Name: Ben's
Rating: 3.7

“Classic Central Oregon singletrack and the most direct route to the Lower Whoops Trail”

— Katy Ryan

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Note: Ben's has been designated as uphill-only from the trailhead (as mapped).

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Ben's begins from Phil's trailhead parking lot. It's nicely marked, and begins on the parking lot itself. It's a beautiful smooth and flowy trail in the heavily forested Deschutes, and usually has some decent bike traffic.

Perhaps 1-2 small switchbacks with a few rocks that might challenge a new rider. The trail connects to many others in the Phil's trail system.

Contacts

Local Club: Central Oregon Trail Alliance (COTA)

Land Manager: USFS - Deschutes National Forest Office

Jul 17, 2017: Fire Restrictions Begin Friday

Jul 12, 2017: Cultus Lake Boat Launch and Day Use Area To Open Friday

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Jul 19, 2017

Lindsye S

7.1mi

Jul 8, 2017

Brett Robichaud

7.1mi

Jun 22, 2017

Matt Moss

Jun 4, 2017

Max Davidson

Great climb 5mi

May 31, 2017

Brian Eastwood

Great ride up 1250ft last section parallel to little woop is a burn. 7.1mi

May 8, 2017

Blue Carter

Apr 30, 2017

Len Pipes

Apr 30, 2017

Heather.Marsh Marsh

From the parking lot to where I cut over on KGB.

Apr 23, 2017

patrick donahue

Road with Jeff

Nov 10, 2016

Len Pipes

Oct 7, 2016

Marc Ellis

Sep 17, 2016

Brett Robichaud

7.1mi — 10h 50m

Sep 2, 2016

Gregg Andrick

Sep 2, 2016

Len Pipes

Aug 17, 2016

rob thilo

Ben's up, Phil's down

Aug 17, 2016

Frank Febbraro

Cold, perfect, morning. Nice easy ascent. The fire road at the top that parallels Lower Whoops is kinda boring, but worth the slog. 7.3mi — 1h 15m

Aug 14, 2016

Len Pipes

Jul 24, 2016

Len Pipes

Jul 3, 2016

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Jun 12, 2016

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3.7 from 12 votes

#14

in Phil's Trail System

#3162

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3.7 from 12 votes

5 Star		17%
4 Star		33%
3 Star		50%
2 Star		0%
1 Star		0%

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#14

in Phil's Trail System

#93

in Oregon

#3,162

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Pumptrack is super fun. Lower your seat.

Where the trail ends!!! Whoops is riding like a boss - go hit it!!!

A little tricky.

Seems simple in theory, right?

Gotta ride the road to get the goods of Lower Whoops Trail

Having fun at Phil's Slalom

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For a one-way uphill trail (presumably to get you to the top of Phil's) , this trail is surprisingly gentle on the legs. Jul 18, 2015

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7.1 Miles 11.5 Kilometers Singletrack	1,148' 350 m Ascent -102' -31 m Descent
4,932' 1,503 m High 3,886' 1,185 m Low	3% Avg Grade (2°) 13% Max Grade (7°)
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Ben's

7.1 Miles 11.5 Kilometers

Singletrack

1,148' 350 m

-102' -31 m

4,932' 1,503 m

3,886' 1,185 m

3%

13%

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“Classic Central Oregon singletrack and the most direct route to the Lower Whoops Trail”