Ride Reports
03 | 22 | '23
Today's task was to determine where the snowline was and how 'free from snow', the upper trails were on North Mountain. I parked at the gate near the bottom of Out of the Blue, went around the gate, and began climbing the road. I initially descended...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/22/23
03 | 18 | '23
I took the Levo up to Larrabee State Park to make a run down the 'Doubles' before some other tasks needed to be taken care of. There was a 50k trail run going on also so some of the ride was a bit crowded along with the trailhead parking (none left a...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/19/23
03 | 17 | '23
I went out to Cherry Valley Friday to enjoy the dry day and the early Spring like weather. I ended up doing most of the main trails and finished with Outer Limits, Little Ridge and Black Label. The trails were all in good shape but Outer Limits reall...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/19/23
03 | 15 | '23
Went to the park this morning to do the trails a bit before I had to take care of some family business near the Park. There is a tree in the image across the Saints Loop trail about 75 yards past the end of Big Dipper at the North end. Other than tha...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/16/23
03 | 12 | '23
Drove the truck up to the bottom of the Skyline trail to see if the new snow this week was minimal and the higher, trail bottoms were still ridable. After starting at the bottom, the snow became 5-6" thick and Lower Skyline wasn't ridable at all. I w...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/13/23
03 | 08 | '23
Took the bike out after lunch and just started going all over the park. There is a tree for the big saws on Rogue Knight about a third of the way in from the bottom. Today's trails were well drained and had only a couple soft spots at times but great...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/9/23
03 | 06 | '23
Last week I went to visit some friends down in Bend, and a cousin near Portland. I was going to pull the trigger in June for an Ebike, but since Specialized had the 25% off sale, I bought a new one while in Portland. After riding my Stumpjumper for 8...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/7/23
01 | 31 | '23
This wasn’t the best of days, and wasn't on my bucket list waiting to be satisfied. I took the Stumpjumper to Tokul East and went back to PNWheel to make another fun run down it. I stopped above the gap to inspect it and then made the attempt. Starte...
Submitted by tomvale on 2/3/23
01 | 29 | '23
Parked at the boulders TH SE 281st Way. Rode the clockwise loop; Iron Brigade, Anaconda, Python, Snake and sat in the sun by the "ponds". I was amazed to see that the trail crew removed the carpet of fir branches from Iron Brigade a...
Submitted by KentKangley on 1/30/23
01 | 27 | '23
Went North to Galbraith at sunrise this morning to get a quick ride in, in the fog, before the rest of my day took over. On my way to Scorpion, there was a tower upgrade crew doing some site improvements to the lower tower site and the road is pretty...
Submitted by tomvale on 1/27/23
01 | 24 | '23
Because of the showers up North this morning, I went to the 356th lot this morning a little after 8 and went up Uptown Funk and Lake Marie Road to inspect PNWheel for the first time. It was a cautious descent but a wonderful and clear trail. Next tim...
Submitted by tomvale on 1/25/23
01 | 20 | '23
Took the bike to Cherry Valley, east of Duvall,WA this morning to take advantage of one of the best draining trail systems around Puget Sound. The access roads can be a bit wet or icky but once you start your trail runs you only had to be careful on...
Submitted by tomvale on 1/21/23
01 | 17 | '23
I left the shuttle area at 10 o’clock this morning to do two runs on the Lower Skyline Trail. It is in great shape with the exception of some gravel from the heavy rains and berm, or uphill ‘high side’ erosion. I also became a ‘professional’ mo...
Submitted by tomvale on 1/18/23
01 | 11 | '23
Did a loop on Orion and then a Skid Row run to get one more ride in before the rest of the rain and tomorrow's blood donation. The Orion run is uploaded here on Pinkbike. Both were in good shape but there are some concerning drainage issues from that...
Submitted by tomvale on 1/12/23
01 | 10 | '23
Even though we had a huge rainstorm the day before, the Lord Hill trails I travelled today were well drained and almost ideal except for needle layers, leaves or wet roots. The beautiful day was refreshing and Mt Rainier could finally be seen through...
Submitted by tomvale on 1/11/23
01 | 06 | '23
Went up to Mt Vernon to escape the incoming rain front and made runs on the three upper trails and finished with La-Z-Boy to get back to the car. The trails were a little leafy but hero in most spots. Had lunch at the Skagit River Brewery. It was a g...
Submitted by tomvale on 1/6/23
01 | 01 | '23
With the dry day forecasted and no residual New Years grogginess, I got to the upper lot at sunrise and headed up Masterlink to descend Atlas. The trail was in good shape and the sweeping berms had a little softness but were wonderful. The rework per...
Submitted by tomvale on 1/2/23
12 | 30 | '22
There is an 8" DBH dead tree down lying diagonally across the trail. Not a huge job. Other than that, the trails on the east side of HWY 169 are in fine shape. JPG of approximate map location is shown.
Submitted by KentKangley on 1/2/23
12 | 27 | '22
Rode Master Link up to Iron Brigade, Anaconda, Python, Snake, return on Rte 66. Henry's Ridge trails are in descent shape with a carpet of doug fir boughs. There are two notable live trees down blocking Anaconda and it was some work...
Submitted by KentKangley on 12/29/22
12 | 28 | '22
I drove the truck up to Darrington after the rotten 'week and a half' of winter weather and almost 3 weeks away from the bike. The road is not for lower clearance vehicles yet (snow rut height) but after the pavement, the road is clear to the shuttle...
Submitted by tomvale on 12/29/22