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 and was the "Blinding Lights" today. After that, you climb to the summit and towers and snow is only in shady spots going up the road. By the time you read this, there will be no hike a bike. I had maybe one hundred feet near the top. The trail descent starts with four or five patches/piles of snow from winter tree sluffing but all are able to be avoided.

There are some places to rake but the trail has no real winter damage. There are a lot of pine cones in the trail up high so watch out for them while cornering. The dirt was almost hero but still a little soft. Snow is melting fast up there. The Trailforks ride log is located here. Come anytime now!

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Sing the rest of this report to "Blinding Lights"  by The Weeknd .....

I’m having a ball
I’m descending down my favorite trail
Maybe clearing every double jump, maybe
I haven’t had a fail
Always clearing features in my path
Bike setup is tuned,  perfectly,  for me

Looking on the map for all black diamond trails
Gonna clear them all hope-ful-ly
Can’t wait to tell my friends by text or phone

I said oooooooooh
I leave the ground in flight
Cuz I must jump until I get enough
I said oooooooooh
I’m bounding into flight 
Oh, when I'm like this, it is such a rush

(Hey, hey, hey)

I’m running out of time
The batteries are low and suns gone down
I am on my last trail descent maybe oh
Trailhead is dark and empty
There are no cars around me
I must get home before they think, I’m, lost

I said oooooooooh
I leave the ground in flight
Cuz I must jump until I get enough
I said oooooooooh
I’m bounding into flight 
Oh, when I'm like this, it is such a rush

I’m just riding by to let you know (by to let you know)
There is so much fun in trails’ flow ( in trail’s flow)
Always want to go every time

I said oooooooooh
I leave the ground in flight
Cuz I must jump until I get enough

Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey

I said oooooooooh
I’m bounding into flight
Oh, when I'm like this, it is such a rush!

This is my 20th MTB music parody in these Evergreen ride reports!  :-)