If your idea of fun is hopping on your bike and hitting the great outdoors, the Foster Lake area is close to some of the best mountain biking in the country. With trails around the Santiam River and paralleling the McKenzie River, you're offered a wide varieties of terrain. Snow seldomly closes these trails and by April, dogwood trees fill the understory with their white crosses, and trilliums dot the forest floor. In late May, delicate pink deer-head orchids and great yellow bunches of Oregon grape blooms arrive. And in fall, chanterelle mushrooms sprout in the forest while vine maple turns the river banks scarlet. These trails provides challenging and scenic riding opportunities in the heart of the Oregon Cascades.