This weekend I finally had the chance to ride my bike in the Ochocos Mountains which are located about 15 miles outside of Prineville, OR. Bend's Big Fat Tour featured a ride up Round and Lookout Mountains on Friday. Unfortunately, Henry and Ed already had the day off so they could ride it. Instead, I went on Saturday with a couple of other Bendites who didn't make it on Saturday. The drive sucks - about an hour or so out to the ranger station. From there, you climb about 1200 ft on a 7 mile paved road, and then the real climb begins. The climb up to Round mountain is pretty steep and just keeps going and going and going. I think it tops out around 6500ft (2600+ft of climbing in the first 11 miles) after a couple of hours of climbing. There is a quick descent (just a few miles) and then the climb up to Lookout Mtn begins. This is another 2500ft or so, topping out close to 7000ft. The views from the top are awesome (I forgot my camera). Then, the fun begins. The descent rips for about 10 miles or so with just a few little climbs on the way. The ride ends up being around 29miles with about 5600+ ft of climbing. That's a whole lot of climbing.