Canyon Creek DH Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
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Riding AreaRaging River State Forest
Snoqualmie, Washington -
AKACCDH
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Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlack Diamond (31 votes)
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeDH, AM
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DirectionDownhill OnlyPopular direction shown
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Physical RatingHard
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Trail VisibilityAlways easy to follow
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike Allowed
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TTFs on TrailBerm, Drop, Jump, Rock Face
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Global Ranking#1270 in Mountain Biking
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Local Popularity80 in Mountain Biking
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Year Opened2020
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Land Manager
Canyon Creek Downhill Trail (or CCDH) is a descending-only, formidable technical trail that feels closer to a black, than a blue rated trail. This bold creation is unquestionably difficult. Let's be clear, if you struggle with the steeper black trails of adjacent Tiger mountain, you may be very challenged by CCDH's rough and rooty character.
CCDH features challenging root sections, carefully not-removed natural rocks, and just enough descending angle to keep you on your toes. In contrast to the blue-rated "flow" trails like Poppin' Tops, many riders will find CCDH more challenging. Some refer to it as "Dark-blue". Combine CCDH & Raging Tiger climb out with No Service & Return Policy for the brand new defacto "Raging 8" figure eight route
Canyon Creek downhill trail is brought to you thanks to the Washington State DNR & the hard work of Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance.
Access Info
Access from the Raging Ridge Trail
Disclaimer
Pads and proper safety equipment highly recommended! You are miles from help. Ride wisely.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Canyon Creek DH mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change-1,819 ft
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Altitude min1,312 ft
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Altitude max3,131 ft
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Altitude start3,131 ft
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Altitude end1,312 ft
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Grade-14.2%
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Grade max-49.4%
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Grade min-0.6%
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Distance down2 miles
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Distance flat233 ft
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Avg time00:26:16
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Avg reverse time00:53:30
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- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Snow Cover Inadequate
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
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- bi-directional trail
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- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
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- 16 rides
- 17 miles avg distance
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- Last: Aug 12, 2022
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26 Reviews & Comments
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For the rating, this is a tech trail, not a flow trail, so the blue rating is appropriate for the area. It's a great piece of trailbuilding to make a true tech trail that's still intermediate, well done Evergreen!


Secondly, I've ridden CCDH a few times now (right after it opened when it was very raw, then a month later, and finally a few days ago), and it was and still is a blue. A more difficult blue, but a blue nonetheless. Part of the problem, in my opinion, is that Upper Poppin Tops is rated black (really should be blue), so people go and ride that and think CCDH will be easier.
Anyone who thinks this is a black hasn't ridden PT and No Service (or some of the "other" trails here), which are both more technical and steeper. This is a great stepping stone for intermediate riders to improve their technical riding, because you can't improve unless you challenge yourself and get out of your comfort zone sometimes.
Like one poster said above, Evergreen is not your mom. If you drop into this trail and find yourself in over your head, bail out at the road or walk it. If you want someone to hold your hand while you mountain bike, you should think about finding a different hobby.


That having been said: this trail is harder for me than OTG on Tiger, Crazy Ivan at Tokul, and *way* harder than Upper Poppin Tops here at Raging. All three of those are black diamonds. They’re not particularly super hard black diamonds, but does it make sense to have a blue trail be rated harder than three nearby blacks?
To solve this, I’d break the trail in two: the upper rooty steep section should be “Upper CCDH”, a black diamond, and the lower half, where it’s not quite so steep, tends to be drier, and more flowy, is “Lower CCDH” and is blue. Then suggest less experienced / more cautious folk take the forest service roads over from Stans to get to the lower. Or add a new downhill linking to it that is truly in line with blues like Joyride (which also isn’t “easy” either, and is pretty rooty / rowdy / twisty).
Just this newb’s $0.02




PS - There are multiple bail-out options including one after the first ~1/4 mile. As always at RR, know where you are going and ride within your limits. Evergreen is a world-class trail building org, not your mom.



As the other commenter said, everything is rollable and the grade is never so steep that you loose traction for more than a couple of feet. Would it be more challenging in wet conditions? I bet it would be but I have not seen a downhill trail that would not.
As a side point, to ride this trail you are committing to a route of at least 13 miles long and 2900 feet of elevation. This by itself will filter out a lot of beginners.
Let's also keep in mind that up-rating a trail has a downside too, many intermediate riders may hold back on riding a black rated trail. I definitely would.




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