction. About 4 or 5 trees down but all easy to go around or over. Larsen’s is a great fatbike trail, it will be cool if we can keep it open and packed down.

  19. Joe Myers

    2 leaners on larsens now clear.

  20. Joe Myers

    Bruce cleared tree. thanks Bruce

  21. Ray Gauthier

    A 10″ tree is down about 1 1/4 miles from TWinks.

  22. Ryan Pedersen

    100% A-Ok.

  23. Clarence Perry

    Deadfall cleared.

  24. Natalie Herse

    Hero dirt except for a couple of small melting snow patches/standing water. Looks like some recent logging done but still a few smaller trees down (pretty much 6-8” diameter) with a few big trees leaning but not in the way. Handsaw would probably be fine but maybe a chainsaw to tackle the nearby big kahunas on lower Tylers since you are already up there.

  25. Derek Manwill

    Riding nice on the fat bike! 3-6″ of powder on top of packed snow. I cleared 4 trees, but 2 larger ones remain.

    1. Ryan Pedersen

      Deadfall cleared #thetrailmustflow

      1. Derek Manwill

        What do you use to clear the bigger trees?

        1. Ryan Pedersen

          Silky Katana Boy on loan from Joe Myers. That saw is a beast!

  26. Ryan Pedersen

    Finally cleared that big tree near the Tiddly intersection. There was a serviceable ride around in place but that sweet rock kicker on the other side was just too nice to abandon

  27. Jay Marsh

    1″ of snow over firm, frozen trail. Three sets of tracks; 1 regular, 1 plus bike and 1 fatbike. Go make your own!

  28. Jay Marsh

    A medium tree down across the trail at about the mid-point. Otherwise, wonderful, firm & crusty trail conditions mid-day, after freezing overnight temps. May soften in the afternoon, but riding perfectly!

    1. Ryan Pedersen

      Cleared!

  29. Roger Everett

    Larsen has two trees down, but they aren’t in crucial areas or hard to ride around. Riding well, really.

    1. Ryan Pedersen

      Tree near Tiddly intersection has a pretty easy ride around. It’s decent sized 12-15in (ie good challenge for folding saw). Someone must have cleared the other one

  30. Paul Butcher

    Several trees down, likely from the recent wind. Easy enough to climb over.

  31. Ryan Pedersen

    All clear. Getcha some!!!

  32. Tom Ponte

    Like Bill says the trail is clear of snow and downed trees all the way to Kiwa Springs. The pine cones politely moved off the trail since then. There is surprisingly a lot of snow all of a sudden just past the springs and down Tylers a quarter mile but you can ride through most of it. There are a couple of tree portages in that section from the springs but not too bad.

  33. Bill Hartrich

    Deadfall is cleared out from Tiddlywinks to Kiwa Springs. Still a few dozen patches of snow and a few thousand pine cones, but getting close.

  34. Peter Fox

    A long walk through snow on the Tylers end. Lots of trees down across the trail.

  35. Brian Frankle

    Larsen is in great shape, a few puddles. A bit of snow.

  36. Joe Myers

    Larsen now clear

    1. Natalie Herse

      Thank you!…I had a great ride on hero dirt…

  37. Joel Blatt

    About 1/2 mile off Tiddlywinks there is one fallen tree blocking trail. It is small and easy to bypass. Blockage is recent; two days ago was riding well.

  38. Dustin Balderach

    Larsen’s riding great as of Friday (22 July). No blowdowns.

  39. Joe Myers

    Clear of trees and snow until literally the intersection of tylers.

  40. Nat Chotechuang

    Clear of snow until the last 1/4 mile or so before Tyler’s, then it’s hike-a-bike down Tyler’s for another 1/4 mile or so before the snow clears.

  41. Bruce Bradshaw

    It’s best to take Kiwa Sprs road at the last crossing if connecting to Tyler’s. Still a fair amount of snow after that point on both Larsen and Tyler’s. There’s also a big tree across Tyler’s between the junction with Larsen and the 100 road going down.

  42. Bill Hartrich

    Larsen now 100% clear of dead fall. 99% clear of snow. And 99.5% ready to rip.

  43. Bill Hartrich

    I cleared several large trees out. There are still 4-5 left. Snow just before the Tyler’s intersection.

  44. SK Johnson

    Rode SK/Larsens/Tylers/C&R yesterday(4/11) after work. Mistake. Larsens is clear for maybe the first 1.5mi but after that numerous downed trees and lots of snow. Tylers is snowed in for 1mi or so below intersection with Larsens. After that it rode well. C&R was good, just needs to get more tires on it.

    1. Joe Myers

      Yeah my bad, see below. Sorry for the trouble!

      1. SK Johnson

        Still had fun, it was no trouble at all. Props to chainsaw crew for all the work they’ve been doing out there!

  45. Joe Myers

    Larsen cleared of deadfall. Thanks Bill Hartrich, Bill Nashem

    1. Bill Hartrich

      Larsen is NOT all cleared of deadfall. Unfortunately. My apologies, Joe, for the ambiguity of the COTA work log. I can see how my post would be interpreted that way.

      I appreciate the props though. We’ve been working like mad to clear it out!

      1. Joe Myers

        Thanks for the clarification Bill!

  46. Micah Vitoff

    The snow get worse the closer you get to Tylers

    1. Joe Myers

      how many trees down?

      1. David Welton

        I “rode” Larsens and Tyler’s yesterday and it was not a good idea: there is a ton of deadfall and quite a bit of snow as well.

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