Ride Reports
07 | 02 | '23
Had a couple hours of free time to get a ride in so I went to the Gulch and did two cycles on the east side of the railroad tracks. First, was Orion and Mukraker and second, was a full run of Boys to Men. The trails were dry but traction was so...
Submitted by tomvale on 7/3/23
06 | 29 | '23
Went to do Lord Hill this morning and had a great ride on Wishbone, Goldeneye, Liquid Bread and the Springboards. On my way over to Red Barn, I popped over a root and then solidly hit the front face of a bigger root and it stopped me dead and OTB I w...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/30/23
06 | 28 | '23
I went out to Sultan Basin Road this morning to go climb and traverse the ridge and also add an out-and-back to Upper Wallace Falls before getting back to the truck. I started climbing the west side and there was a decommissioned section of about a 1...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/29/23
06 | 25 | '23
Parked down at the powerlines this morning at 6:30 and began the climb to the trailhead and then to the summit. There is no snow in the meadow. There are two tree obstructions halfway between the base camp and the meadow. One is a single tree and the...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/25/23
06 | 21 | '23
I've been away in Oregon on a family ocean outing and attending to other family affairs so I have been itching to get out to Darrington since it's been 4 weeks. I parked at the lower shuttle lot and climbed to the summit in fog above 2000'. The groun...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/23/23
06 | 21 | '23
Thanks to the recent rains, Lord Hill was about perfect! Most of the trails have been recently brush cut and its riding great. The new entrance/exit trails is so much better than the old grind out. Should be good the next few days.&...
Submitted by jon_dufay on 6/22/23
06 | 06 | '23
Drove over early to the Butte for a ride before a family member wellness check and had a blast on the way down. Today, I climbed up the trail to the intersection of the downhill and the double track and then went west to climb the Chelan Butte Road....
Submitted by tomvale on 6/7/23
06 | 03 | '23
Met up with a buddy early Saturday and we went to try the new Evolution entry and Scorpion and also went farther east to Swirlz, Spacewalk, and Dad Bod and thoroughly enjoyed them all. Sure it was a bit dry but we had a great time! GPS track and coup...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/4/23
05 | 29 | '23
Got out late this morning to a full upper lot and went up the tower access road to avoid the crowded trails and then came down the Springboards, Meet Cutter, Wishbone, Red Line, and Liquid Bread. Then I went up to do the Goldeneye rock drop and Third...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/30/23
05 | 27 | '23
All the trails are great. Parked at the Udell Rd trailhead gate and had fun with two other riders today. Come enjoy these trails when you can!
Submitted by tomvale on 5/27/23
05 | 24 | '23
05 | 24 | '23
In all my years with Darrington as my "Happy Place", when I descended on Skyline, I'd stay on Skyline. Today's goal was to climb as high as possible, hike a bike as needed, and do Jackpot for the first time. I parked at the bottom of Skyline, and wit...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/25/23
05 | 22 | '23
Thanks to some rain yesterday, the Hill was riding great. Mountaineers trail crew did some fabulous brush cutting along lower springboard...much appreciated! Rouge Knights and the Sink require a bit of foliage interactions as of now, but still...
Submitted by jon_dufay on 5/23/23
05 | 22 | '23
I went out this morning for a ride after last night's spring showers and experienced hero dirt almost everywhere but got a little wet from all the overgrowth leaning towards the trails. Orion has a new extended turn at the bottom allowing for a more...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/23/23
05 | 18 | '23
Been gone for over a week while driving my daughter home from college, but I got to the trailhead this morning a little after 8am. It was an empty trailhead lot, clear of snow. I began the easterly traverse across the mountain, up to the first 'road...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/18/23
05 | 16 | '23
Riding is still pretty good. The heat over the past few days has turned last week's hero dirt into something a bit drier. Thanks to whoever did some maintainence on upper spring board! I plan on doing some nettle removal in the next...
Submitted by jon_dufay on 5/17/23
05 | 03 | '23
Lots of deraileur breaking sticks from the winter wind storms in the first section. After that all trail is in great shape until the massive tree that has fallen across the trail after the clear cut section. Tree was too big for our hands...
Submitted by adamgoss on 5/9/23
05 | 07 | '23
Had one more day on the coast and wanted to explore another trail system. So I took the bike to Lake Silvia State Park north of Montesano and sampled a bunch of the trails there. It has the feel of the Tokul trails in Fall City but with more clay and...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/8/23