Ride Reports
01 | 05 | '26
….And I only did the lower half!
Since Stevens Pass and Mount Baker were expecting two feet of snow over the next couple of days, I went to North Mountain one more time to get as high as I could. I parked at the bottom of Skyline and began my cli...
Submitted by tomvale on 1/5/26
01 | 05 | '26
The sun came out this morning and rain stopped so I took a quick drive over to Japanese Gulch to get a couple of trails in before the next round of rain comes in here and snow in the mountains. Last time I was here was in July. The trails were well d...
Submitted by tomvale on 1/5/26
12 | 30 | '25
I have been away in NY and the Caribbean with the family and finally got back to the PNW, and finished the holiday errands. Now three weeks later from my Chelan Butte report, I finally got another ride in today. I met three others at the Galbraith pa...
Submitted by tomvale on 12/31/25
11 | 30 | '25
It was 22 degrees at sunrise so I waited until 11 to get to the trailhead. It was 30 degrees then and I began the climb up the trail, then the Winter Traverse, and finally up the Butte road to the summit. Snow fully covered the road at 2400’ but with...
Submitted by tomvale on 12/1/25
11 | 28 | '25
I got to the base of Skyline at 10am and headed up to the lookout to get to the snow. There was about 4” up near the lookout but truck tracks allowed for an easy climb to the summit.
After taking pictures at the summit, I started down Out of the...
Submitted by tomvale on 11/28/25
11 | 18 | '25
This morning I got to the trailhead at sunrise and headed up to the top to get a No Service run in before the snow flies and stays. The weather was a bit foggy and cool but not raining. As I got higher, the fog got thicker, views disappeared, fog dew...
Submitted by tomvale on 11/19/25
11 | 11 | '25
I came over to Chelan to take care of family and went up to the Echo Ridge trail system to get another summit ride in before the winter gets started again this weekend. I parked at the bottom of Waterbar Heaven and climbed Bergman Gulch up to the Out...
Submitted by tomvale on 11/12/25
11 | 07 | '25
I heard a couple days ago, that Number 2 Canyon had been opened back up since the Labor Mountain fire had been mitigated by the cold, wet, winter, weather. So, this morning on my way to Chelan, I went south in Wenatchee and then west to the No. 2 Can...
Submitted by tomvale on 11/7/25
11 | 04 | '25
This morning, I drove up to the base of Skyline and parked the truck. My goal was to get to the lookout for the views, or find out where the snow line was. During the climb, Whitehorse had just a little cloud condensing over the top which was signal...
Submitted by tomvale on 11/4/25
11 | 01 | '25
At least at the Chelan Butte!
I took the bike over Steven’s Pass early this morning to run from the atmospheric river hoping the East side of the Cascades would be dry or just foggy. Driving from Everett to Chelan, the rain never stopped. The weathe...
Submitted by tomvale on 11/2/25
10 | 09 | '24
Used to love ripping around on these blue trails on my way to swan creek and orange gate from the 512 but havent gone back since the year of construction, hope there are still some fun off camber ones left. Everything was very smooth so no tech besid...
Submitted by natshe on 10/21/25
10 | 11 | '25
With both the recent rain and a 13 MPH tailwind we decided to shuttle to the Kittitas trailhead and then ride down to Beverly. It was fantastic. The fall colors were out in the desert, the sandy section before the tunnel was a bit firmer with the rec...
Submitted by davcan on 10/20/25
10 | 07 | '25
Headed out to Darrington this morning and parked below Skyline to begin the ride. Bambi was on the road just before the trail and we stared at each other for about 10 seconds before she took off. Be aware that hunting season starts soon so make sure...
Submitted by tomvale on 10/8/25
10 | 05 | '25
We rode up FS # 73 to FS #7315 (Suntop Road)to the summit parking lot and the road was in great shape. The MTB trail up from the parking lot at the summit was a huge grind, as usual, but it is rutted from motorcyle use. You can still ride most of...
Submitted by ho2lye on 10/7/25
10 | 03 | '25
My Fall will be a busy time so I wanted to get one Meadow traverse on Alpine Baldy in 2025 before the snow eliminates this trail until Spring. I parked the truck just above the target range barrow pit, under the powerlines, and pulled the bike off th...
Submitted by tomvale on 10/4/25
09 | 27 | '25
Today I wanted to get a quick ride down some of Out of the Blue before this coming week really starts Fall with a bunch of rain. Parking at the bottom of the trail's road access, I climbed the southern road to the midpoint of the trail. The logging r...
Submitted by tomvale on 9/28/25
09 | 20 | '25
Building on the momentum from the last few reports! We rode Hansen (clockwise) on 9/20 with some tools in tow. Cleared a handful of sections but plenty of overgrown brushy sections remain. Other than shortened sightlines and getting smacked by alder,...
Submitted by megmcd on 9/20/25
09 | 20 | '25
I wanted to do at least one more bike park this Summer before I put my Enduro into the shop. I drove up to Summit at Snoqualmie Central, and using my EMBA member discount, got my ID ticket from the kiosk and off I went up the chair. My last visit was...
Submitted by tomvale on 9/20/25
09 | 18 | '25
After the heavy easterly winds cleared out the Lake Chelan Valley yesterday, I took advantage of the clear air and did a quick downhill on the Butte. At the summit, you could see the changing winds blowing Sugarloaf fire smoke towards the Columbia (a...
Submitted by tomvale on 9/18/25
08 | 22 | '25
This trail as a lot of over growth problems with seemingly little use or maintenance. Still the trail has wonderful views, fun challenges and an alpine ambiance. There is quite a bit of open and clear sections. A would come back if more people come u...
Submitted by mtrunyan on 9/6/25