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Mitchell Point Tunnel is open to the public (but you still can’t bike there)

When I heard the news last week, I was excited by the possibility of riding through those carved-rock windows out into river gorge below.

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March 26, 2025

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

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Mitchell Point Tunnel in the Gorge open to the public for first time in 71 years this weekend

one of the most extraordinary infrastructure projects in our state’s history

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November 11, 2024

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

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Amazing photos from inside the Mitchell Point Tunnel in the Gorge

Can you imagine riding this?! (Photos: AJ Zelada)

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March 2, 2022

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

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Closed after Gorge fire in 2017, the Oneonta Tunnel is now open and ready to ride

(Left: East end of the Oneonta Tunnel in 2017 after the Eagle Creek Fire. Right: All cleaned up and ready to ride today! Photos: ODOT)

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May 6, 2021

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

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ODOT will build hiker/biker campsites at Viento, releases photos of Mitchell Point Tunnel path

(ODOT renderings of Mitchell Point tunnel portals.)

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October 9, 2020

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

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