Ride Reports
12 | 21 | '21
Got to the Park's new main lot early this morning and then climbed to the summit viewpoints for my pictures and then descended Sidewinder to Bonnie and Clyde. B&C was still marked as closed due to a lower than normal powerline but it was still higher...
Submitted by tomvale on 12/21/21
12 | 17 | '21
Took a buddy back to North Mountain to do the Lower Out of the Blue segment described last time and also gave him a tour of the Skills Park. The road up is still climb-able but with a couple more inches of snow, it will be tough and time to wait for...
Submitted by tomvale on 12/17/21
12 | 13 | '21
Went to Darrington this morning and parked at the gate at the bottom of Out of the Blue and climbed the road up to the first trail crossing to descend the last segment of Out of the Blue. There was 4-6 inches of snow at the top of that last segment b...
Submitted by tomvale on 12/13/21
12 | 09 | '21
After watching some of the JGulch chats in Everegreen's Annual ZOOM meeting, I went to the Gulch to sample the Orion trail. When I got to the top of Orion and took a quick break, a friend, and friends of the friend, were coming up after sessioning it...
Submitted by tomvale on 12/10/21
12 | 07 | '21
It has been 5 years since my last trip to T-Mac so I went here this morning for a nice 3 1/2 hour review before the next round of rain. I was also told I needed to do Badger and others in the clearing to have a good ride. I did all of that and had a...
Submitted by tomvale on 12/8/21
12 | 05 | '21
So Master Link up to Inside Passage is fine, above that the snow depth increases pretty quickly. The fire roads above Quick Link are unrideable; there were four other guys pushing their bikes along with me. East Tiger Summit is about 3" deep as it's...
Submitted by Bryan on 12/5/21
12 | 04 | '21
The Mountain Loop Highway closed for the winter yesterday evening so before there was too much snow I was hoping to make one more ride on the gravel bike to Barlow Pass. Snow was falling after the Robe Valley and snow began collecting on the road aro...
Submitted by tomvale on 12/4/21
12 | 03 | '21
I made it from the lot to Stan's Overlook in about 65 minutes, pretty good for a 60 year old! PT and Flow State are heavily rutted, with large braking bumps in all the berms. Please join me in the 12/11 work party here, Raging needs some work. Good n...
Submitted by Bryan on 12/4/21
11 | 30 | '21
On a group ride Tuesday, November 30, a bike (pretty nice) was found. Smaller size and still pretty new. Contact two zero six three eight four three seven five three.
Submitted by petfah on 12/1/21
11 | 29 | '21
Caught the break in the rains and went to another of the 'best draining' trail systems in Puget Sound, Cherry Valley. The access road is wet but the trails are good. I had to go around an early morning accident on Cherry Valley Road by going east on...
Submitted by tomvale on 11/30/21
11 | 24 | '21
I started climbing this morning at 6am, from the upper lot, and was excited to try the new Side Hustle trail as 'Bryan' described in the last Tiger report. I began with lights on the helmet and handlebars and by the top of Masterlink, I turned them o...
Submitted by tomvale on 11/25/21
11 | 21 | '21
We are so spoiled here in the PNW. In just the last few months Tiger has added Extra Terrestrial, Close Encounters, Super T and now Side Hustle. We rode Master and Quick Link to East Tiger Summit, then Side Hustle across the fire road at the bottom o...
Submitted by Bryan on 11/21/21
11 | 20 | '21
I missed the grand reopening of Little Mountain's Skill Park and Trail additions back on Sept 12th so I made it my next destination this weekend. Last time I was here was three years ago so I needed to check it out and get a new impression of Little...
Submitted by tomvale on 11/21/21
11 | 18 | '21
Had to detour around the road closure in Snohomish and got to the North trailhead via the Monroe end of the road. The water receded and the road was back open after this morning's ride was done. I went up to the towers and down Springboard, Meetcutte...
Submitted by tomvale on 11/18/21
11 | 17 | '21
Started climbing up the shuttle road at 7 this morning to do Lower Skyline and see what wind and water damage occurred from the two atmospheric rivers. There was 1-2” of snow at the top of Lower Skyline and then three 8” blown trees over the trail th...
Submitted by tomvale on 11/18/21
11 | 13 | '21
A group of three of us, along with three or four other separate groups enjoyed the trail today while mother nature reloads for the next round of rain. The trail has drained really well so traction was good. However the leaves along the upper traverse...
Submitted by tomvale on 11/14/21
11 | 08 | '21
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...
Submitted by tomvale on 11/9/21
11 | 06 | '21
After Deep Creek and Corral Pass (5800'), then Alpine Baldy (5000') and this weekend's ride on Raging River (3400') , I have been going to lower summits to follow the snowline as the winter develops and covers our higher vertical for a while. Today a...
Submitted by tomvale on 11/7/21
11 | 03 | '21
This morning's break in the rain gave me a good chance to get a weekday ride in and I haven't done the lower trails since the beginning of the year. This place has always been good after rainy days since it drains well and the canopy is so thick wher...
Submitted by tomvale on 11/3/21
10 | 30 | '21
The night ride was so rad!!! and It was a different experience being it in the dark, it was my first night ride ever, We lapped derailed and it was sick!!! - So excited for cool runnings, ranger, and owl paccino to open, cool runnings looks sick!!!
Submitted by ZackaryLMtnvikes on 11/1/21