Washington

Mountain Bike Trail Guide

I talked with Greg Prior from dirtworld.com, and he told me that Seattle's local riding is not as epic as the other stuff farther away. He said that you "can't ride out your door, you gotta roof rack." The area around Mt. St . Helens and Winthrop are the two best destination areas for Washington state. Winthrop is in North Central Washington, between the North Cascades and Omak.

Mt. St. Helens has great camping, including free car camping at Mt. St. Helens, whereas Winthrop doesn't have much camping, but has cheap hotels. If you have more time, Winthrop is Greg's favorite Washington riding. It's best to make a couple days of it and camp.

Greg also recommended Tolt McDonald, about 20 miles away from Seattle: exit 22 off I-90.

Tiger Mountain has a killer climb and is also about 20 miles outsite of Seattle.

Taneum Creek/Fisher Flats is a nice drive out of Seattle - 80 miles each way. The trail is a 35 mile loop with great views of the Cascades.

These recommended trails are all in the same area near Mt. Ranier, about 70 miles south and slightly east of Seattle.

• Suntop
• Skookum Flats
• Dalles Ridge
• Palisades
• Ranger Creek

Wahington General and Statewide Links

• Mountain Bike Resource - Washington Trails
• Joe Martin's Northwest Mountain Biking - GPS maps in TPG format for a dozen trails in Washington and one in British Columbia.
• More local trails from Mountain Mojo
• DOT Bicycling in Washington
• Mountain Bike Gallery of Mister Manners

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San Juan Islands

• Bicycling the San Juan's (from "GORP")
• Cycling on Orcas Island

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Tacoma

• The "Single Track Mind" mountain bike club (Tacoma)
• Skookum Flats Trail in Enumclaw, Washington is on IMBA's list of epic trails

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Spokane

• The Mt. Spokane ride
• The Cheney/Spokane Funhouse Rail Ride
• Dan Simonson's 'secret ride' near Spokane. (He won't say where it is :-)

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Seattle

• Seattle's Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club has a great site, with a nice trail list
• The Cascade Bicycle Club

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Bellingham

• Bellingham & Whatcom County with a great trails list
• Whatcom Independent Mountain Pedalers ("WHIMPS") also has a nice Gailbraith Mountain map
• Ultimate Galbraith Mountain Guide online or CD-rom
• Bellingham Parks Trail Guides
• Whatcom Parks Trails and Maps
• Tag's Epic Rides of Bellingham
• Kulshan.com
• NWsource.com

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Olympic Peninsula

• Mountain and Road Biking in Sequim, WA
• Biking in the Olympic National Forest

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North Cascades (Leavenworth/Wenatchee/Chelan)

• Mountain biking around Leavenworth
• A great page for trails in Lake Chelan, Washington
• GORP - Wenatchee National Forest
• Biking in and around North Cascades National Park

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Winthrop/Methow Valley

• Valley of the Trails: Washington's Methow Valley

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Vancouver/St. Helens

• Trails in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest

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Northeastern Washington

• Colville National Forest trails list

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Tri-Cities area (Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland)

• Grrrizly Mountain Biking Page
• The "Finley Flyers" club (Kennewick)

 

 

 

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