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4th of July Trail Details
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Riding areaLeavenworth
Leavenworth, Washington -
Difficulty rating
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Trail typeSingletrack
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Bike typeAM, XC
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Trail UsageMulti-use
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DirectionUphill PrimaryPopular direction shown
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Climb DifficultyBlack Diamond
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Physical ratingHard
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SeasonSpring / Fall
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eBike Allowed
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Global Ranking
After a brutal 4800-foot climb up Fourth of July Creek, you reach Icicle Ridge with its big-screen views of the nearby Stuart Range and it's long views of other Cascadian peaks. After the uphill pain (it will take most people four or five hours to push/carry a bike up) comes a massive 5600-vertical-foot descent.
The descent down the Icicle Creek Trail is totally ridable by skilled freeriders. Cross-country riders, meanwhile, will find some of the rocks, ruts, and bush sketchy. Such riders will sometimes find themselves wondering whether they should walk the sketch and hurt their pride or ride the sketch and risk snapping a collar bone. Decisions, decisions.
Note: You need to pack LOTS of water. This is largely a dry trail. Four to five hours of climbing and pushing. 50+ switchbacks in all, the first 25 of them being the hardest.
Access Info
NOTE: Northwest Forest Pass needed to park at the trailheads.
There's a few different ways you can do this ride:
climb up 4th of July, down Icicle Ridge. This loop involves 8 miles of paved road along icicle creek road, which could be shuttled out.
Out and back up Icicle Creek.
Up icicle creek, down 4th of July. Note the 4th of July TH is higher elevation, so this CCW loop will get you more climbing and less descent on singletrack, but makes the paved road section DH
Local Trail Association
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Central Washington Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
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More Stats for 4th of July Trail mountain bike trail
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Altitude change4,511 ft
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Altitude min2,261 ft
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Altitude max6,785 ft
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Altitude start2,263 ft
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Altitude end6,774 ft
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Grade16.829%
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Grade max-64.601%
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Grade min84.58%
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Distance climb4 miles
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Distance down4,523 ft
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Distance flat1,119 ft
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Avg time03:52:56
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- Unknown
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
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The snow doesnt come off the mountain tops till mid to late summer.
I was thinking I would do this trail as a part of a loop.
going up the 4th of july and down the Icicle Ridge... I was in the wrong. it took way longer and alot tougher to get up. than if I just did an out and back on icicle ridge. do yourself a favor and do an out and back on icicle than doing this trail as part of a loop.
plus tons of trees downed, but I left a trail report on that.