Ride Reports
08 | 12 | '22
Left the house with the gravel bike this morning heading to Snohomish and took the Centennial Trail up to Dubuque Road. I climbed Dubuque to Woods Creek Road and then to the DNR gated road that gets you to the top of Three Lakes Hill. I began the cli...
Submitted by tomvale on 8/13/22
08 | 06 | '22
Parked in South Darrington this morning after sunrise and rode to the north entrance of forest service road 24 to begin the climb to the tower and weather station. Today was perfect weather and the road was in good condition. I got all the way up to...
Submitted by tomvale on 8/7/22
08 | 04 | '22
Yes, it's a 2+ hour drive from my house and cost me $55 for a lift ticket, but damn did I get a lot of riding in! It's amazing how much you can ride, when the uphill is a 10 minute lift ride. Weather was chilly, spitting rain and occasional wind so t...
Submitted by Bryan on 8/5/22
08 | 03 | '22
I had Supertramp on my mind today....
"So your wife wants to float the Sky,You bring your bike cause you want a ride,Take the long way home!..."
After shuttling my wife and her friend to their Sultan to Monroe kayak float trip, I was in Monroe with...
Submitted by tomvale on 8/4/22
07 | 30 | '22
Met up with one of my neighbors this morning for a bike ride at Tiger Mountain in the upper lot and then climbed to the summit to descend East Tiger and Side Hustle. Then we climbed once more up to Inside Passage and came down Atlas. It was my first...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/31/22
07 | 28 | '22
Went out this morning for another "before the heat" ride under the canopy of Paradise Valley. My helmet and body must have cleared hundreds of webs across the miles I rode this morning. When I took the helmet off during a break, the GoPro was covered...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/28/22
07 | 26 | '22
Went out early this morning to ride before the heat wave and was surprised that the trails were in really good shape. There were dry spots of course but the Gulch's canopy has kept the sun away pretty well. Orion, Mukraker, along with Boyz and others...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/26/22
07 | 24 | '22
Met up with a former coworker and friend and enjoyed the mountain today going up Huff and Puff and descending on Evolution, Scorpion and Unemployment Line. With a renovated dropper post, all the tech and flow was so much more enjoyable. We found a lo...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/25/22
07 | 23 | '22
I slept in today and parking has been an issue in Cap Hill with all the construction, so I figured a trip down memory lane would be nice. The poor park is still in really bad shape and some sections seem like they have been totally condemned. L...
Submitted by LuisR26 on 7/23/22
07 | 22 | '22
The clouds started at about 1800’ this morning before lifting a little higher at the end of the ride so there were no ridgeline views today to photograph. I parked at the shuttle area and did Lower Skyline three times and also Pathfinder to do Lower...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/23/22
07 | 20 | '22
Just got the full suspension out of the shop after almost 3 weeks for a dropper and drivetrain overhaul. I decided to take the bike to Lord Hill for the initial test drive and it was as good as new. I had no idea how bad the drive train resistance re...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/21/22
07 | 16 | '22
An aquaintance and I toured around the park today early this morning (me still on the gravel bike). :-(
We covered the park pretty well and did most of the trails. There was a little drizzle which didn't make it to the clothing due...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/17/22
07 | 13 | '22
My full suspension is still recovering from usage in the bike shop so I took the gravel to Darrington and parked at Whitehorse Park. I rode to the skills park and went down Logger before going all the way around North Mountain and returning on SR-530...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/13/22
07 | 12 | '22
Tiger was its usual awesome self today. I rode the Link Bros to the top, then Summit to ET to NW Timber back to the lot. They're logging close to fire road out of ET, I had to step aside for logging trucks. That's not what this post is about. Th...
Submitted by Bryan on 7/12/22
07 | 10 | '22
Started early at the Cherry Valley trailhead heading for the Falls and then North to summit Mt Stohr.
Since the full suspension is in the shop, this ride was a gravel ride. The bike trail to Cherry Falls is getting overgrown from the wet spring we h...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/10/22
07 | 04 | '22
Haven't been here in a while, but feels like the entire place was let go for anything moderately difficult. It has become an uninteresting beginner's playground.
-Jumps were in very poor condition
-Washboard on berms (joyride specifically)
-Jumps...
Submitted by koda21 on 7/5/22
07 | 04 | '22
Started up the trail just after 7am in the foggy warm mountain air. Visibility wasn't good for the river valley or summit vistas and snow is still keeping us bikes from the upper meadow. I got to snow at 4100' and parked the bike soon after (two swit...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/4/22
06 | 29 | '22
Wanted to do a long ride tonight and with the Stumpjumper's dropper failing, I took the gravel bike out tonight for a long excursion. I headed north from Silver Lake to Highway 2 and over the Snohomish River and then back to Snohomish heading toward...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/30/22
06 | 26 | '22
Spent the weekend up in Birch Bay and Friday and Sunday were spent on Galbraith. I went down Evolution, Scorpion, Unemployment Line, Wrap Around, Das Autoban and Whoopsie Woodle. They were all in good shape and only a little bit of timber/repair clos...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/27/22
06 | 21 | '22
Tiger on the weekend is a recipe for crowds, no parking and noobs. I'm a weekday rider, and that again paid off today at Tiger to ride EMBA's newly opened Atlas. I climbed up to Inside Passage, then spotted the Atlas trailhead off the trail on the ri...
Submitted by Bryan on 6/22/22