1.1 miles
Distance
9 ft
Climb
-514 ft
Descent
00:05:36
Avg time

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  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
  • Riding Area
    North Slope Trails
    Olympia, Washington
  • AKA
    LTD, Living The Dream
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Voted Difficulty
    Blue (2 votes)
  • Trail Type
    Mixed
  • Bike Type
    DH, AM, XC, Fat
  • Direction
    Downhill Only
    Popular direction shown
  • Family Friendly
    Yes
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • TTFs on Trail
    Berm, Drop, Jump, Gap Jump, Rock Garden
  • Global Ranking
    #17345 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #20238 in E-Biking
  • Local Popularity
    100 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 100 in E-Biking
  • Land Owner
    WA State DNR

Living the Dream is a purpose-built, one-way mountain bike trail with a "spicy blue" rating, depending on how you ride it. It is one of the newer additions to the Northslope Trails and includes mild to moderate tech via roots and rock gardens, as well as some flow sections with rollers that can be doubled, some small (rollable) drops and some optional gap jumps. It starts in off of the shuttle road just downhill from the Scoby parking area and exits to the shuttle road just downhill of Stormy/Bowfinger. Combine Living the Dream with Stormy/Bowfinger to exit at the lower parking area. Or, to stick with a blue rating, continue down the road and jump in on lower Scoby Trail to the parking lot.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Livin' The Dream (Upper) mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -506 ft
  • Altitude min
    943 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,448 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,448 ft
  • Altitude end
    942 ft
  • Grade
    -8.9%
  • Grade max
    -36.8%
  • Grade min
    6.4%
  • Distance climb
    446 ft
  • Distance down
    4,852 ft
  • Distance flat
    387 ft
  • Avg time
    00:05:36
  • Avg reverse time
    00:25:05
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on May 6, 2025
Ideal
Avg: 4.42 (13 votes)
Your vote: 0

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      Livin' The Dream... Trail Reports

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      May 6, 2025 @ 11:41pm
      May 6, 2025
      		 Literal perfection
      Jan 5, 2025 @ 2:02pm
      Jan 5, 2025
      		 Great condition for January! Riding very well with just a few puddles
      Nov 9, 2024 @ 3:52pm
      Nov 9, 2024
      		 First time on Living the Dream, I found it quite enjoyable, and I think I would enjoy it a lot more when it is dry. There was some great flow and...
      Sep 7, 2024 @ 6:45pm
      Sep 7, 2024
      		 Dirt is great right now. Running fast!
      Jun 24, 2024 @ 4:52am
      Jun 24, 2024
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 4 rides
      • 12 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 82 rides
      • 17 miles avg distance
      All
      • 415 rides
      • Last: Jun 14, 2025

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      Apr 13, 2024 @ 11:44am
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      Sep 28, 2023 @ 11:06am
      Sep 28, 2023
      155 |
      Apr 30, 2021 @ 2:13pm
      Apr 30, 2021
      120 |
      Apr 18, 2021 @ 2:37pm
      Apr 18, 2021

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