Leavenworth Ski Hill (Freund Canyon / Rosy Boa)
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Freund Canyon is your friend: In less than two hours you can leave Leavenworth on a bike, grind uphill, scream downhill on fast trails, and be back in town. If you have family in tow, they can shop for Christmas ornaments and play miniature golf while you engage in something sensible before meeting them at Andre's Keller to play the accordion.
The uphill may take you an hour, but it's a pleasant gradual spin, mostly singletrack, with occasional views and only very short steep bits. As of Spring 2015 the downhill is newly rebuilt. Still very fast, with long series of berms and some jumps interspersed. Safe for even beginner riders, if you keep your speed down; fun for advanced riders who want to push their cornering skills.
The "standard" Freund Canyon loop connects with a few other trails: the more technical "Rosy Boa", which has great views of Leavenworth and is a diversion off Freund that rejoins it later, and the very technical "Ribbed".
(Any videos or pictures you see of the Freund downhill made before 2015 don't show what the downhill is like now.)
Ride Reports
This morning was a bit foggy at the Leavenworth Ski Hill when I started climbing around 8am. I took the climbing trail up to the Rosy Boa junction and went down the connector to the Downhill trail and continued climbing back up to the top of the Boa for a technical descent. The Boa was in good sh...
We had some rain last week so the trail was in great condition! The kids had a wonderful time swooping on Freund Canyon, smooth and clean. Lower Rosy is a bitdusty and dry with plenty of harsh break bumps towards the bottom but totally worth it.
The trail was great today! The family did the Ski Hill to Freund Canyon parking lot, back to Leavenworth and back up to Ski Hill loop. Trail was dry and very little dust. A little washboard in places. All around great Take a Kid Mountain Biking day!
One of my favorite rides in the area. The climb is manageable, downhill is flowy.
I bring a small water bottle and refill at the top using my water filter. The water tastes great and is nice and cool after a long climb.
The folks in the area are confused as to the ownership of the...
Nice to get out and ride a little. Conditions are good.
The road to Freund is posted at 25mph. My friends that live there routinely see us mountain bikers blowing by their house going waaay over that. So does the sheriff's deputy that lives there.
I got other friends who live on t...
Had an early morning at the Downhill and Boa. I parked outside the ski area and was told to ride counterclockwise around the base area fencing while they are contouring the ski hill base. The new uphill was in excellent shape as was the lower half of the Downhill. I climbed back up the canyon roa...
I spent Saturday and Sunday in Leavenworth to do this ridge and trail system for the first time. On Day 1, I rode the Ranger Road up and continued up further to the Punk Rock Lookout site for the views. I'd love to launch from up there! After my scramble up there, I came back down and headed nort...
Trails were great. Rosie Boa was a bit dusty. Did 2 loops: Rosie Boa and Fruend. Beware ticks as 2 out of us 5 riders got them.
Snow at top of the canyon route but lower section where ski hill connector trail meets rosy was fun as hell this weekend. Met a trail crew today, thanks you two for the good work.
Rode Freund on Saturday afternoon after Xanadu. Trail is in great shape and still super compact. No dusty sections yet. Freund Downhill video
Awsome ride I will not tell you that the climb is hard and some spots look scary in a couple spots there was a couple people went ahead of me my wife and the 7 and 3 year old but the 3 year old was on my bike in a weeride so we met them about half way they where coming down the laid and the genta...
Trail is in great shape. Longish gradual climb to the top. Rosy boa fast smooth twisty down hill. Not really any wash outs yesterday. Some steep parts on the descent. Sweet riding.
Climbed up to the top with a plan to descend Rosy Boa and then had to hike all the way back down due to a dog with a hurt foot so I opted to hike down the Freund descent trail.
Very little snow left on the climb up, a couple downed trees to go around but not too much. The Freund Can...
This was simply the best trail grade work ive ridin this year . The conditions were perfect for the moderate ascent and super fast ALL the way down . Excellent job Evergreen and community. STUMPJUMPER
Finally getting a chance to post about my first ride on Freund Canyon Trail a few weeks ago. Had a great time. Have biked around the Lake Wenatchee area a bunch, but got a hall pass from the family on a weekend trip to ride Freund Canypn.
I took the newly constructed connector...
Rode the regular Freund descent on Saturday and Rosy Boa descent on Sunday. Some of the Switchbacks on Boa were a little steep and tight on a 29er but great fun and kept my attention. Getting loose and sandy in some areas. The climb took me about an hour, get after it early to m...
Very fun trail with nicely machined turns on the descent. Kudos to the builders. We arrived at the trailhead at the same time as a 15 minute cloud burst. After waiting it out, we set out on the ride. The ascent is steady with no significantly steep sections. I'd sugg...