Ride Reports
03 | 25 | '26
Lord Hill has dried out pretty well. So before the next storm coming tomorrow, I took the Levo to go view the Snohomish River level and go around most of the park. There were only a couple soft spots, and hardly any puddles. The biggest water problem...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/23/26
03 | 21 | '26
Darrington drains really well so all you had to worry about today was the wet roots after an atmospheric river week like we’ve had previously. The rains mitigated the 2 feet of snow that came over most of the Skyline Trail, so there was only 10 inche...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/21/26
03 | 10 | '26
Today, before the next big dump of snow up high or heavy rain down low, I went back to Darrington to try an upper trail or just do a couple skills park trails. I drove the truck to the lower shuttle lot where 12” of snow still existed. So the upper t...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/10/26
02 | 28 | '26
Today, in the sun, I took off to Darrington to find out where the snow line is and try to summit, and then descend Hoot Owl and Skyline. There was about 8 to 10 inches of snow at the upper parking lot so I stopped there and began the descent. Betwee...
Submitted by tomvale on 2/28/26
02 | 16 | '26
After seeing reports that the sawyers have mitigated the trees across Out of the Blue, I climbed up the road to do the drop at the top of the second segment from the bottom. I took the Enduro up there and then tried it. I strong armed the t...
Submitted by tomvale on 2/16/26
02 | 14 | '26
Today I climbed to the summit and then came down Scorpion and Unemployment Line. I transitioned into tubeless tires on my Turbo Levo a couple weeks ago and it’s been working great, but today at Galbraith, I had my first tubeless failure while...
Submitted by tomvale on 2/15/26
02 | 12 | '26
I haven’t been to Cherry Valley in just over a year! So during the Super Bowl 60 parade today, I decided to head out to Duvall and enjoy the trails out there. Way to go Seahawks!!!
I started by climbing to the top of You’re Going Down...
Submitted by tomvale on 2/12/26
02 | 05 | '26
Over the weekend, I had a pretty intense family care event that finally got enough closure on Tuesday for me to get away and finally get a little time to blow off some steam. I took the Levo to Tiger and did East Summit and Side Hustle first, and the...
Submitted by tomvale on 2/6/26
01 | 25 | '26
Waited for the sun to come out today before I went out to Darrington to check on the Out of the Blue trail status. Last time I was here, I found Jackpot totally trashed, and I was worried those atmospheric rivers and wind wreaked havoc on this trail...
Submitted by tomvale on 1/26/26
01 | 24 | '26
This morning I met up with a gang of friends at the Raging upper lot. Our plan was to try a couple Exit 27 trails and then another Rattlesnake climb for the views and a run down Canyon Creek Downhill and then climb to finish with Poppin’ Tops and Flo...
Submitted by tomvale on 1/25/26
01 | 21 | '26
With the long, cool, dry spell, and the unreal lack of snow in mid January, I chose to make a Tiger ride today and was not disappointed. I haven't been here in two years! It was a beautiful day above the fog and the trail conditions were near perfec...
Submitted by tomvale on 1/22/26
01 | 13 | '26
This morning I stayed close to home and went to Lord Hill, south of Snohomish. My last ride here was in September when the river was at its lowest. Today, the river has more rain and some snow melt in it which covered all the riverbanks and even the...
Submitted by tomvale on 1/13/26
01 | 10 | '26
Today I went up to Mt Vernon to ride at Little Mountain Park. My last ride there was back in May and I needed to try the jump lines a bit more and then the other trails as desired. All the trails drained well and there are a few needle mats and leav...
Submitted by tomvale on 1/10/26
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