The Good. Sage Hills or Saddle Rock? Which of these parcels of undeveloped hills flanking Wenatchee to the west offer the best hikes, mountain bike rides, and trail runs? It’s a contentious debate, but my money is on the Sage...Read More...
A Wenatchee landmark, Saddle Rock with its weathered rock towers and surrounding wild lands is both wonderfully scenic and ridiculously close to town. A high percentage of Wenatchee residents can easily walk or ride a bike to the trail heads....Read More...
Ruby Creek Outings – Playing the Bench Look at the Forest Service maps of the Ruby Creek watershed, a watershed capped by Tronsen Ridge and draining into Peshastin Creek along the Highway 97 corridor, and you’ll wonder if you’re looking...Read More...
Attractions: This route with its mixture of paved, gravel, and dirt roads is best done on either a mountain bike, or better yet, a cross bike. The loop exposes you to the region’s extremes– rivers and deserts, industry and agriculture,...Read More...
While we watched our daughter’s play soccer, John was grilling me about a mountain-biking circuit in the Devils Gulch environs. “I’ve heard it’s one of the best rides in the area, so why doesn’t the website have a guidebook entry for...Read More...
Attractions: This ride has a physically tough ascent and really fun descent along a long ridge. It is a technically interesting ride. The ride uses some gravel fire roads, but most of the descent is single-track trail. Skill: 4 (expert)...Read More...
Illustration and text from Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce Great views will accompany you as you travel this dirt road up through logged portions of the forest. The lack of trees in sections create spectacular vistas to of the Cascade Mountains...Read More...
A short, easily accessed series of trails near Mission Ridge, this loop offers Wenatchee residents a good exercise fix, a quiet place to unwind, nice views out over the Columbia River, and a very restful wander through mixed forests of...Read More...
While this 13-mile loop on gravel roads offers nothing truly spectacular, this is still a pleasant ride, with a dose of steep climbing at the beginning, a segment of ridge-riding in the middle, and some pleasant downhills at the end. Technically, the...Read More...
By Matthew Tangeman Attractions. In an area crowded with motors — where the smell of exhaust often intermingles with that of pine and where 700cc engines churn trails to dust — finding a quiet and maintained mountain bike ride is a...Read More...
