Ride Reports
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
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