We, UCLA medical schoolmates and friends, had our 18th annual mountain bike rendezvous in Hood River Oregon this year. This trip is a CME course, with emergency medicine LLSA review and wilderness medicine update.
The local trail system in Hood River is Post Canyon:
Beautiful, if marred by the occasional clear cut:
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Mount Adams in the background |
Surveyor Ridge has spectacular views of Mount Hood. Mount Hood Wilderness is in the background.
Dog Canyon had amazing fall color and was an incredible riverine descent.
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Dog Canyon in October |
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Surveyor Ridge Trail head |