Mount St Helens

Mt. St. Helens - Ape/Plains of Abe

Submitted by Fred

Hey everyone, I have yet to ride the Ape Canyon - Plains of Abe trail at St. Helens.  My schedule never seems to mesh with Dave Anderson's.  Anyone who wants to join me are more than welcome.

I have posted this as an intermediate level ride, well that's what I consider myself, because the length of the ride won't suit a beginner. And I also hear there is a great climb at the beginning, wahoo!

Let's meet at the south Gateway (south) Transit parking area at 8am to carpool.

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Aaron's Dream

Submitted Sat, 08/08/2009 - 7:45am by DAnderson

Aaron has a dream, and it's a mighty challenging one.  He dreams of riding his mountain bike from the Ape Canyon Trail up to Windy Ridge, connect with the Boundary Trail head east and then ride down the Quartz Creek Trail and then finally connecting to the Lewis River Trail to finally arrive at the Lewis River campground, a soft air mattress and a much awaited beer.  That is a very big challenge, which definitely has some potential to it!  Who knows, maybe it could become an official ride called the Aaron's Challenge!

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Mount St Helens NVM National Public Lands Day event

Submitted by DAnderson

The staff at the Mount St Helens NVM, and the Mount St Helens Institute are looking for a few mountain bike riders to ride the ski trails on the south side of Mount St Helens.  We will be looking at the various ski trails in light of what maintenance is required.  Why ski trails you ask?  What does that have to do with mountain biking?  Well, a lot actually!

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Camp Sites with Ape Canyon Trail access?

Submitted Sat, 08/01/2009 - 7:01pm by ripdogg1

Does anybody know of any good campsites with easy access to Ape Canyon trail?  Also, any advise as to whether or not this trail is best done as an out and back or as a loop with Smith Creek?

Lewis River Ride - beginner!

Submitted by DAnderson

We have two beginning mtb'ers from the Mount St Helens Institute who would like to go out on a ride!  So, for their first ride I've picked the Lewis River Trail from the lower trailhead up to at least the Shelter.  Please let me know if you are interested in joining us for a ride along the beautiful Lewis River.  Meeting times and place: 09:00A at the Gateway Park and Ride.  Turn west on NE Pacific and go to the parking lot at the southern end of Gateway Transit Center.

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Quartz Creek Trail Work Party, Gifford Pinchot NF

Submitted by DAnderson

One of the trails NWTA needs to work on this summer on the Gifford Pinchot NF is the Quartz Creek Trail.  On this work party we will concentrate on the lower two miles of this trail which is known for it's old growth forest.  Please contact coordinator before Wednesday August 5th for meeting time/location.  Plan on spending all day working on this scenic trail.

David Anderson

ujelang at aol dot com

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Mount St Helens - west side

Submitted Fri, 07/24/2009 - 7:00pm by DAnderson

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Ape Canyon Trail Work Party

Submitted by DAnderson

The Growlers Gulch Trail Crew will be doing some work on the Ape Canyon Trail and need some extra bodies!  The upper portion of the trail is in need of some brushing out and other general maintenance work.

They will be meeting at the Ape Canyon trailhead parking lot at 8:00A, which means you should leave the Portland area no later than about 6:15A to arrive in time.  Early, yes, but when it comes to maintaining one of the best trails around, what's the issue of getting up at dawn on a Saturday to the trail?

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Boundary Trail, Mount St Helens, WA

Submitted Sun, 07/05/2009 - 9:09am by DAnderson

On July 3, 2009 Cecily and Jordan Norris and I rode the Boundary Trail in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest from Elk Pass to Ghost Lake.  For a map of the ride go to: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/8578008.  Elk Pass is on Forest Road 25.

On this 18 mile round trip ride we were the only users of the trail, other than two people who hiked from the west with their two dogs to Ghost Lake.

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