Name: Ben's
Rating: 3.7

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Note: Ben's has been designated as uphill-only from the trailhead (as mapped). One Way Only: This is designated as a directional trail.

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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

Shared By:

Katy Ryan with improvements by Jen Teje

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Trail Ratings

3.7 from 33 votes

#8

in Tumalo/Swampy Lakes Trail System

#1083

Overall

3.7 from 33 votes

5 Star		16%
4 Star		41%
3 Star		38%
2 Star		6%
1 Star		0%

Trail Rankings

#8

in Tumalo/Swampy Lakes Tr…

#27

in Oregon

#1,083

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Jul 10, 2017 near Bend, OR

Pumptrack is super fun. Lower your seat.

Apr 28, 2013 near Bend, OR

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

Apr 13, 2016 near Deschut…, OR

Nov 6, 2012 near Bend, OR

Nov 6, 2012 near Bend, OR

Mar 30, 2021 near Deschut…, OR

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Check-Ins

Oct 13, 2024

David Bierwirth

7.2mi — 1h 30m

Oct 16, 2023

JOSHUA VALENTIN

Jun 18, 2023

David H

May 6, 2023

Alyssa Llama

Aug 8, 2022

John Hoffman

Jul 19, 2022

Chris Tieman

Jun 21, 2022

John Kingston III

Oct 6, 2021

Jen Teje

Aug 17, 2021

Theodore Sirotek

Aug 16, 2021

Brett Robichaud

Jun 5, 2021

Paul Wilson

May 15, 2021

Eyung Gov

May 6, 2021

James McGuire

4mi — 0h 35m

Oct 17, 2020

KEV MAC

Oct 16, 2020

Chris Bales

Aug 25, 2020

James McGuire

Aug 8, 2020

Pizza Sloth

Jul 30, 2020

Ed Metcalf

May 4, 2020

Leah Adams

Nov 26, 2019

Etan Bennett

Ben's to phils — 2h 00m

Sep 2, 2019

K Arnold

Aug 3, 2019

Austin Adams

Great ride. Dusty but nice a flowey — 2h 15m

Jul 27, 2019

Josh Mooney

Jul 22, 2019

Brett Robichaud

2.5mi — 12h 10m

Jul 20, 2019

Brett Robichaud

7.1mi — 11h 20m

Jul 5, 2019

Rochelle Parpana

Jun 19, 2019

Nick Giorgi

Too bad it's uphill only. Fun downhill too!

Jun 16, 2019

Brett Robichaud

Jun 15, 2019

Brett Robichaud

Gorgeous morning

Oct 27, 2018

Joëlle Didone

Oct 20, 2018

Mike Fife

Sep 1, 2018

Brett Robichaud

7.1mi

Aug 4, 2018

Brett Robichaud

Jul 9, 2018

Callie Ackerman

Jun 18, 2018

Dave W

7.1mi

Jun 18, 2018

KEV MAC

Jun 16, 2018

Brett Robichaud

Jun 9, 2018

Jason Motsko

Ride with John - Ben's > Phil's

Jun 3, 2018

Todd Eddie

Jan 6, 2018

Garrett Daugherty

Sep 23, 2017

Len Pipes

Sep 18, 2017

John Morehead

Aug 20, 2017

Brett Robichaud

7.1mi

Jul 19, 2017

Lindsye S

7.1mi

Jul 8, 2017

Brett Robichaud

7.1mi

Jun 22, 2017

Matt Moss

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

Heather.Marsh Marsh

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

Apr 30, 2017

Len Pipes

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

Len Pipes

Sep 2, 2016

Gregg Andrick

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 17, 2016

rob thilo

Ben's up, Phil's down

Aug 14, 2016

Len Pipes

Jul 24, 2016

Len Pipes

Jul 3, 2016

Len Pipes

Jun 12, 2016

Len Pipes

May 17, 2016

Kathleen Sedillo

Ben's to Lower Whoops to Phil's. Easy riding, Good for the puppy girl, her longest ride to date. 14.5 miles, if forest restoration on Phil's. 14.5mi

Aug 17, 2015

Brook Harris

Very Dry but fast and fun. Rode to KGB.

Aug 8, 2015

Mike Dahlquist

Aug 7, 2015

Markk Knowles

Jul 19, 2015

Ryan Makar

Tess's bday ride. Ben's to Phil's. BEST RIDE EVER!!!

Jul 18, 2015

Len Pipes

Jun 27, 2015

Jack Elston

May 24, 2015

jason strnad

May 24, 2015

Ryan Ferro

May 18, 2015

Ryan Ferro

May 16, 2014

Blake Herbold

Apr 26, 2013

Katy Ryan

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Ben's

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

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4,932' 1,503 m

3,886' 1,185 m

1,148' 350 m

102' 31 m

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