Ride Reports
06 | 06 | '25
Made my weekly trek over Stevens Pass to take care of family but added a side trip to Number Two Canyon to get my tech and flow rides in. I parked at the trailhead and climbed the road to do PTD (Prepare To Die, a tech descent), then back up to do MN...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/4/25
05 | 30 | '25
Started the ride this morning a little after 9 o’clock at the Ski Hill lot and my buddies and I went South to climb Ranger Road. From the top, after the Connector trail, we descended the Boa and then down to the bottom of the Canyon to climb up to de...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/30/25
05 | 27 | '25
Started my ride this morning about 8 o’clock from the bottom of Skyline and began the climb to the lookout and summit. The road is being regraded and Chris the bulldozer op from DNR has done a wonderful job removing potholes and making the climb bett...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/28/25
05 | 24 | '25
Started my ride this morning about 8 o’clock and began the climb to the top of the Butte.
At the first switchback on the summit road after the Stayman Flats Junction, someone lost their unsecured waterski and I stood it up for the next person who mi...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/24/25
05 | 17 | '25
Got to the bottom of Skyline this morning and parked the truck. Then I climbed to the summit looking for where the snow line is on North Mountain. I was able to get all the way up to the tower without any snow impeding the road. It was a foggy day, s...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/16/25
05 | 15 | '25
Went to the Echo Ridge trails, early this morning, parking at the ski hill and then climbed up Bergman Gulch to do the Outback and Mallory's. The snow is all gone and there is a little moisture in the higher trails until they bake in the coming weeks...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/15/25
05 | 11 | '25
Last time I rode here was in July of '23. I needed to get a ride in this morning before I started getting the RV out of storage. I started in the parking lot and climbed up to the summit for the views on the cloudy day and then just kept picking trai...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/10/25
05 | 03 | '25
Three buddies and I went up to Blanchard Mountain State Forest to ride the trails we haven’t been on in a while. We climbed up the trails to do the Alternate Incline trail and then back up to get a Rick Rolled run in. It w...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/4/25
05 | 03 | '25
Today, I was over in Chelan and woke up early to get a good climb and downhill in before the hot sun and my other tasks took over. On the way up, the grasses and flowers were really growing well. Last year’s Stayman Flats fire’s burn scar was almost...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/3/25
05 | 01 | '25
Last week me and the Methow Cycling Team rode up to lower Pete's a few times. No snow! Today I think we are riding the entire trail, hopefuly it's amazing! I will give a report on it later this week! See yall later!
Submitted by benlau on 5/1/25
04 | 30 | '25
Today, I was looking to go to trails I’ve never been on but also try and explore the region around them if time permitted. While looking at the Trailforks reports for WA trails, the trails in the Reiter Foothills, nort...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/1/25
04 | 24 | '25
I have been away from mtb in the PNW for three weeks. A week near Sedona, AZ, a week in Las Vegas, and then a week doing family care and catch-up. Today I took advantage of the great weather and went to North Mountain to get back into the loam again....
Submitted by tomvale on 4/25/25
03 | 18 | '25
Group of 2 rode the entire trail NE bound mid March. Since the last trip report on here, iron bridges have been put across 3 of the biggest creek portages (including Big Blowout Creek at Bessemer~where a previous report mentioned the landslide). You...
Submitted by METT-TC on 4/6/25
04 | 01 | '25
I went out to Darrington and I took the truck as high as I could, safely, but there is still two feet of snow at the upper lot. I was stopped about 100 yards short. There is no biking possible in the soft drifts up there. I parked lower at the access...
Submitted by tomvale on 4/2/25
03 | 30 | '25
I woke up at sunrise in Manson and drove over to the Chelan Butte Trailhead parking lot. I began climbing up to, and continued on to the Winter Traverse to get over to the Butte Road. Once on the Butte Road, the sun came over the Butte trail ridge an...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/31/25
03 | 23 | '25
It was a nice weather day before the rains start up again. The trails at Lord Hill were fairly well drained but had patches of greasy mud in spots but not anything to worry about. There is a tree still at the runout of the Goldeneye rock drop and ano...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/22/25
03 | 18 | '25
While driving from Arlington to Darrington it was pouring. However, when I got to Darrington, it was partly cloudy so I was excited about hitting a break in the weather. I went up to the lower shuttle lot and soon, rain began hard down low again and...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/17/25
03 | 12 | '25
Was watching the weather pattern really closely this morning to find the gap in the rains out in Darrington. I started at the lower shuttle area and began the climb to the snow line. I was hoping for the upper lot but only made it as far a...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/12/25
03 | 09 | '25
It has been over 3 years since the last time I was riding the Grand Ridge Trail system off of Interstate 90 in Issaquah. I parked at the East Sunset Way Trailhead and took the Preston Trail to the East Fork climb and began heading towards Duthie. The...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/9/25