2,625 ft

Distance

-545 ft

Descent

00:05:58

Avg time

Supporters, Builders, Maintainers & Land Managers of East Bound And Down Trail

Nick Newhall
Builder

East Bound And Down Details

Activities
- Mountain Bike
Riding Area

Tiger Mountain State Forest
Issaquah, Washington
AKA

EBAD, Eastbound and Down,
Difficulty Rating

Black Diamond rate
Voted Difficulty

Black Diamond (13 votes)
Trail Type

Singletrack
Bike Type

DH, AM
Direction

Downhill Only
Popular direction shown
Climb Difficulty

Black Diamond
Physical Rating

Hard
Season

All year
Dogs Allowed

Yes
eBike Allowed

No
TTFs on Trail

Drop
Ride in Rain

Yes
Global Ranking

#861 in Mountain Biking
Local Popularity

75 in Mountain Biking
Land Owner

Washington State DNR

Eastbound and Down, or EBAD, is the very latest trail in the Tiger Mountain Trail complex. EBAD is a 1 way downhill trail with advanced terrain. There are some unavoidable obstacles and some with optional ride arounds. Give the trail a look before you descend and ride at your own risk.

The trail is narrow and steep owing to using the bike tire predominantly to cut the trail. Several off-camber and loam sections are present making it very different from other trails on the mountain. There's very little over engineering present and it feels like that secret pirate trail you always wish you could find. The double black option on the trail provides a steep root and rock filled chute down to the base of a rock out cropping with the feel of hanging in space. Some of the turns are quite tight and can be ridden with speed provided the correct line is chosen; usually the high line.

If Legend and OTG are old hat for you and you're looking for something more challenging then this trail is up your alley. Gradient is similar to that of Predator.

This New Trail brought to you by the hard work of the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance and trail builder Nick Newhall If you enjoy and ride this trail, please take one minute of your time and send them $35 bucks: https://www.evergreenmtb.org/support-us/become-a-member. Don't wait, just sign up and show your support of new great trails here in Washington!

Props to trail builder Nick Newhall!

Local Trail Association

Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory

Coast Salish

More Stats for East Bound And Down mountain bike trail trail

Altitude change

-545 ft
Altitude min

1,425 ft
Altitude max

1,970 ft
Altitude start

1,970 ft
Altitude end

1,424 ft
Grade

-20.8%
Grade max

-70.3%
Grade min

0.9%
Distance down

2,589 ft
Distance flat

36 ft
Avg time

00:05:58
Avg reverse time

00:06:25
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Status:

on Jan 13, 2023

Dry

Avg: 4.55 (42 votes)

Your vote: 0

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Directions to east-bound-and-down-141466 trailhead (47.476360, -121.917750)

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East Bound And Down Trail Reports

status	date	description
	Jan 13, 2023 @ 6:38pm Jan 13, 2023	Completely clear! Raked top to bottom on 1/13.
	Jan 13, 2023 @ 6:37pm Jan 13, 2023	Raked EBAD top to bottom. Raked NWT Bypass. Finished raking bottom of OTG.
	Jan 7, 2023 @ 5:11pm Jan 7, 2023	Lots of little stuff on trail but overall clear. Had my fastest time ever so can’t be bad.
	Jan 5, 2023 @ 5:26pm Jan 5, 2023	Lots of small greenery on the tread but clear overall.
	Dec 27, 2022 @ 11:15pm Dec 27, 2022	Cleared drains and small branches from trail

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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

Past Week

6 rides
8 miles avg distance

6 Months

412 rides
12 miles avg distance

All

6,001 rides
Last: Jan 30, 2023

Photos

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Sep 12, 2018 @ 6:56pm

Sep 12, 2018

Trail Lists

Tiger OTG LOOP
7 trails

Routes with this trail

title	distance
OTG to Ebad and out	10 miles
2022 CDC: Tiger Mt Enduro - Pro/Exp race	18 miles
Tiger Bail Out and EBAD	12 miles
Scotts Lunch Loop	8 miles

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15 Reviews & Comments

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mrExplodey (Sep 10, 2022 at 19:15)

One of my favorites at tiger, fun techy flow all the way down!!! One of the off-camber corners near the end is pretty dusty and chewed up right now. Went down it today and am gonna avoid till some rain comes in. YMMV

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vitabrevis (Jul 4, 2021 at 12:12)

Fun rip down with some great turns. Really enjoyed finishing off my day with this one!

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brandonsquyres

(Mar 12, 2021 at 11:40)

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photodog

(Feb 16, 2021 at 8:32)

What a great trail! Rode it in the rain and it was still tons of fun though obviously you need to be real careful with those brakes. Everything is rollable though that weird sideways cut log feature is a lot easier if you carry some speed. Plenty of "too steep to stop" spots but there's good sight-lines so you can tell what you're getting into. EBAD is a great intro to advanced tech trails.

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jonvusends (Dec 29, 2020 at 17:37)

@boozelee, looks like I can’t DM you so please contact via Facebook page or via Instagram: @jonvu_

Thanks again!

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boozelee (Dec 29, 2020 at 18:43)

Instagram DM sent!

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jonvusends (Dec 29, 2020 at 17:31)

@boozelee!!! Thanks for finding it and grabbing it! Not sure if we can DM via Trail Forks but would love to get in contact with you.

This is why I love the MTB community ???? Cheers to 2021!

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boozelee (Dec 29, 2020 at 17:04)

Found a Wahoo Bolt on EBAD on 12/29/2020 - Let me know if this belongs to you (and distance of last 2-3 rides to identify original owner) so I can get it back to you. Also taking suggestions for spreading the word to get the computer back to the original owner. Happy New Year!

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Cronarkom

(Dec 29, 2020 at 17:20)

Not mine, but the owner posted on Tiger Ollalie FB page.earlier. Thanks for finding this and saving me the looking while I'm out working on the trail.

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jakemannix

(Oct 3, 2020 at 18:22)

So much fun. I am *way* underqualified to handle this (mostly a "blue square" kinda guy at this point in my learning curve), and had to work the breaks pretty often to keep from blasting past my controllable speed (read: it's often pretty steep!), but even so, there was only really one descent I couldn't roll through (rooty dirt slide wall, about 4-6' long/high).

Totally worth it. Amazingly fun trail.

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ajhall24

(Aug 29, 2020 at 12:22)

Double black in my opinion. Way more technical and sketchy than OTG. Some sharp almost blind turns with loose dirt over rock along with some very large roots along the trail.

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Nwilkes (Jun 16, 2020 at 22:45)

Awesome. Steep, janky, raw.

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RufinoRamos (May 24, 2020 at 8:28)

I rode that trail it was wet sloppy and fun .

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gafoto (Oct 27, 2019 at 18:35)

Has some extremely steep bits. Can’t stop if you want to steep. The actual features are almost all rollable or relatively small. Spicy with some moisture too. This felt like it was all about bike control and being bold in steep terrain.

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XU12XU

(Oct 14, 2018 at 8:18)

Amazing new trail, you’ll be giggling the whole way down. Definitely sits against the grain of most contemporary trail building and its oh so refreshing.

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