Need mtb ride ideas for WA

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Originally Posted by jacob_dbu

Darrington is supposed to be great too, but I haven't been.

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I would label it part of a must-see but only on an extended WA deep dive kind of trip; It's pretty out of the way, FR is a grind, and the trails are more of the steep, rowdy and over a little too soon-variety. Shuttle-friendly though, as memory serves.

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Originally Posted by evdog

Try to fit in a lap on Dungeness to Gold Creek Trail above Sequim/Port Angeles. It fits the big trees, ferns, nice dirt, flowy criteria perfectly. One of the best rides I have done in PNW.

https://www.trailforks.com/route/low...s--gold-creek/

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Seconded. The local Port Angeles trails are actually really fun too, and there's almost no one there.

Port gamble looks like a good idea on the way to Mora campground. Fiance likes XC riding more than enduro style so I bet she'd dig. Ranger looks fun!

Thinking the local port angeles trails in the AM before our ferry on the 4th. Maybe nix the OAT to fit that in?

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OAT is beautiful and fairly fun, but definitely a green trail. We rode it loaded on gravel bikes and found zero technical challenges.

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Originally Posted by Huskydoc

I would label it part of a must-see but only on an extended WA deep dive kind of trip; It's pretty out of the way, FR is a grind, and the trails are more of the steep, rowdy and over a little too soon-variety. Shuttle-friendly though, as memory serves.

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Rode at North mountain earlier this spring. Wasn't even completely melted out so not all trails were accessible and i thought it was exceptional. Not a ton of trails i guess, it's a pretty new network. I live on the east side of the cascades though, so all the fern gully greenery is somewhat novel for me.
Good campground right at the base of the mountain. Bring your townie bike and ride into town to party, avoid driving.
It's really not that far to Bellingham. I rode both spots one day.
YMMV obviously but i thought it was great.
Yes, it's shuttleable or pedal up a different closed cutoff road.

Darrington is awesome. And the campground at the base looks pretty nice. We should do a MTB maggot meet there sometime

Thanks for all the beta. We ended up only being able to get out on two rides, once at Raging River and once at the Port Angeles trails. Super fun and scenic! Port Angeles trails were shockingly(?) dry, but still better dirt than the norm for this time of year in UT. Raging River was primo.

We spent too much time doing cool stuff in Olympic National Park to want to hop in the car to drive 1+ hours from camp to get more rides in. We're in Victoria, BC for the month now so I'm sure will be getting more ferns and berms in here.

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Let us know how the riding is in Victoria. I’ve never been and want to check it out sometime.

Port Angeles is in the Olympic Mountains rain shadow and is one of the drier parts of western Washington, it gets much less rain than the Seattle area.

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Originally Posted by jtran10

Super fun and scenic! Port Angeles trails were shockingly(?) dry,

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I mean, its in the trail networks name....

Ive wanted to ride Pilchuck for years but its far enough away that i dont really want to waste 5-6 rides figuring the place out seeing as maps arent readily available. Are their any links to actual maps, or some up to date descriptions of popular routes?