Crank Sisters Beginner+ ride. This is a no-drop ride and we will regroup as needed. Grand Ridge has wider flowy trails with a handful of green/easy blue technical bits here and there in the form of corners or roots, but they are easy to see in advance to either ride around or walk over them. We will cross a couple large wood bridges and there is some gradual climbing with some fun downs.
RSVP:
Before you RSVP for this ride, please sign the waiver at https//.www.evergreenmtb.org/my/waiver: Right click and click open in new window. This waiver needs to be signed once a year. When you click the link, it will tell you whether you have signed this year. If not, it will give you a link to sign it.
- Please cancel your RSVP before the ride time if you can’t make the ride. Text one of the rider leaders Callista Salazar at 206-258-9639/Leslie Morgan at 206-255-2188 if you have to cancel within two hours of the ride.Please RSVP at least 2 hours before the ride.
Route: We'll start from Central Park and pedal past the tennis courts, entering Grand Ridge Park onto Coal Mine Trail. Head east and connect to East Fork Trail, connect with Flowing Fir Loop trail, Spruce Coaster Trail, stay to the right onto Len's Trail, then staying left onto Sam Dog Creek Trail before connecting again to East Fork, Coal Mine, and back to the parking lot. Trail names are per the most recent online King County Grand Ridge park map.
Distance: 5.5-6 miles.
Directions:
1907 NE Park Dr, Issaquah, WA 98029. Meet at the end of the parking lot on the way to the start of the gravel trail.
Map Pin: https://maps.app.goo.gl/91unxQ5eNREMji1C6
- Restroom: sometimes the restrooms are open and others they aren't, so make sure you're all taken care of!
Ride leader contact info: Callista Salazar (206)-258-9639/Leslie Morgan at 206-255-2188. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about this ride
Equipment:
- Please bring a mountain bike in good working order, helmet, 2+ liters of water, electrolytes, backpack with many snacks, and spare bike tube.
Conditions for cancellation: (heavy wind, lightning, flooding etc.) If a ride must be canceled, the ride leader will attempt to contact anyone signed up by 3pm the day before the ride or in the morning day of ride.