Then we’ll head south picking up the TransAmerica Trail designed by the Adventure Cycling organization. We’ll bike through the Nez Perce and Payette National Forests and into the Hells Canyon area. Then we cross back into Oregon heading west through the Umatilla National Forest.

Gold was discovered in eastern Oregon and brought the first settlers to the area during the mid-1800s. We’ll bike through many former boom towns – some that have prospered while others that have withered over time. We’ll cross the Cascades into the beautiful Willamette Valley before we head over to the Pacific Coast.

We’ll head north along the coast to Astoria, where we’ll pick up the end of the Lewis & Clark Trail. Then we cap off the tour with a celebratory century ride of 100 miles. What a wonderful way to finish our month-long accomplishment!

We’ve chosen the most beautiful sections of the TransAmerica and the Lewis & Clark routes and created a wonderful loop through the northwest. Created for us by one of our favorite guides, Ellee, this new tour includes the Columbia River Valley of Washington, the Seven Devils Range of Idaho and the Pacific Coast of Oregon.

Even though we’re not technically cycling across the country, we run this tour like our other cross-country tours. Hotels, hot showers, and home-cooked meals every night. Two vehicles carrying your luggage and supporting you all the way. An average of 49 beautiful miles per day.

We begin the tour in Portland, Oregon, considered to be one of the most bicycle friendly cities in America. It is full of bike paths and boutique bike-building companies, so you may want to arrive early to explore the town on your own. We’ll begin our tour with a fix-a-flat workshop and a send-off banquet on the first evening.

We leave Portland early the next morning on a bike path and head east through the Columbia River Gorge, heading backwards and we hope — with the wind at our backs — along the Lewis & Clark Trail. We’ll cross the river into the state of Washington for a few days until we reach the Idaho border and overnight in Lewiston, ID at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers.

Northwest Loop Itinerary