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Larch Fest 2025

10/2/25, 12:00pm - 10/5/25, 5:00pm
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Kettle Crest
Michael McLane
East, Statewide
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Welcome to our 2nd Annual Larch Fest!

Get ready for a fall weekend of beautiful backcountry riding, crisp alpine air, and golden larch views at Kettle Crest in Colville National Forest. Whether you’re in for the full weekend or just stopping by for a day, come for the remote singletrack, great people, communal dinners and cozy campfires. Folks with kids, the campground is a great spot for the little ones to ride around.

What’s Happening:

  • Thursday: Come hang out and ride with the Evergreen crew, we will be here starting Thursday morning.

  • Friday Night: Chili feed + outdoor movie night featuring Girl, Huck Yeah! and other MTB films.

  • Saturday Morning: Coffee provided, then a full day of trail work on remote backcountry trails.

  • Saturday Night: Evergreen-provided group dinner + campfire hangs.

  • Sunday: Ride! Group rides will start casually around 9–10 am.

What to Expect:

  • Remote alpine setting surrounded by larches at peak color.

  • Most rides feature solid climbs, but there are options for different abilities.

  • Family-friendly campground — perfect for kids to ride around.

  • No cell service (and you will not miss it).

  • Flexible schedule — ride when you want, hang when you want.

 

Directions: 

We'll be camping at the Jungle Hill Campground, which is between the towns of Republic and Kettle Falls. Feel free to use any empty site when you arrive. Depending on how many folks show up we may have to squeeze a couple folks into the larger sites, or if you have a camper/van/trailer, their is plenty of space below the campground where the community area will be set up.

 

What to bring:

  • A willingness to get dirty!
  • Camping Equipment (or van/camper) - 
    • Tent, pad, sleeping bag, light, chair, warm clothing, and water filter
  • Water, food, snacks and a pack to haul it in.
    • There is no potable water at the campsite so bring all you will need or a water filter for the creek if you'd like (warning: steep hill/trail to and from camp to creek)
  • Work boots or tough hiking boots (sturdy footwear)
  • Rain gear, layers, work attire aka: clothes that look superb when dirty!
  • Safety glasses and work gloves if you have them
  • A warm change of clothes after a fun filled day

 

Evergreen will provide:

  • All the tools
  • Work gloves if you would like them

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Photo credit: Al Casile

 

Ride options

While our ride schedule is usually made ad-hoc, here's a few ride options!

Jungle Hill

  1. Easy Option: 10 miles, 1300 ft. climbing, 2500 ft. descending
  2. Medium Option: 14 miles, 2300 ft. climbing, 3300 ft. descending
  3. Hard Option: 18 miles, 3600 ft. climbing/descending

For the easy and medium options, we shuttle up to the top of Sherman Pass and start up the Kettle Crest trail. The hard option starts from the campground with about 1300ft of climbing to get up to Sherman Pass. After climbing on the Kettle Crest there is an optional detour to Columbia Mountain which has an awesome 360-degree view. For the easy option, riders can turn around after Columbia Mountain and descend all the way back to the campground. Otherwise, riders will continue climbing and descending along the Kettle Crest until the top of Jungle Hill where the payoff awaits….

Old Stage to Midnight Ridge to Kettle Crest to Jungle Hill

  1. Easy Option: Old Stage/Midnight Ridge loop, 10 miles, ~2,850 ft. climbing/descending
  2. Medium Option: Old Stage/Midnight Ridge loop + Kettle Crest to Jungle Hill, 17 miles, ~5,000 ft. climbing/descending
  3. Hard Option: Pedal from Jungle Hill Campground to Old Stage/Midnight Ridge loop + Kettle Crest to Jungle Hill, ~30 miles, ~7,000 ft. climbing

Up West Side of Old Stage and descend the scenic Midnight Ridge trail. Up and over Copper Butte (elev. ~7100') around Scar Mountain and then up to Wapaloosie and a fun descent to Jungle Hill and the Jungle Hill Campground. Views go for miles when up on the Crest.

Upper/Lower Taylor Ridge

Those intersted in making the drive out to Taylor Ridge (about 1 hour) can go out to do that. Taylor Ridge is a 18 mile ride with 2,600ft of climbing and 5,600ft of descending. Those that want to stay nearer to camp can do another varieation of the rides listed above.

 

If you have any questions or concerns about Larch Fest, please reach out to Mic McLane at 

Hope to see you out there!

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No. of Attendees: 17 of 30 max