'16 CDC Yacolt Burn Enduro route

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12.7 miles

Distance

3,212 ft

Climb

-3,216 ft

Descent

3,499 ft

High Point

Round 3 of the 2016 Cascadia Dirt Cup: Yacolt Burn Enduro.

Detailed Description

'16 CDC Yacolt Burn Enduro is a 13 mile intermediate race route located near Battle Ground Washington. This mountain bike only route. This route includes 4 trails. This route climbs 3,212 ft with a max elevation of 3,499 ft then descends -3,216 ft.

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lazy-climber (Dec 7, 2022 at 14:56)

Trail Cold Creek

Yup The state of Washington needs your money, Discover Passes, NW Forrest Passes, Snow Park Passes, passes to hike on the trails .what will they think of next?
In our family we have bikers and runners, I can let the bikers off to pedal up to the tower and then down, drive around to the bottom of the trail and usually make it a bit over 2 miles up the trail before we meet, I hand off the keys and keep running. Usually get to the top and down the road to the parking area about the time they have gotten the cold drinks out.
I run this trail year round and very seldom see anyone on the upper third of the trail and really not that many on the lower part either.
We have run and biked all over North American and Europe and there may be some longer and steeper but for being in my back yard this trail is a good as a lot of them.
From a runners view going up hill or down I would rate this thing black, you have to pay attention the whole time, there is no coasting.

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Markinman75

(Jul 21, 2022 at 22:46)

Trail Cold Creek

This is not a climbing trail just to reiterate.

Also, the $99 ticket for fail to display discovery pass is legit those communists are not afraid to lay it on your vehicle. Have fun!

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paragon29er

(Nov 8, 2021 at 17:19)

Trail Cold Creek

*FOUND*. Protective gear found just below snow line on 11/8. Email me [email protected].

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FastFahl (Sep 19, 2021 at 10:07)

Trail Thrillium

Super fun. The speed needed to hit all the intended landings is intimidating. Definitely a trail to progress on.

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chunky-tech-doctor

(Aug 21, 2021 at 9:57)

Trail L1500 Road

Can you shuttle this to the top to do cold creek? In to six ? I went yesterday and seen sighns saying you can't go uo the road past the trillium parking lot ?

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fri501pm

(Jul 17, 2021 at 11:39)

Trail Thrillium

Need Discover Pass to park anywhere in the area. 99 $ ticket. Enforced.

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fri501pm

(Jul 17, 2021 at 11:38)

Trail Cold Creek

Need Discover Pass to park anywhere in the area. 99 $ ticket. Enforced.

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GamsYeti

(May 29, 2021 at 19:18)

Trail Cold Creek

Unrelated question, but are there legal shooting areas around cold creek? I constantly hear gun fire and see casings on the climb up and it got me on high alert. Thanks.

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OMGitsNate

(Aug 7, 2022 at 8:07)

Trail Cold Creek

Yes, there are some shooting pits in the area.

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GamsYeti

(May 29, 2021 at 19:14)

Trail Thrillium

Kind of an unrelated question, but is it legal to target shoot near thrillium? I constantly hear gun fire and see casings on the climb up from the parking lot below for road 1070. Thanks.

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OMGitsNate

(Aug 7, 2022 at 8:12)

Trail Thrillium

Yes, there area some shooting pits in the area

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nsanford2241

(May 28, 2021 at 17:15)

Trail Cold Creek

Top third is technical with rock gardens. Not worth the extra 4 miles or so of climbing. Ride the bottom 2/3 twice if you want extra miles

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Studt

(Apr 29, 2021 at 8:40)

Trail Tarbell

I did the Tarbell Loop (clockwise) yesterday, and this trail was completely snowed in, I should have researched the elevation a bit more. Can’t wait to do the loop without a bike on my back in waist deep snow. Still a little snow on the top of Cold a Creek right after this trail, otherwise, amazing loop!

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live2climb

(Jan 10, 2021 at 17:51)

Trail Cold Creek

Left my five ten bike shoes at the bottom of cold creek. If found please text me at (503) 860-8957. I live in Portland but will come and grab them. Thx

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BTLowe (Oct 6, 2020 at 17:13)

Trail Cold Creek

Definitely an upper/lower trail. The upper part descends from Larch Mtn to the top of Sixth Sense and is steep in spots with a huge shale garden that will kick you around for a bit until you get back into the trees, twisting down the hillside that features a gnarly optional root garden and drop. I'd rate the upper part a blue-black or a black. The lower part isn't quite as steep and features more flow and a lot of optional small jumps and drops. Wicked fun that includes some more root and rock gardens. The climb up to the top of Larch Mtn is a grinder, especially the last 500 ft above Thrillium, so keep that in mind.

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fiddlerboy

(Aug 23, 2020 at 11:04)

Trail Tarbell

Why is this rated black? I rode it clockwise and it was a steep climb with a few things I didn't get over, but it seemed like it would be barely a blue to descend.

Also, the photos of those bridges look like they may be a different area?

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chunky-tech-doctor

(Jul 4, 2020 at 13:34)

Trail Thrillium

Took a gamble to hit this bad boy! On the way to vacation And it was worth every second! Best trail ive hit in 5 years its as close to park flow ive seen. The jumps are really long so I cased alot of them but the rockgarden is the best ive ridden in years if not ever! What a gem!

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Jtran1969 (Jun 11, 2020 at 0:32)

Trail Thrillium

Trail condition please?

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Kevsykes (May 23, 2020 at 17:12)

Trail Cold Creek

Best ride I’ve had so far in the NW. Good downhill speed at times, rolling flats at others. Perfect scenery. Slightly wet at points this weekend but definitely worth the ride.

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peterman1234

(Feb 2, 2020 at 11:40)

Trail Thrillium

@salamander-workshop: under no circumstance should any person pedal up thrillium. Take road 1070 and Ross’s Grade up. The moment you drop in for the descent you’ll realize why no one should ever climb it. It’s concerning that it’s not officially DH only.

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Myi

(Nov 21, 2019 at 8:11)

Trail Cold Creek

I know right it's so gnarly and the views are shemeen the progression is great and the Lower trail has grate jumps and the climb isn't that bad

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Salamander-Workshop (Nov 12, 2019 at 13:11)

Trail Thrillium

How long would it take to pedal up thrillium on an e-bike?

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Owen52538

(Nov 1, 2019 at 15:01)

Trail Cold Creek

Fricking gnarly bruh
Best trail I’ve seen in a while
Mega fun
Good progression
Lots of rocks and roots

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gdtrfb8 (Jul 31, 2019 at 22:59)

Trail Cold Creek

We only rode the first ~ 1/2, finishing up on Sixth Sense. I would say this rates more Blue/Black than Blue. Some of the riders in our group had trouble with the steep and loose nature of the trail, and they generally ride blue trails with no issues. I personally thought the scree field was just annoying as it tried to throw up rocks to crack my frame.

Next time I'll probably ride just the lower half since the climb to the very top is brutal and not worth it IMO.

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gdtrfb8 (Jul 31, 2019 at 22:53)

Trail L1500 Road

We climbed (often pushed) this to the very top of Cold Creek. It's something I will never do again. Road is stupid steep, and with tons of loose rock. Also, top section of CC trail isn't that great anyway IMO, so definitely not worth a climb like this.

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Idlecycles

(Jul 13, 2019 at 21:48)

Trail L1500 Road

Park at the parking lot for thrillium to access the road. If you park further up, you may get ticketed. There’s a gate about a quarter mile from the parking lot. Discover pass required to park.

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Patsplit

(Jun 23, 2019 at 21:02)

Trail Thrillium

I agree with other's comments. Curious why is this is marked as a bi-directional trail though? Pretty sure it's one-way and that's downhill.

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XU12XU

(Sep 15, 2018 at 22:05)

Trail Thrillium

Thrillium is such a compelling trail, probably the best gravity trail in 200 miles in any direction. Significantly harder than most single blacks in the area. While it is probably a single black to ride it, it definitely enters double black territory if you're riding it anywhere near fast enough to clear the features.

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dbw1288

(Jul 22, 2018 at 16:24)

Trail Cold Creek

I am curious to know if anyone else has gotten a flat tire on the gravel road leading to the cold creek trail head? I have gotten a flat tire on the last two trips I made, and to make it more weird, brand new tires as well !

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movpclr

(Jul 24, 2018 at 13:06)

Trail Cold Creek

I had a flat last week on the L-1000 road before 4 corners on medium worn truck tires. Looked like a sharp rock. My guess is that as the road gets more blown out in the summer, sharp rocks that are lodged into the ground are no longer covered by as much loose gravel, making the road a little tougher on tires.

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LogHome72

(Apr 25, 2019 at 10:55)

Trail Cold Creek

Thanks for the warning.

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larryleveen (Jul 17, 2018 at 12:52)

Trail Cold Creek

When half my group showed up with kneepads and full-face helmets — or BOTH — I wondered what I had gotten myself into. I'd rate this trail as "Intermediate With Real Consequences". Maybe start to rotate that blue square counter-clockwise about 15-degrees and darken the hue a little ;-)

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dirtjr

(Dec 8, 2017 at 11:44)

Trail Cold Creek

Best trail in the Portland/Vancouver metro area

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norcalspeeddemon

(Jun 13, 2017 at 7:54)

Trail Thrillium

This trail is sick! Best of all worlds and an amazing shuttle run! Start out with some very fun flowy tech and then finish up with some large jumps and step downs! An absolute blast! One of the best gravity trails

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radek

Trailforks (May 7, 2014 at 8:53)

Trail Thrillium

Gap jumps on this trail look amazing.

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1	Timed Section 1 mile distance 129 ft climb -813 ft descent
2	Timed Section 1 mile distance 142 ft climb -868 ft descent
3	Timed Section 2 miles distance 278 ft climb -1,185 ft descent

Race Course
Riding area

Yacolt Burn State Forest
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Difficulty rating

Blue
Bike type

AM
Ridelogs

1

Altitude change

-3 ft
Altitude min

1,275 ft
Altitude start

1,326 ft
Altitude end

1,322 ft
Grade

-0%
Grade max

-97.8%
Grade min

59.3%
Distance climb

6 miles
Distance down

6 miles
Distance flat

4,259 ft

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trail	date	description
Thrillium	Feb 7, 2023 @ 2:07pm Feb 7, 2023	Stay on the upper half of Thrillium. Bottom half is very wet and deep mud.
Cold Creek	Jan 31, 2023 @ 6:30pm Jan 31, 2023	A few spots of ice and snow just below the gravel road intersection, (stump jump) but quickly clears up and was riding great today. More ice towards the bottom, but no issues of freeze/thaw.
L1500 Road	Jan 12, 2023 @ 6:34am Jan 12, 2023	The road to the upper parking lot/Thrillium is now open
Tarbell	Nov 8, 2022 @ 4:45pm Nov 8, 2022	About 3 inches of crusty snow starting on the 1070 rd ~a mile from the mid-tarbell, sixth sense area. Surprisingly low elevation.

Cold Creek

L1500 Road