The Mount Emily Recreation Area (MERA) map is now available online at www.LaGrandeRide.com/mera-map

La Grande Ride presents this project as the most accurate and feature-rich map of MERA. Currently the map focuses on non-motorized trails, but more will be added in the future. The map will be continually updated to ensure accuracy and currency. The first mountain bike map of the area was presented in 2006 in the guidebook Mountain Biking La Grande, Oregon (Sather & Larson). Since then, the area has become a public recreation site known as MERA and undergone several changes. Over the years, La Grande Ride has collected and maintained the most accurate trail database of MERA and the entire region. Now that the logging has stopped in MERA and the trails are returning to a state of...