Ride Reports
07 | 15 | '26
Since my Levo is in the shop for gears, chain, and brake pads, I took the Enduro to Lord Hill for a quick morning ride before the heat really develops. The trails are obviously dry and some berms are gravelly but you will still have some fun. I onl...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/15/26
07 | 06 | '26
In today’s ride, my goal was to get down Lower Showcase Showdown without dabbing, or walking, any one of the 4 spots that always seem to psych me out pretty easily.
Going up for the first time, the upper, north, end of Pathfinder was very overgro...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/7/26
07 | 04 | '26
On our country’s 250th Birthday, I turned 63. I invited a couple buddies from way back in High School over to Chelan and took them on a good XC mountain bike ride at Echo Ridge. We started riding a little after 7:30am to beat the heat and see th...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/7/26
07 | 02 | '26
Cleanest I've ever seen Cascara in ... ever. Noticed some filling in on Two Trees and Alder too. Nice work crew keeping it fun and techy and not tooooo easy! Thank you!!
Submitted by sean_horita on 7/3/26
06 | 25 | '26
I started around 7am this morning at the bottom of Waterbar Heaven and began climbing it since Bergman Gulch is still closed to mtb due to wildlife newborns. Once I got to the north junction, I went counter clockwise on the Outback and up Mallor...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/26/26
06 | 21 | '26
While the familes were sleeping in, a buddy and I rode Lord Hill to get our enjoyment in the gorgeous weather we had today. We climbed to the towers, did the Springboards, Meet Cutter with the new flowy reroute, and finished with Goldeneye, Third Eye...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/21/26
06 | 20 | '26
This morning, I took a neighbor to the Darrington Skills Park for his first mountain bike ride ever and we went and did the green trails for about an hour, then over to Faller and Logger, and a walk through the Hook Tender tech to finish the da...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/19/26
06 | 17 | '26
Spending a couple days in the Chelan area for some business so I woke up early and did a run on the Butte before the tasks began. Climbing over to the Butte road using the Winter Traverse route is getting a little annoying. The vegetation is re...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/17/26
06 | 14 | '26
This morning I parked at the lower trailhead lot around 7am and climbed the Lily Lizard Lake trail to start my descents by going down Rick Rolled. I still walked one spot but the run was so fulfilling. The dirt was hero and I went back up to do Alter...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/15/26
06 | 12 | '26
Woke up at sunrise and headed to Darrington this morning before my weekend became too busy for mtb. I parked at the lower shuttle area and while climbing, I immediately noticed the foxglove in full bloom in many places on the mountain. The flowers' s...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/12/26
11 | 27 | '25
I have not ridden this yet, but there is an excellent review of the park by YouTuber "bad biking" when he rode all the trails in this park in November 2025.https://youtu.be/0ufIg8wtpwE?si=-xqkiyZV3uH6k_01
Submitted by TransPhattyAcid on 6/12/26
06 | 10 | '26
After yesterday’s convergence zone soaked us up in Everett, I figured I could go a bit South to Duvall and ride around Cherry Valley in drier conditions. There were wet roots and soggy foliage to ride through but the dirt was hero and well drained....
Submitted by tomvale on 6/10/26
06 | 08 | '26
Got a quick ride in this morning at the Gulch before the rains came for the next two or three days and make everything a little bit greasy. There is a tree blocking Mukraker about 2/3 the way down (you can bunny hop it) but other than that all the tr...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/8/26
06 | 06 | '26
Check with the Chelan County Sheriff's Office before venturing to the Butte Downhill! Link here if website not overloaded.
Submitted by tomvale on 6/7/26
06 | 04 | '26
Spent my morning and day waiting for a darn car transport company that never showed up. I had about three more hours until nighttime plans were to start so I thought, “With the Levo, I could get a whole Butte loop in and still have time to clean up.”...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/5/26
06 | 03 | '26
This morning I needed a quick bike ride near Snohomish to have a bunch of fun before I de-winterize the RV. I went to Lord Hill to do as many trails as I had time for and then went off to do my errands for the day. I started with the West View, a...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/3/26
05 | 28 | '26
This morning near Manson, I wanted to explore the Goat Mountain radio site to the north and east of the Outback of the Echo Ridge trail system. The weather was cloudy and cool which was ideal but the radio tower summit was not visible so I stayed ins...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/27/26
05 | 24 | '26
I only had enough time for a short ride close to town today so I went to Saint Edwards State Park and parked at the QFC. I just started riding around on the trails and stopping to look at the map pretty often since I don’t come here a lot. The dirt w...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/25/26
05 | 23 | '26
This morning, a buddy and I drove to Darrington and parked at the shuttle lot, climbed to the summit for the views, and descended for the thrills. We did two runs today. The first run was Hoot Owl and Skyline and then we climbed back up to the upper...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/23/26
05 | 22 | '26
Today I got up early in Manson and drove to Echo Ridge to ride and go look for more deer. I parked at the Bottom of Bergman Gulch (currently closed until July for mtb). If you don’t climb the road, you must climb Waterbar Heaven which is what I did....
Submitted by tomvale on 5/23/26