Cycle Oregon 2019 Registration Starts, Hoping For Smoke-Free Year

PORTLAND, OR – Ready. Set. Go online and sign up for this year's Cycle Oregon series of rides.

After a kickoff party on Wednesday night, the organization opened registration for this year's rides.

There's the Gravel over the other side of the mountain, the Joyride – a woman's only ride – and, of course, the Classic.

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Things get underway in May with the Gravel from May 17 to May 19. It's open to 500 riders who will travel around the "gravel and paved roads" around the small town of Dufur where riders will have "wide-open views of Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams appearing around nearly every corner.

That's followed in June by the one-day Joyride, a women-only ride, which is being hosted by Independence.

Lastly, there's the Classic, the seven-day ride through the Cascades and down to the rim of Crater Lake, the only National Park in Oregon. The ride takes place in September.

Head to CycleOregon.com for more information on each ride and how to register.

Organizers are hoping for a smoke free ride this year.

In 2017, the Classic was canceled for the only time in its more than 30 years. The cause was significant smoke from wildfires in the southern part of the state.

Photo via Cycle Oregon.