Trail Running Bend and Central Oregon ― Great Loop Trails for Every Season

Trail Running Bend and Central Oregon is an extensive guide to the best trail running in one of the country's top outdoor destinations. Author and trail runner Lucas Alberg provides detailed descriptions of the area’s best loop runs, including several new trails added within recent years. From classic high desert runs to the east in the Badlands, to mountain escapes and high alpine scenery to the west in the Cascades, the guide highlights the unique and diverse geography that Central Oregon has to offer.

Unlike other guidebooks, Trail Running Bend and Central Oregon is organized by season so runners can know when to hit the right trails at the right times throughout the year. The 50 routes described in the book are all located within 65 miles from Bend, which means that trail runners will spend more time doing what they love to do, instead of spending time behind the windshield in anticipation.

Lucas Alberg is a native Kansan who ventured west after college in pursuit of outdoor adventure in the mountains. A distance runner since his youth, Alberg took to trail running when he moved to Portland, OR in 2001. After exhausting the trails in the northwest part of the state, he moved to the sunnier side of the Cascade Mountains and Bend in 2011. Since then, he has been eagerly exploring Central Oregon’s diverse geography and gobbling up miles on the area’s vast network of trails.

Outside of running, Lucas enjoys spending time mountain biking, hiking, backpacking, cross-country skiing and camping with his lovely wife Rae and son Loren. A longtime musician, Lucas has written and recorded two albums with his band The Beautiful Train Wrecks and has found time to play hundreds of shows across the Pacific Northwest. Lucas currently serves as PR Manager for a Bend-based outdoor company.