#26: Chenowith Road • 6.7 mi • 1951 ft • paved, gravel

Chenowith Road has three distinct sections. The bottom mile or so it’s a busy (by Dalles standards) road to the town of Chenowith. The next couple miles are tranquil tarmac in a nice valley next to an improbable miniature airport. As soon as the pavement ends, about halfway, the road turns brutally steep, and the surface gets loose and rocky.

I make a point of only riding down the steep part of Chenoweth as it drops into town from Ketchum Road. It’s tough enough going down — I can’t imagine what it’s like going up. But if you want to get up to the beautiful, ridge-top savanna of Ketchum as directly as possible, this is the way!