2021 West Fest Enduro Beginner route

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More Stats for 2021 West Fest Enduro Beginner mountain bike route

10.3 miles

Distance

1,159 ft

Climb

-1,139 ft

Descent

471 ft

High Point

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The enduro format is returning to the port gamble trails, with more stages and professional timing this year. For this year there will be up to five stages of racing depending on the category. Red Tent Timing will be timing the race. Yes, the same people that put on the Cascadia Dirt Cup, they will be provings their expertise and prompt results for some tight racing.

Beginner riders will be racing three stages, 1, 2, & 4. We will be out marking the course on Friday morning, the 30th. Expect the course to be fully marked by the afternoon. Please note that the rock roll on Ranger will not be a part of the race this year because of the updated exit of the trail.

Detailed Description

2021 West Fest Enduro Beginner is a 10 mile intermediate race route located near Poulsbo Washington. This mountain bike only route can be used one direction and has a moderate overall physical rating. This route includes 7 trails. This route climbs 1,159 ft with a max elevation of 471 ft then descends -1,139 ft.

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Tejada2000

(Jul 7, 2022 at 13:40)

Trail Cool Runnings

Totally disagree with the need for ride arounds at the drops. There’s a trail for people who don’t want to take on the drops…start on the right hand side of Cool Runnings.

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Tejada2000

(Jul 7, 2022 at 13:31)

Trail Cool Runnings

The second drop that was added needs to be clearly marked with signage. People who have ridden the trail pre-second drop are at risk. Saw a wicked crash over the weekend due to this very situation. The little orange flags don’t so anything to warn the rider of the drop.

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lucho8486 (Jul 5, 2022 at 0:18)

Trail Cool Runnings

New drop added 2/3 way down makes this trail better than before. Good job to whoever put all the trees to shut down the ride around people were using. If you can’t do the drops stay off the trail, if you don’t like it then ride elsewhere. With the new bike park open there is plenty of room for improving your skills prior to attempting the new and improved cool runnings.

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Combinednathan (May 29, 2022 at 20:33)

Trail Cool Runnings

Saw there’s another drop being built into this trail. Didn’t get a chance to ride but this is a black diamond trail and was designed to challenge expert riders. To those complaining, it’s 1/3 of the Ranger downhill area and looks to still being converter into a trail that matches its difficulty rating.

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swartzie

(Mar 30, 2022 at 15:42)

Trail Cool Runnings

Pretty okay. A good test for someone looking to up their game with just a couple big moves in there. Getting rutted out with brake bumps leading into turns - learn how to properly brake before riding faster, steeper trails people. I only did a couple laps on Ranger and Cool Runnings, I really really really despise the yellow caution tape ruining the forest aesthetic, the woods in this location are beautiful and it's broken with a crudely "lined" walk-up trail.

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LJanssen (Oct 9, 2021 at 5:51)

Trail Derailed

Fun trail! Compact soil, no dust. Some ruts in berms but otherwise good conditions

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Ohmn

(Feb 27, 2021 at 22:09)

Trail Derailed

The work that went into this trail is impressive. This is one of the best flow/jump trails I have ever ridden.

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dpparker60

EMBA-WS (Nov 29, 2020 at 10:46)

Trail Derailed

An entirely new trail that has been re-worked top to bottom in 2020! Lots of new/improved berms and jumps. Even more flowy than before! Still a blue trail, as everything can be rolled or avoided. Thank you Evergreen West Sound volunteers for making this the best flow trail west of Puget Sound!

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codywater

(Oct 19, 2020 at 22:02)

Trail Maggies Rocks

Last half is the only section remaining. First half destroyed by logging.

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chenry3

(Sep 6, 2020 at 20:27)

Trail Maggies Rocks

The new logging took out half this trail.

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jRiders (Nov 5, 2019 at 15:33)

Trail Derailed

My first time mountain bike riding, and this was one of the first trails I've been on. Ever. As a newbie, it was easy to transverse the sharp turns, jumps, and small roots/rocks in the way. However, I did educate myself about proper biking techniques before attempting any mountain biking. I plan on coming back for more action in the coming weeks, it was lots of fun.

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kb0ndy (Oct 8, 2019 at 11:03)

Trail Derailed

This trail was a blast! Lots of features with bail outs.

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supermanisba (Jun 30, 2018 at 13:04)

Trail Mordor

Awesome trail, has a tight path with unavoidable roots. Great way to get over to derailed which imo is the best trail in the park

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Csayler

(Apr 2, 2018 at 7:36)

Trail Derailed

Man this is our new favorite trail. Hero dirt the last two weekends.

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cascadyian

(Nov 25, 2017 at 21:10)

Trail Derailed

This trail is soooo much fun! All banked turns and jumps. There is a road that parallels the trail just east of the trail and not on the map. When you exit the trail turn to the right and peddle up the not very steep road for about a mile. Look for the very end of Bobsled trail coming in from the right.

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gerritreinders (Jan 17, 2017 at 17:47)

Trail Derailed

Very fun trail was there last week and its still in very good condition though if you never been here befor the climb up through Bobsled is annoying but worth it in the end. defiantly my favorite trail in the park and the table tops are some of the biggest in the park and the trail is very fun to ride and prefer it to most of the Duthie hill trails over in Seattle.
note if you come here with a downhill bike the climb up Bobsled and back from the bottom is very tiring.

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wryanturner

(Nov 19, 2021 at 20:50)

Trail Cool Runnings

The big drop at the beginning of this trail makes no sense at all. It's set up as a test of whether you can handle the rest of the trail, with aggro signage around it warning people off. There's no ride-around. The drop is well built and pretty awesome for riders comfortable enough, but it's 5X harder than anything else on the trail. What's most concerning is that a crash on that drop would be pretty dangerous--get bucked on the lip and you're in trouble.

The rest of the trail is AWESOME, barely black diamond, glorious flow with loads of fun features--berms, rollers, and easy jumps for days. Lots of people who are fully capable of enjoying the rest of the trail are going to ride it and be very challenged by that drop, though. And some who ride it are going to crash on it. And some who crash are going to get hurt.

For the life of me, I can't understand why you wouldn't build an alternate way around that drop. Is it an effort to force more traffic onto Ranger? Why?

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Jonsey21

(Feb 11, 2022 at 11:52)

Trail Cool Runnings

One of the key challenges of ride-arounds on busy trails like this is that they increase the risk of merging collisions. The speeds at the point of the drop are high and so you'd have to run a parallel trail way down to a slower section before you'd risk merging traffic. It's a bit of a nightmare and not really safe trail building.

So you're left with creating two trails as one option or removing the drop altogether which spoils some of the fun for those looking for a more advanced trail. There's a blue offering there, so intermediate riders aren't left out of the fun.

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wryanturner

(Apr 20, 2022 at 15:37)

Trail Cool Runnings

These comments about ride-arounds and merging make good sense.

I'm still disappointed the drop is so much harder / riskier than the rest of the trail. For me personally, the drop is ok but scary, just because the speed is so high, while the rest of the trail is easy to shred--so the drop kind of ruins what would otherwise be a super fun trail right in my wheelhouse in terms of comfort and ability.

The giant peanut butter patch at the bottom is another topic. Holy LaBrea Tar Pits!

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St49er

(Apr 26, 2022 at 16:55)

Trail Cool Runnings

100% I heard the builders put it in to block beginner and intermediate riders because they were concerned too many newbs would tear it up and cause breaking bumps. Makes scenes as it is at the beginning of the trail and 5x harder then anything else on it. I appreciate the work they put into it but it kind of sucks that as a paying evergreen member I only get to ride 1 of the 3 new trails. Plus there really isn’t anything on ranger that allows me to progress to the Cool Runnings drop. From the Evergreen gatherings I have been to it seemed the majority of the members are beginners and intermediated riders, so this is confusing. Hopefully they will put in a ride around.

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awest7

(Jul 9, 2020 at 17:28)

All of the jumps have been removed at the top of this trail. Big bummer. The top of the trail is a mess now with logs placed across lines and trees taped off.

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chunky-tech-doctor

(Mar 1, 2021 at 10:15)

damn really thanks for the heads up i almost waisted a 4 hour drive to check it out

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RyanVars

(Jul 6, 2019 at 19:12)

Trail Derailed

This trail is okay but really needs some work. The lips on most of the jumps are worn down making the jumps not really that fun and some of them not possible. Braking bumps abound and a at least two burns that need repaired.
A good trail but not worth a trip from the mainland.

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arsnic360

(Dec 28, 2018 at 10:02)

Trail Derailed

May be a fun trail, but not a Black Diamond.

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arsnic360

(Dec 28, 2018 at 9:58)

@As14 Depends on what side you ride. The left side is whats left of a really good jumpline (after the county had its way) which I would rate a black. The right side is the main trail people ride which I would rate a blue.

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As14 (Dec 25, 2018 at 14:55)

We rode this yesterday, the trail description is not right. Ranger starts with a sign warning you about gap jumps and then is a very steep down hill with drops, one fairly big one. It mellows after it intersects with Ewok, but definitely not an intermediate trail.

1	Stage 1 \| Ranger 1,654 ft distance 0 ft climb -232 ft descent
2	Stage 2 \| Mordor 4,846 ft distance 10 ft climb -262 ft descent
3	Stage 4 \| Derailed 4,902 ft distance 0 ft climb -245 ft descent

Race Course
Race Date

Saturday July 31, 2021 at 09:00am
Riding area

Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Difficulty rating

Blue
Route Type

Loop
eBike Allowed

No
Bike type

AM
Direction

One Direction
Physical rating

Moderate
Ridelogs

11

Altitude min

69 ft
Altitude start

69 ft
Altitude end

89 ft
Grade max

-45.3%
Grade min

23.3%
Distance climb

5 miles
Distance down

4 miles
Distance flat

1 mile

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trail	date	description
Access Road G1200	Mar 18, 2023 @ 5:25am Mar 18, 2023
Derailed	Mar 18, 2023 @ 4:20am Mar 18, 2023
Cool Runnings	Mar 18, 2023 @ 4:20am Mar 18, 2023
Maggies Rocks	Feb 11, 2023 @ 8:11pm Feb 11, 2023
Mordor	Jan 8, 2023 @ 5:45pm Jan 8, 2023	Lots of deep puddles today.

Cool Runnings

Maggies Rocks

Access Road G1200