The Flag Line Trail, one of the most scenic trails in the Bend mountain biking trail network stays closed until August 15th each year
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for elk calving. While there are many other spectacular trails at the same, high elevation area, the Flag Line Trail acts as a connector to link many trails together to form longer epic loops. In obedient fashion, we waited until August 15th
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to ride Flag Line, but on that morning, Friday, August 15th, Greg Dixon, Ben and myself were pumped and ready. Oh, what a day, we had such fun, climbing up to Dutchman Flat snowpark near Mt Bachelor and then bombing down the South Fork Trail with disc brakes a blazing. And the wooden bridges just before Happy Valley, I made them all!!