Willamette Randonneurs
Prior Years

2024 Calendar

Sun Mar 10 Populaire (100k). Lunch in Veneta 100k Populaire.
Sat Mar 23 ACP 200k brevet. Five Rivers.
Sat Apr 20 Alsea Loop ACP 200k brevet. Alsea Loop.
Sat May 18 ACP 300k brevet. Cow Creek 300, designed and organized by James Taylor. This 300k brevet begins and ends at Seven Feathers Travel Center in Canyonville and wanders as far south as Gold Hill, Oregon. 5am start.
Sat Jun 1 ACP 300k brevet, ACP 600k brevet. Smith River Loop or Smith River 600k.
Fri Jul 12 ACP 400k brevet, ACP 200k brevet (evening starts). Lunar 400k / Mezza Luna 200k starting Friday evening 8pm in Eugene.

2023 Calendar

Sat Mar 18 ACP 200k brevet. Five Rivers 200k (ACP).
Sun Apr 2 ACP 200k brevet. World's Tallest Sugarpine #2, starting and ending in Winston, OR.
Sun May 7 ACP 200k brevet.
Sat May 27 evening start (overnight). ACP 400k and 200k brevets.
Sat Jun 17 Smith River 300k and Smith 600k.

2022 events

Sat Mar 26 Five Rivers< 200k (ACP).
Sat Apr 16 Colliding Rivers ACP 200k brevet from Sutherlin, OR.
Sat Jun 4 Umpqua 300k ACP brevet from Cottage Grove, OR
Sat Jun 11 Smith River 300k ACP brevet and Smith River 600k ACP brevet from Eugene, OR.
Fri Jul 15 Lunar 400 (ACP 400k) and Mezza Luna (200k) evening start brevets from Eugene, OR.
Sat Oct 22 ACP 200km brevet, Alsea Loop, virtually in Lviv, Ukraine.

2021 events

March events were canceled.

Sat Apr 3 Five Rivers 200k (ACP).
Sat Apr 17 RUSA populaire (100k). Lunch in Veneta.
Sat May 22 ACP 200km brevet, Alsea Loop.
Sat Jun 19 Smith River 300k and Smith River 600k.
Fri Aug 20 Lunar 400 (ACP 400k brevet).

2020 events

Due to the Corona virus pandemic, rides in summer 2020 were canceled.

Sat Feb 22 RUSA populaire (100k). Lunch in Veneta.
Sun Mar 8 RUSA populaire (100k). International Women's Day.
Sat Mar 21 Five Rivers 200k (ACP).
Sat Mar 28 Colliding Rivers 200k (ACP). Sutherlin to Glide and return. Route (designed by James Taylor).
Sat May 9 Evening start 100k RUSA populaire. (Fléche tuneup opportunity.)
Fri May 15 Fléche weekend ( Seattle International Randonneurs)
Sun May 24 Alsea Loop 200k (ACP).
Sat Jun 6 Yippee Tyee Ty-yay 200k. (Cottage Grove - Tyee loop)
Sat Jun 20 Smith River 300k (ACP), Smith River 600k (ACP).
Sat Jul 18 ACP 300k, route TBD.
Fri Jul 31 Lunar 400k (ACP).

2019 Events

Sun Feb 24 RUSA populaire (100k). (Canceled due to weather)
Sat Mar 9 Five Rivers ACP 200k brevet.
Sat Mar 30 Cottage Grove — Umpqua Loop ACP 200k. Begins and ends in Cottage Grove and loops south through Drain, Yoncalla, and Tyee, along the Umpqua river, returning north through Sutherlin.
Sat May 25 Evening start 400k (with Monday holiday to recover). Loop north to Forest Grove, beginning and ending in downtown Eugene.
Sat Jun 8 Smith River ACP 600K. Two loops from downtown Eugene. The first loop will be to Florence, along the coast south to Reedsport, back in via Smith River Road and continuing to Lorane and Cottage Grove, then north to Eugene, about 360k. Second loop will be north to Brownsville, Lebanon, Independence, then south through Albany, Harrisburg, Coburg back to Eugene, about 240k. 5am Saturday start from Mandy's 24-hour diner in downtown Eugene.
Sat Jun 22 Smith River ACP 300k. A 300km (187 mile) loop from Eugene to Florence via Triangle Lake, south to Reedsport, returning over Smith River Road and Wolf Creek to Eugene, with a staffed control at Oxbow Summit. 5am Saturday start from Mandy's 24-hour diner in downtown Eugene. Finish is at Falling Sky until it closes at 11pm, then at Mandy's.

2018 Events

2017 Events

Sat Mar 11 Alsea Loop 200k
Sat Jun 24 Smith River Loop 300k ACP brevet.
Sun Aug 20 Dart to Darkness Dart Populaire (team ride), 120km to Willamina for the total eclipse.
 
Photo of Alsea Loop 200k, March 2017 by Jeff Reynolds
Photo: Jeff Reynolds