Chelan Butte
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This is a great downhill ride minutes from downtown Chelan. You can ride it as a loop or shuttle to the top. The downhill (3.7 miles) includes some great ridgeline riding, a few brake burning sections, and fun single track. You can actually ride from the end of the dirt trail into town on a paved trail along the lake to Campbells for a Draft PBR. The ride up the dirt road is very demanding. It's smooth but very steep. However, it is easy to shuttle.
Ride Reports
Left the Butte Trailhead at 7:30 this morning and caught the sun coming up and over the ridge during the climb.
I got to the Summit about two hours later and chatted with a County PUD tower crew at the Su...
While spending the weekend here to visit dad, I took off early to climb the Butte and descend most of the trail. It has quite a bit of rock in the trail now causing a much more cautious speed to avoid a major fail. The brakes were hot but the ride down was beautiful today in the sun. I devi...
Left home in Everett just after 5am to get an early morning ride in at Chelan Butte while the weather and Passes were all clear! It was an enjoyable morning watching the sunrise while driving east and then parking at the Chelan Reach trailhead and got everything ready. It was 30 degrees out and I...
Went back to Chelan to see some new sights. I have done the climb up the North side several times and needed some new scenery. I have never been to the town of Chelan Falls so my plan today was to circumnavigate the Butte starting at the Chelan Reach trailhead, and then rounding the base to the E...
Went to the Butte to do a sunny winter run but since the road and upper mountain had snow, I just started climbing up the downhill. If conditions worsend, I could turn around and enjoy the downhill. The weather front held off, and blue sky came out, but when I reached the Butte road to the Summit...
Parked at the dirt trailhead lot and rode along the south side of the lake to the base of the Butte Road and then began the climb. I rode around the hanglider airport for some southern views and then completed the climb to the towers. I took a little break and then came down the ridgeline, then t...
The Butte is riding good. It rained Wed and Thur so it should be better than when I rode ealier this week. Enjoy
Parked at the bottom of the downhill and then rode to the Butte road and then up to the towers. The fire damage is everywhere but the road up is in great shape. Visibility was less than 100 ft at times above 2500 so picture taking was disappointing. The downhill trail had more loose rock in it th...
After hiking 7 miles in Stevens Pass yesterday, I was a little sore and the whole Butte road would have been brutal. I drove up to the 2800 foot level and parked at the Y (no parking lot there but it was really early). I didn't bring a lot of gear and was alone so I didn't do the trail downhill (...
The Butte is riding pretty well right now. The light rains have kept most of the trail surface in great shape.