Mountain biking has been my main extra-curricular activity since 1993 when I moved to Seattle. My latest cross country bike is a full-suspension carbon fiber Superfly 29er, by mountain bike legend Gary Fisher.
Ape Canyon at Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument is one of my favorite mountain bike trails in Washington (and easily one of the top ten mountain bike trails in the nation). Start early so that you can continue riding the Plains of Abraham all the way to Windy Ridge. Siouxon Creek, a.k.a. the Ewok Forest, is another one of my favorite trails in the nearby Mount Adams Ranger District.
Jen and I just returned from a weekend mountain bike festival, the 2010 Kettle Crest Fest.
Friday, our trail work party cleared more trees than we could count from the Sherman Peak Loop trail (photo above, ~6,000 ft.). Then we enjoyed two days of some of Washington State’s finest singletrack – including a 2,000′ descent of the Jungle Hill Loop.
The annual advocacy event is hosted by Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance and coordinated by volunteer Tim Banning. Lucky for us, New Belgium Brewing was a sponsor!
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