Why this ride
A remote full-day or staged loop combining Hells Canyon with Wallowa mountain country. The road: OR-86, FS-39 and OR-82. Distance and riding time are estimates from the checkpoints until the road is measured on this page.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hells Canyon and Wallowa Mountain Loop
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 366 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 14
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Baker City
Baker City looks across a wide, dry valley at the Elkhorn Mountains, a jagged line of peaks that stay snowy well into the summer, and the contrast between sage-covered flats and white summits is the first thing you notice. It is a town of about ten thousand people in the far east of Oregon, on the old Oregon Trail, and its brick downtown is better preserved than most in the West. The Geiser Grand Hotel, a grand 1889 building with a stained-glass ceiling in the dining room, recalls the gold boom that made the town rich.
2. Joseph
3. La Grande
4. Back to Baker City
Return visit. Read the place description above.
More motorcycle rides nearby
- Hells Canyon Scenic Byway (283 km) ยท 323 km