Ride Reports
06 | 04 | '22
EMBA just opened Poppin Tops Upper and Lower after the rebuild, and it is perfect! Flowy, fast and with butter smooth berms; this rebuild is a thing of beauty. Thank you to everyone who worked on this jewel of a trail. Let's respect their work by lig...
Submitted by Bryan on 6/5/22
06 | 01 | '22
Sing this report to the Scorpions' song (inspired by OTBs on Snotch and Porcupine Rim on the Whole Enchilada in Moab)
I realized I missed the jump, my body's wrecked like I hit a stumpI look around and see my face, what the hell, I need a neck...
Submitted by tomvale on 6/2/22
05 | 16 | '22
Sing this report to Don Felder's "Taking a Ride" from the "Heavy Metal" Soundtrack.
Load the bikes up, let's cruise to the trail, leave the city far behindYou just might get wet, or at least you’ll sweatJust meet your buddies right on timeNow if you...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/16/22
05 | 01 | '22
I started early this morning climbing up to the upper shuttle lot looking for snow and as much of a Skyline descent I could get. Snow got too thick at around 3100' on the last road switchback before the upper lot. It was hike a bike from there on, an...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/1/22
04 | 30 | '22
Pink Floyd rocks....... Sing this to their song.....
Ride, Ride, Ride, Ride, Ride, Ride, Ride, RideRide, Ride, Ride, Ride, Ride, Ride, Ride, RideYou better use your full face helmet with your favorite designWith the pads on your joints and goggles o...
Submitted by tomvale on 5/1/22
04 | 26 | '22
Got my bike out of the shop and took it to North Mountain to do Lower Skyline twice. I left Everett early and went through two rain squalls in Marysville and Arlington on the way. I figured I was going to be soaked on the ride but it is amazing how w...
Submitted by tomvale on 4/27/22
04 | 24 | '22
Upper couple hundred yards of PT still have snow and mud. The rest of it is in great shape.
Patches of snow on the trail around 2400'.
Poppin tops is closed for business.
Submitted by rhin0rj on 4/25/22
04 | 20 | '22
The full suspension bike is in the shop for a front brake overhaul so I took the gravel bike to Startup, WA and climbed the DNR roads off of Kellogg Lake Road to get up to the two Olney Falls, and Upper Wallace Falls. You first go by Lower Olney Fall...
Submitted by tomvale on 4/21/22
04 | 18 | '22
Sing this report to John Denver's song....
He was reborn in the summer in the year of twenty twelveSeizures cleared, after successful surgeryHe left twenty years behind him, and got his Driver’s License backYou might say he found the key to the outd...
Submitted by tomvale on 4/19/22
04 | 13 | '22
Went out to Cherry Valley this morning to take advantage of it's great resilience to our recent rains. Darrington's and Cherry Valley's trails are my first choices for post-storm riding. The roads may not drain in spots but the trails in the thick fo...
Submitted by tomvale on 4/14/22
04 | 09 | '22
It was 40 and spitting rain as I arrived at the lower lot; a buddy and I geared up and rode out anyway. Master Link was damp with tire sucking mud that was frosted over with occasional snow patches at the Inside Passage turn off. We rode the passage...
Submitted by Bryan on 4/9/22
04 | 08 | '22
Made a pretty routine run in Snohomish today going up to the towers to do the Springboards and then rolled the Goldeneye rock drop (pictured). I went up to the summit for the view and noticed a summit DH heading west down to Liquid Bread. Be careful...
Submitted by tomvale on 4/9/22
04 | 06 | '22
This was my first time here, ever, which is hard to believe! But today I tagged along with EMBA reporter 'Bryan' and we climbed the Beaver Pond trail to roads taking us up to Golden Spike. We headed south to Tokul East through many puddles and bogs f...
Submitted by tomvale on 4/6/22
04 | 03 | '22
I parked at SR-18 and Rattlesnake Road and climbed the roads to the Invictus/No Service junction. There was no snow to contend with but that will change tonight or Tuedsay night.
After starting down No Service, there were a couple snow patches to ro...
Submitted by tomvale on 4/3/22
04 | 01 | '22
Had a wonderful trip today exploring above the snowline and descending on the Skyline trail from the Upper Shuttle entrance. I parked at the bottom of Lower Skyline and climbed the shuttle road and up through Pathfinder and then continued hiking on t...
Submitted by tomvale on 4/2/22
03 | 30 | '22
Wanted to get out to Lord Hill for a ride today but as I got to Snohomish, the Convergence Zone had parked over the park and was engulfing the summits. I turned the car around and headed to the blue skies of Mukilteo and the Gulch. Once there, I clim...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/31/22
03 | 27 | '22
For my first ride of the season I selected Raging, planning to session Upper and Lower PT. Alas, EMBA has closed them both until "mid April" whenever that is. I'm an EMBA Member (you should be as well) and I respect their trail closures and appreciat...
Submitted by Bryan on 3/28/22
03 | 20 | '22
Got to the new lower lot really early this morning and began the ride just after 7. Climbed to the summit to get the picture and then came down Sidewinder and then completed three runs on Pitch and Roll. There were a couple small puddles but not enou...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/20/22
03 | 18 | '22
Sing report to the title song....
Climbing in light rain, with the cloud layer lowCouldn’t get a shuttle, was a solo showHeard a roar of some jets, but could barely seeClimbing came to a crawl, as road switchbacks Z’d
On his M T B, Find...
Submitted by tomvale on 3/19/22
03 | 13 | '22
Showed up at Rocky Top in Yakima on March 13, 2022 and there was a sign that said the Rocky Top trails are closed until April 1, 2022 due to winter conditions and a fragile environment. Instead, we rode at Cowiche Canyon one mile down the road. Cowic...
Submitted by leahbreen on 3/14/22