Falls Creek ride in the Gifford Pinchot Forest in SW WA. Shuttle or out and back depending on rider interest. Really fun swoopy ride. Meet at Gateway at 9:30 a.m. Sign up below or email amy@nw-trail.org so we know you're coming.

 http://trails.mtbr.com/cat/united-states-trails/trails-washington/trail/PRD_173806_4586crx.aspx

Begin at rock creek campground, tarbell to star mountain then back to tarbell and loop to return to rock creek campground.  All day ride.  Lots of climbing.

Meet at gateway at 7am and leave by 7:05 am.  Meet at rock creek campground at 7:50am.

Contact Susan at 503-703-4300 with questions or Susan@workforce-dynamics.com

An all day ride with a sick amount of climbing (but no worse then the "Big Ride") and great views at the top of Star Mountain.  Ride is contingent on the trail being open after the recent fire.  Meet at the south end of the gateway park and ride (the usual spot) at 8 am.  Leaving the parking lot no later than 8:10 am.

Susan

I made the mistake of not doing more research on the rides for a camping trip this last weekend in the area south of Randle, WA.  It was gorgeous, for sure, but I would remind bikers to note the trails in this area that are shared with motorcycles.  I was greatly disappointed at the poor trail conditions of the Juniper ridge Loop (the trails leading up to the Juniper Trail were pretty torn up and only consistently rideable by expert riders).  Adding insult to injury was the prolific attack of the mosquitos (though it was motive to keep moving). After 6 hours of riding/hiking we bailed out at the Dark Meadows trail to drop back down to FR 23. We missed some of the anticpated viewpoints, but it was an overcast day anyway. If you enjoy dirt riding on a motorcycle, I'd consider this a world class trail.  The Horseshoe/High Lakes trails were also pretty torn up.  This experience makes it clear to me that it would be a bad idea to create new trials to share between motorized and non-motorized users...

 

I'll be spending a long weekend in Longbeach WA. Does anyone know of any trails to ride around that area? I could find any info online. Thanks.

Turner Bicycles will have a Demo Day at our
shop on Tuesday July 20th. Don't miss this opportunity to ride one of these
incredible bikes. They will have the Flux's, 5-Spots and Sultans to
Demo in various sizes. During Day, take test rides in Lacamas Park. In Evening, we will
offer shuttle rides up at Cold Creek. I ...would suggest making a
reservation if you want to ride a Turner during the shuttle rides! to
see their bikes, go to www.turnerbikes.com.
For questions or reservations, call 210-5160 or email ed@camasbikes.com. This is a great
opportunity test out a DW Link bike on our
local trails!