- Trail:
- Lower Big Quilcene (Quilcene)
- Status:
- All Clear / Green
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Issue status:
- Condition:
- Ideal - Hero dirt! Not wet but not dry, moisture in soil.
- Reporter Primary Activity:
- Mountain Bike
Description:
Trail is in great condition.
There's a split, I think mentioned by other reviewers, where the right goes up and around a switch back and the lower continues to the left. The lower trail is blocked by what looks like hand made debris over the trail. But there' snow signage or anything.
This lower trail is perfectly ridable. There's a few places where some might feel a bit exposed and the trail narrows. They're safely walkable if you get sketched.
Some parts of the trail are quite narrow and closed in by weeds. None of the briars were too bad, though I did get a mild scratch or two. I'd bring a light weight, sleeved jersey next time.
This is marked as a blue. As far as features, maybe closer to green. But technically, it can be challenging to get up hill without touch down. Some of the grades can be quite steep with rock gardens, roots, etc. But they're also short, so if you touch down not like you're stuck walking your bike for more than a few steps if you can get going again.
The descent can be green or blue depending on how fast you take it. There's a few small rock gardens, stream crossings, and such that can sneak up on you at speed if you're not comfortable with those.
All in all, this was a fun trail. Wish it was a bit longer. . . I ran it twice.
~2h climb, 30-40m descent. ~2.5h out and back if you take time to eat and enjoy a view or two.
There's a split, I think mentioned by other reviewers, where the right goes up and around a switch back and the lower continues to the left. The lower trail is blocked by what looks like hand made debris over the trail. But there' snow signage or anything.
This lower trail is perfectly ridable. There's a few places where some might feel a bit exposed and the trail narrows. They're safely walkable if you get sketched.
Some parts of the trail are quite narrow and closed in by weeds. None of the briars were too bad, though I did get a mild scratch or two. I'd bring a light weight, sleeved jersey next time.
This is marked as a blue. As far as features, maybe closer to green. But technically, it can be challenging to get up hill without touch down. Some of the grades can be quite steep with rock gardens, roots, etc. But they're also short, so if you touch down not like you're stuck walking your bike for more than a few steps if you can get going again.
The descent can be green or blue depending on how fast you take it. There's a few small rock gardens, stream crossings, and such that can sneak up on you at speed if you're not comfortable with those.
All in all, this was a fun trail. Wish it was a bit longer. . . I ran it twice.
~2h climb, 30-40m descent. ~2.5h out and back if you take time to eat and enjoy a view or two.
Local Weather During Report
- Summary
Clear - Temperature
16° (10°/20°) - Precip
0 mm/h - Wind
3.84 km/h - Cloud Cover
0% - Humidity
0.57
