Ride Reports
06 | 06 | '23
Drove over early to the Butte for a ride before a family member wellness check and had a blast on the way down. Today, I climbed up the trail to the intersection of the downhill and the double track and then went west to climb the Chelan Butte Road....
Submitted by tomvale on 6/7/23
06 | 03 | '23
Met up with a buddy early Saturday and we went to try the new Evolution entry and Scorpion and also went farther east to Swirlz, Spacewalk, and Dad Bod and thoroughly enjoyed them all. Sure it was a bit dry but we had a great time! GPS track and coup...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/4/23
05 | 29 | '23
Got out late this morning to a full upper lot and went up the tower access road to avoid the crowded trails and then came down the Springboards, Meet Cutter, Wishbone, Red Line, and Liquid Bread. Then I went up to do the Goldeneye rock drop and Third...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/30/23
05 | 27 | '23
All the trails are great. Parked at the Udell Rd trailhead gate and had fun with two other riders today. Come enjoy these trails when you can!
Submitted by tomvale on 5/27/23
05 | 24 | '23
05 | 24 | '23
In all my years with Darrington as my "Happy Place", when I descended on Skyline, I'd stay on Skyline. Today's goal was to climb as high as possible, hike a bike as needed, and do Jackpot for the first time. I parked at the bottom of Skyline, and wit...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/25/23
05 | 22 | '23
Thanks to some rain yesterday, the Hill was riding great. Mountaineers trail crew did some fabulous brush cutting along lower springboard...much appreciated! Rouge Knights and the Sink require a bit of foliage interactions as of now, but still...
Submitted by jon_dufay on 5/23/23
05 | 22 | '23
I went out this morning for a ride after last night's spring showers and experienced hero dirt almost everywhere but got a little wet from all the overgrowth leaning towards the trails. Orion has a new extended turn at the bottom allowing for a more...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/23/23
05 | 18 | '23
Been gone for over a week while driving my daughter home from college, but I got to the trailhead this morning a little after 8am. It was an empty trailhead lot, clear of snow. I began the easterly traverse across the mountain, up to the first 'road...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/18/23
05 | 16 | '23
Riding is still pretty good. The heat over the past few days has turned last week's hero dirt into something a bit drier. Thanks to whoever did some maintainence on upper spring board! I plan on doing some nettle removal in the next...
Submitted by jon_dufay on 5/17/23
05 | 03 | '23
Lots of deraileur breaking sticks from the winter wind storms in the first section. After that all trail is in great shape until the massive tree that has fallen across the trail after the clear cut section. Tree was too big for our hands...
Submitted by adamgoss on 5/9/23
05 | 07 | '23
Had one more day on the coast and wanted to explore another trail system. So I took the bike to Lake Silvia State Park north of Montesano and sampled a bunch of the trails there. It has the feel of the Tokul trails in Fall City but with more clay and...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/8/23
05 | 05 | '23
Was out at Ocean Shores today so I drove up to the Seabrook trails and did most of them as the rain was holding off. Loved the trails and had a good time and enjoyed the ocean view from Mike-O-Rama. It reminded me of Anacortes or the Lower Ragi...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/6/23
05 | 02 | '23
The heat wave and the southern facing side of North Mountain on the Out of the Blue trail, made for a snow free climb on its access road and a hero descent on the lower segments. There is still a tree to cut across the third lowest segment still but...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/3/23
05 | 01 | '23
Figured the trails would be great with recent work along with the heat we had to dry things out. The trails didn't disappoint and I provided a tour to a new rider in the area. It was a comfortable day doing three loops this morning. Get your runs in...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/2/23
04 | 23 | '23
The last week I've been on a staycation SE of Monroe at the Thousand Trails, Thunderbird RV Park on the Skykomish. I had my bike with me and took the challenge to get to the Cherry Valley trail system from the North, using Ben Howard and Cedar Ponds...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/1/23
04 | 27 | '23
Rode at the Hill last evening....
Dang fine conditions throughout the park. Rode to the towers, down springboard and lower springboard, up to goldeneye, back up to withbone and then ewe tube. Should only get better over the next...
Submitted by jon_dufay on 4/27/23
04 | 15 | '23
A big thanks to the KC parks Newaukum District for replacing this feature on the Iron Brigade trail. They even installed a new marker acknowledging the original 2011 Eagle Scout installation as well. Classy job! Now I know who's bee...
Submitted by KentKangley on 4/21/23