Ride Reports
07 | 03 | '21
Today, I brought my Fiskars Machete with me to clear the Upper Springboard Nettle Meadow below the towers and then began cutting back open the River trail shoreline access to open it up for handlebars. The whole River trail could use a little weed/ne...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/3/21
07 | 02 | '21
Had a nice cool, misty, morning with the goal of running the rock drop down Canyon Creek Downhill. While climbing up Upward Mobility, a hiking couple was coming down and telling me they left a beer at the top for me. I chuckled and said, "Excellent"...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/3/21
06 | 30 | '21
Compared to other blue trails that I have ridden Skyline is steep and fairly technical. But there is a lot of potential for alternative routes to be developed.
Submitted by Alexanderjjj on 7/1/21
06 | 27 | '21
Just got out before the morning "chill" was gone and did two laps on the east side of the tracks. Nothing of particular note this time except for great hero traction and plenty of shade during the descent. Come visit the new developments when it is c...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/27/21
06 | 26 | '21
Went out early just after sunrise to get a cooler ride in before the record heatwave hits. Did the Springboards, Meetcutter and River trails and came back up. The river shoreline is still underwater and the approach area is overgrown so help as you c...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/26/21
06 | 24 | '21
I started up about 7am this morning to do the Lollipop and have a blast on No Service and then climb the west service road to go up and do it again. After having a fun first run down No Service and also more confidence, I went left up the service roa...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/25/21
06 | 23 | '21
**ACCESS NOTE: please be aware that access to this area utilizes a road that passes through PRIVATE PROPERTY. Please exercise EXTREME caution on blind corners and keep your speeds below 20 miles an hour. Thank you - Kittitas Chapter Leadership
Submitted by Kevin Dwight on 6/23/21
06 | 21 | '21
The Plan:Park at the Pot Peak trailhead and climb Forest Service Road 5900 (Shady Pass Road). Once up at the Crescent Hill (and the Devil's Backbone) Trailhead, I'd take the Devils Backbone trail to Angle Peak, and then "descend" the Pot Peak trail b...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/22/21
06 | 22 | '21
So welcome to pretty much the capitol of mountain biking in the US, where the parking lots are 50% full on a Tuesday at 8:00 AM! I rode up UM 1, 2 and 3 and headed down Upper and Lower PT and Flow State. Weather was perfect, but these trails ar...
Submitted by Bryan on 6/22/21
06 | 20 | '21
While spending the weekend here to visit dad, I took off early to climb the Butte and descend most of the trail. It has quite a bit of rock in the trail now causing a much more cautious speed to avoid a major fail. The brakes were hot but the r...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/20/21
06 | 19 | '21
Had a wonderful day parking at the lower lot at Echo Ridge and riding 'Somewhere to Hide' and the 'Outback' loop to the Summit and then going back to the car via 'Nowhere to Hide' and 'Lot to Lot' trails. GPS track and pictures are here. It is pretty...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/19/21
06 | 11 | '21
In my quest to keep you updated on snowlines, I ventured to Olallie to get back up to the summit of Mt. Washington. I began the climb just before 7am and no rain. The trail was hero, and the views were pretty and under overcast skies. I caught a bear...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/12/21
06 | 10 | '21
Rode the ocean bluff trails (Mike-O-Rama and Groot), then all the stacked-loop trails, lapping Sub Canyon at least a half dozen times. Added up over 16 miles. All the trails were in mint condition! Sub Cayon is the black diamond flow trail, featuring...
Submitted by r1de on 6/11/21
06 | 09 | '21
I rode from the parking lot Wednesday up UM, over RR, on to the towers, down CCDH, back up on Raging Tiger, and then back to the parking lot via lower Poppin' Tops and Flow State. It was a long ride for me about 4 hours in total with the only s...
Submitted by briantwalter on 6/11/21
06 | 06 | '21
Lot was about half full, even at 7:45 AM which is why I usually avoid the weekends. Rode Master Link, Quick Link and the fire road to the East Tiger Summit trail entrance (pictured). Evergreen was rebuilding ETS, the large right hand switchback berm...
Submitted by Bryan on 6/6/21
06 | 04 | '21
Had a great, early morning, ride doing two loops on the eastside of the tracks today. I went down Boyz to Men and then back up to do Mukraker and noticed several other places getting a lot of great trail attention. If you haven't been here in a while...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/4/21
05 | 31 | '21
I saw a newer technical trail called Outer Limits on Trailforks and decided to try that for the first time this morning. I climbed Waterbars Up, and then went over to Burnt Cedar to do that trail "out and back" and then down Outer Limits. It is a lit...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/31/21
05 | 29 | '21
It's still a little early to make it up to the meadow with the snow pack we have right now so I parked down at the powerlines off of highway 2 and proceeded up to the Jennifer Dunn Trailhead. That way I could still get some vertical in before I'm sti...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/30/21
05 | 26 | '21
Took a day off to work on myself and check out this place after several meetings got cancelled at work. Had the gravel bike and just explored as much as I could on these trails. It was a good release from the grind. GPS track and pics are here. Don't...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/28/21
05 | 26 | '21
Sailing over all jumps to exult in victory over Gravy Train
My confidence at apogee from skills via practice
Submitted by Bryan on 5/27/21