Ride Reports
09 | 21 | '24
This morning, I began my ride from the trailhead, climbed to the Winter Traverse, and then over to the Butte Road to get to the summit. Just before the parasailing launch site, I met up with some buddies from the Ram family. Luckily the father didn’t...
Submitted by tomvale on 9/19/24
09 | 16 | '24
I arrived at the trailhead around 7:30 this morning and wanted to get a few more of the gnarly features on PTD under my belt. However, after heading down, I balked at two easy features and psyched myself out. I wasn’t feeling like myself either becau...
Submitted by tomvale on 9/15/24
09 | 14 | '24
Today’s goal was to accomplish my “three V’s”. My riding style, defines those V’s as:
Views, Vertical, and Velocity.
I had a short amount of time this morning, so I chose a route this morning at Echo Ridge to satisfy my ne...
Submitted by tomvale on 9/13/24
09 | 11 | '24
Overnight last night, the Chelan/Manson area had a short rain shower so I went over to the Butte for a morning ride in the renewed trail conditions and cleared out atmosphere. The Butte trail was in great shape and would be ideal today if it had no g...
Submitted by tomvale on 9/11/24
09 | 10 | '24
Started my ride this morning around 6am by climbing Bergman Gulch, under lights, and then on to Dust to Glory, and continued around the perimeter trails back to the ski hill. Why is Alley Oop a Blue trail? Seemed real Green to me! It must have had se...
Submitted by tomvale on 9/9/24
09 | 08 | '24
I’ve never done a Wenatchee ride yet and folks were telling me that Number Two Canyon has better tech than Sage Hills so I went to Number Two Canyon first this morning. It didn’t disappoint. I climbed the road to the top of Road Rage and came down it...
Submitted by tomvale on 9/7/24
09 | 04 | '24
Today’s goal was to get to the top of Pyramid Mountain (8261’) on the west side of Lake Chelan, and northwest of 25 mile State Park by about 15 miles. I got out of Manson about 5am and around the lake to begin the drive on Shady Pass road...
Submitted by tomvale on 9/3/24
08 | 30 | '24
Before the Labor Day weekend crowds innandate the Lake Chelan area, I wanted to get a Butte run in to assess the impact that the Stayman Flats fire had on the climb up or the downhill. I'm happy to report that there is no need to worry about th...
Submitted by tomvale on 8/28/24
08 | 27 | '24
After the past full day of rain in the Chelan area, and knowing how sandy the Echo Ridge trails are, I went back this morning to take advantage of the renewed trail conditions, no smoke or dust, and much cooler temperature. Every trail I did was grip...
Submitted by tomvale on 8/25/24
08 | 25 | '24
I started my ride this morning at around 7:30 at the North Fork 25 Mile Creek Trailhead (2400’). From there, I rode up Shady Pass Road to the Crescent Hill Trailhead (6560’). Of course, I had to stop at the Junior Point Overlook for the report image...
Submitted by tomvale on 8/24/24
08 | 07 | '24
I have always had a long loop planned out in my head using the Devil's Backbone and Pot Peak trails, along with the Stormy Mountain Summit. This morning, all my elder care tasks lined up around the 7-hour window I needed to complete my plan, so...
Submitted by tomvale on 8/7/24
08 | 03 | '24
Preston > Silent Swamp > Joyride > NW Timber > Easy Tiger > NW Timber. Evergreen guy was there at the entrance to Silent Swamp cleaning up the overgrown shrubbery with his Stihl trimmer, and I believe had also done the lower part...
Submitted by tcowin on 8/5/24
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