Ride Reports
08 | 03 | '24
I parked at the bottom of Waterbar Heaven and then climbed the road to the lower trailhead lot and did Divine Intervention and then the Shoe to try Switchback Alley for the first time. All three trails were enjoyable. After completing Switchback Alle...
Submitted by tomvale on 8/3/24
08 | 01 | '24
The winds must've been blowing the right way all night! When I woke up really early this morning, there was no haziness from the Pioneer fire. I drove to the bottom of Water Bar Heaven and started climbing about 5:30am. I had a wonderful ride up to t...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/31/24
07 | 30 | '24
Masterlink>Inside Passage>NWTimber. Lots of ripening huckleberries, watch for black bears. Track was damp but rode great. Overgrown greenery gets wetter then the actual rain.
Submitted by Bballer67 on 7/30/24
07 | 27 | '24
Got an early start at 6:45 this morning at the bottom of the Butte and made three summit road climbs and descents down the downhill trail. The trail is in great shape and dry. The Pioneer fire had filled the lake valley with smoke but it wasn't...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/26/24
07 | 19 | '24
Went to ride the Hansen Ridge Trail but to my dismay road 5510 was closed to all public use and gated 1/4 mile from Tinkham Rd due to current logging operations.
Submitted by MountainD on 7/21/24
07 | 19 | '24
The Lake Chelan Valley was full of smoke this morning, but if you looked straight up, you could see blue sky. So I figured the higher altitude trails would be clear of the smoke. I took off to go do the Echo Ridge trails. I started up Waterbar Heaven...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/18/24
07 | 07 | '24
Trail is in great shape. Rode from Ball Field 3 around Coil miners and up to he ridge just short of the bridge where i encountered a bear and turned back. Later saw the bear at the parking looks trying to get into trash cans. &...
Submitted by bripow on 7/8/24
07 | 04 | '24
I was able to sneak away from elder care duties and get a quick summit ride to Stormy Mountain from the Windy Saddle Trailhead using the Devil's Backbone trail. It was dry and gravelly but in good shape. I would have loved to do the whole Backbone bu...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/3/24
06 | 28 | '24
Finally took the trip from Seattle out here and it was well worth it. Trails are great, so many fun options and the views are fabulous especially from the top. Even has fun climbing trails.
btw found water bottle atop Horse Lake mnt : I left it near...
Submitted by thijssen on 6/30/24
06 | 29 | '24
My first time riding Sage Hills and it was a blast. Trails run great, nicely packed dirt. Vegetation in parts is hanging over the trail but makes it a little hard to see the trail in front (promise I ran over zero snakes knowingly). Of course the vie...
Submitted by thijssen on 6/30/24
06 | 09 | '24
Murphy's Law and RCA are overgrown a bit with nasty stinging blackberry. Would the club and county be upset by rogue maintenance by an old man and his hedgtrimmer? I'd prefer to go ever further and dig out the bushes nearest the trail when they...
Submitted by mattlind on 6/10/24
06 | 07 | '24
Decided to beat the traffic to pick up a friend at Seatac Airport (5pm pick up on a Friday!). Was trying to decide SST or NST. I did SST first. Unfortunately the bushes were super overgrown. It's clear it's been a while since these were maintained. A...
Submitted by ChiHua on 6/9/24
06 | 04 | '24
The windstorm dropped quite a few trees down across numerous trails. From the main parking lot almost everything was blocked at some point. A few would have been a complete pain to get past. Needs a good chainsawing.
Submitted by joehub on 6/6/24
05 | 28 | '24
I've been gone for a while on a Bahama cruise and then visiting the daughter at college. While out of state, an incident happened within the family. I'm on extended care duty now so I haven't been biking too much lately. I got a break and did t...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/28/24
05 | 21 | '24
rode all main trails and they are all riding great. perfect packed dirt.
Submitted by ropste on 5/23/24
05 | 17 | '24
Trail was in great condition! Rattlesnake on the uphill trail. Rosie boa was running nice, lower Rosie is getting a little dusty but still totally rideable. Happy trails!
Submitted by merrickwhitson on 5/19/24
05 | 03 | '24
Got to the lower shuttle area and started climbing around 8am and an hour later I got to the upper shuttle lot where only a couple patches of snow are still hanging on. The Skyline trail is all clear of snow and has only a couple puddles or moist soi...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/3/24
05 | 03 | '24
I was hoping to get a picture of a zebra on a Washington mountain bike ride or a GoPro video but it wasn't in the cards today. lol
I went to Raging River to return for a annual I-90 tour. The festival is going to be here in a month so ge...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/2/24
04 | 29 | '24
This past weekend, I chaperoned a scout troop on the John Wayne trail from the South Cle Elum trailhead, all the way to the Columbia River at the Beverly trailhead. We were dropped off and began riding East on well packed rail bed, under I-90, and ab...
Submitted by tomvale on 4/29/24
04 | 25 | '24
With the heavy rain forecasted for the west side of the mountains, I chose to head over Stevens Pass for the two Peshastin trails or the Chelan Butte. The front got to Stevens almost at the same time I did so I decided to go farther north and east to...
Submitted by tomvale on 4/26/24