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Hess Road

By coolsen - Posted on 12 January 2018

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Description:

On the Oregon side (west) of the Snake River opposite the Kleinschmidt Grade, Hess Road climbs straight up out of Hells Canyon along 7 steep miles with multiple sharp switch-backs and some significant exposure. The views are spectacular. This road is very difficult to negotiate when wet. Jason Abbott (one of our own) provides good photos and a description of Hess Road in his Trailimage post below.

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5AAAP_hells-canyon-hess-road?guid=08968545-0626-40af-9ab5-4478e30251f7
http://www.trailimage.com/hat-point-above-hells-canyon


	#37 Hess Rd Posted by sage on 2018-05-28 08:19
	The Sign for Hess road down at the bottom near the Snake River is gone on this side, so if you don't already know where Hess Road is, you might have trouble finding it... We tried to go up Hess road to connect with the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway... but my buddy did not have knobbies on his 1200 GS and after two spin outs that resulted in falls for him, we bagged and went the other way... the road was always steep, but now it has been graded and is loose and nasty... the Tenere did fine with the knobbies I have on it... Posted by silverspurs on 2018-06-12 23:07

	A bit squirlly. Posted by Cuprum Hermit on 2018-07-12 21:41
	Photo taken on July 9 ascending up out of Hells Canyon on a larger fully-loaded bike -- kind of a handfull! Posted by coolsen on 2018-07-18 14:37
	Always fun to ride this road either way! Posted by shutterman on 2018-08-06 20:07
	10/13/2018 Posted by rwhopp on 2018-10-14 17:30
	Special Ed @ Hess Road, Hess road is right there. Posted by Special Ed on 2018-10-21 08:34
	Soooo lucky to have these routes so close to home. Posted by AGHill on 2018-11-27 13:17
	Cheating a bit - picture from the other side of the river. Posted by CBMMA1969 on 2018-12-21 12:53