Ride Reports
06 | 05 | '16
There was free-ranging livestock that degraded the trails making then dusty and covered with cow pies. We were getting cow crap on our bikes and on our bodies. It's too bad that they allow cattle crazing on such a great trail. &nbs...
Submitted by mtnbikemike on 6/6/16
06 | 05 | '16
Rode the trail one-way from the main trailhead out to the Dingford (?) trailhead and then back along the gravel road. Planned on doing an out and back, but there were so many large blow-downs in the central part of the trail that we decided to take t...
Submitted by PacificNorthWes on 6/6/16
06 | 04 | '16
Beautiful spot, but the trail is badly blown out. Prepare to walk your bike often through wash-outs and mud. Snow still on the saddle. I would wait another month for this trail to dry out a bit more. Definitely a tougher ride than described—the 2700'...
Submitted by BrandonHerman on 6/6/16
06 | 05 | '16
I took my hand saw along on my ride. I was able to clear about half dozen trees. I did not have much spare time, so in some instances I just made the trees passable. There were two large trees that I did not try to do anything with. Those would best...
Submitted by davgol on 6/6/16
06 | 02 | '16
First time up on this trail for me. Solod a quick evening ride on Phase 1 of this trail. Did the ~4 mile loop up the loggin road, up the single track to the T, and then back down the single track. Hit multiple patches of snow near the top of the ridg...
Submitted by lijsuk on 6/5/16
06 | 04 | '16
Rode all the way to Harris Lake. The snow's almost completely gone; there were 2 patches that were too soft to ride but they should be gone in a few days. That leaves about 10 trees in the trail that you'll have to get off your bike for.
If you're r...
Submitted by maarten on 6/5/16
05 | 31 | '16
Rode here for the first time in 2016 and the record winter rains have made mother nature very fruitful. I spent a lot of time cutting back the foliage and leafy handle grabbers. This is a great area just east of Duvall with a neat side trip to the fa...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/3/16
06 | 01 | '16
Trail tread in awesome shape, and no mud/blowdown anywhere. A lot of the trails (mostly NE corner + about 3/4 of the clearcut) got a mechanical brushing, but unfortunately all the organic was just left on the trail tread to eventually break dow...
Submitted by r1de on 6/2/16
05 | 30 | '16
We descended a trail from cave be winery to the riverbed area below the gorge amphitheater. We then had to cross a large creek just below the amphitheater and continued on trail towards ancient lakes. It was flat with tons of wildflowers and bl...
Submitted by justadam on 6/2/16
06 | 01 | '16
My wife and I wrote this for the first time yesterday. It's a fairly easy loop with first little technical terrain. The main obstacle to watch for is cows and their fragrant pies on the decent there are free roaming cows. It is dry and many of...
Submitted by justadam on 6/2/16
05 | 31 | '16
The Buck Mountain Loop will be partially closed due to logging operations Thursday June 2nd and Friday June 3rd (and likely Monday June 6th - Friday June 10th). The loop will still be accessible and rideable from the Buck Lake side.
Submitted by D Acheson on 5/31/16
05 | 31 | '16
The West Fork Methow Trail remains blocked by avalanche debris from a very large spring slide a few years back (the slide came from the ridge across the river and crossed it). Clearing it will require Forest Service involvement as the scale and...
Submitted by D Acheson on 5/31/16
05 | 31 | '16
Wonderful day for a ride on the ridge! Concerns about snow at elevation basically evaporated once we hit the trail. Although we did hit some (mostly around .75 - 1 mile in) it was easily navigable and rode most of it on the way down. Fair amount of a...
Submitted by swartzie on 5/31/16
05 | 30 | '16
Curious to know if the below report from 2014 is still applicable. Anyone know?
Submitted by kareschr on 5/30/16
05 | 29 | '16
4 locals went out to explore this trail for the first time this year. We unfortunately found the second half of this trail had so many treefalls that I don't think you would even want to hike it, let alone lifting your bike every 50 feet, sometimes o...
Submitted by Bermworm on 5/30/16
05 | 21 | '16
The trails all over the Manastash area are riding well. No wet spots. Gnomeclature is very grown over but should be easier to find once the grass dies for the season. Frisky Donkey CCW is sweet. The Pines is a great loop to ci...
Submitted by Kevin Dwight on 5/29/16
05 | 07 | '16
As of early May 2016 this trail was in rough shape. the upper and lower sections aren't bad with a handful of trees over the trail ranging in size from small to massive. The middle 4 miles of the trail are in very rough shape. We ha...
Submitted by konabomber on 5/28/16
05 | 21 | '16
Conditions are near perfect on Buck Mtn. Balsam root is about 2 weeks past its prime, but still nice. Weather was a bit cool with very light rain. What a great ride!
Submitted by AN on 5/25/16
05 | 24 | '16
Rode Iverson, then Summit --> Off The Grid --> Fully Rigid --> Joyride --> NW Timber. Trails overall were in great shape, but very greasy conditions made for quite a challenge.
Submitted by r1de on 5/25/16
05 | 22 | '16
It appears the FS has contractors working their way down the LD, so between the upper parking lot and half way to the 3 O'Clock connector it's in good shape... but from there to the connector there are about a dozen trees down, many quite large, as w...
Submitted by patrtuck on 5/24/16