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Day 4
2025 Palouse to Cascades
Super Epic Mega Awesome
Biking High Adventure
Day 4
2025 Palouse to Cascades
Super Epic Mega Awesome
Biking High Adventure
The Hill of Woe
The Hill of Woe
Date: August 12, 2025
Day four was still under a Heat Advisory and like Day 3, we planned to end our trip by 10AM. Again, we woke up early for a quick breakfast and headed out on the trail in the early morning darkness. The ride started on a nice paved road before we were able to get back on the Palouse to Cascade Trail. We crossed over the Columbia River on the Beverly Bridge and found soft sand in sections. We could see our SAG Wagon in a mile in the distance and could smell the breakfast burritos as we got closer.
After second breakfast, we headed south for the road that paralleled the Palouse to Cascade Trail. Further east, the Palouse to Cascade Trail has "Goat's Head" Puncturevine, which would likely puncture every tire we had. The trail also looked overgrown, probably from years of riders avoiding this section. The road started off paved for a short distance then turned into a gravel road. There was another paved section through Smyrna, but the rest of route would be on gravel roads with gentle up and down hills.
We had a SAG Wagon supported break in Smyrna and at the Corfu historical site.
Our final leg include a short ride on Highway 26 and then up a steep steep road to an overlook of the Columbia Basin. We finished right as it started getting really hot and we had all the riders pour water over their heads and faces and take a break in the shade before loading up. There isn't a trail between here and our next campsite since there is an active rail line here.
We camped at the school in Lind. They were nice enough to allow us to sleep in the air conditioned cafeteria or lawn if we preferred sleeping under the stars.
Scouts spent the afternoon at the pool before returning to the school for dinner and sleep time. It would be another early morning wakeup to avoid heat the following day.
Crossing the Beverly Bridge in the darkness of night
"This Sand is like Desert Sand"
So True
We could see the lights of our SAG Wagon in the distance. As we got closer, we could smell the breakfast burritos that have become a welcome part of our day.
Because of the Goat's Head Puncture Vines know to plague the trail ahead, we road to Crab Creak Road, which parallel the trail to the north. It started out paved and quickly transitioned to gravel.
SAG Wagon passing us and dusting us off with a trailing cloud of fine sand
We tried riding on the right side for as long as we could, but with no traffic and less loose tracks to choose from, the group eventually took over the entire road
The Hill of Woe
It wasn't just the toll of 4 days of hard riding
It wasn't about the heat that hit us like a brick wall
This hill was just steep and painful
Mandatory water and cooling break before pictures and loading up
What a view!
Was it worth it?
Most would say no after the Hill of Woe...but we'd do it again
This is our first planned pickup of the Adventure
The section of the trail isn't complete, because the rail line is still in use
We would travel to our campsite in Lind, which had very loud trains passing by all night
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