Hells Canyon Rally

The Hells Canyon Rally is an annual motorcycle rally at Hells Canyon in Baker County in the state of Oregon, United States. It was started c. 2000 by Steve Folkestad and a brother.[1][2]

The rally attracts between 5,000 and 8,000 riders annually to the Baker City, Oregon area.[3][2]

Devil's Tail

The "signature tour" of the rally (referring to motorcycle touring) is the 182-mile (293 km) "Devil's Tail" loop on Hells Canyon Dam Road (45°06′54″N 116°45′11″W / 45.115°N 116.753°W / 45.115; -116.753Coordinates: 45°06′54″N 116°45′11″W / 45.115°N 116.753°W / 45.115; -116.753) between Oxbow, Oregon and Hells Canyon Dam, off the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway.[1] The Devil's Tail is a nickname bestowed by 2008 rally attendees on a 22-mile (35 km) twisty segment of the road as a homage to the "Tail of the Dragon" through Deal's Gap in North Carolina, another fine motorcycling road.[1][4]

Hells Canyon Dam on the "Devil's Tail" loop was the site of one of the dams on DamTour, a long-distance rally organized by Folkestad that attracted up to 80 riders[5] to visit 20 dams in the Pacific Northwest and ran between 2004 and 2012.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hells Canyon Motor Cycle Touring—the Ride to Hell", Top 10 Scenic Drives website (Federal Highway Administration, Army Corps of Engineers, Province of British Columbia, et. al.), June 10, 2010
  2. 1 2 Tom Hallman Jr. (July 7, 2014), "Head to Baker City for Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally", The Oregonian
  3. ↑ Lisa Britton (July 9, 2014), "Motorcycle rally expects record number", La Grande Observer (La Grande, Oregon)
  4. ↑ Sean Coker (June 2, 2010), "Oregon Motorcycle Rides: Hells Canyon and Beyond", Rider
  5. ↑ Steve Folkestad (October 30, 2011), "Record Number Visit all Twenty - Season Wrap Up", DamTour news, retrieved 2014-09-29
  6. ↑ Steve Folkestad and Cheryll Malisch (c. October 2012), Open Letter to Past DamTour Rider[s], retrieved 2014-09-29 Check date values in: |date= (help)

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