3 miles
Distance
2,444 ft
Climb
-202 ft
Descent
01:23:57
Avg time
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Merritt Lake Details

  • Riding area
    Nason Ridge
    Leavenworth, Washington
  • Difficulty rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail type
    Singletrack
  • Bike type
    AM, XC
  • Trail Usage
    Multi-use
  • Direction
    Uphill Primary
  • Climb Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond
  • Physical rating
    Hard
  • Season
    Jun - Oct
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #37394
  • Land Manager
    USFS

A rooty, rocky, techy climb to Merritt Lake, where the Nason Ridge trail continues along the ridge, ultimately dropping to near Lake Wenatchee. Generally ridden as a climb to access Nason Ridge. Expect to walk some to all of this trail depending on fitness and skill levels.

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More Stats for Merritt Lake mountain bike trail
  • Altitude change
    2,241 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,046 ft
  • Altitude max
    5,287 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,046 ft
  • Altitude end
    5,287 ft
  • Grade
    15.614%
  • Grade max
    -31.998%
  • Grade min
    95.047%
  • Distance climb
    2 miles
  • Distance down
    1,841 ft
  • Distance flat
    387 ft
  • Avg time
    01:23:57
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Status:
on Apr 14, 2018
Avg: 3 (2 votes)

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Trail Style
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Trail Conditions
  • Unknown
  • Snow Packed
  • Snow Covered
  • Freeze/thaw Cycle
  • Icy
  • Prevalent Mud
  • Wet
  • Variable
  • Dry
  • Very Dry
Directions to merritt-lake trailhead (47.790995, -120.884929)
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Merritt Lake Trail Reports

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Apr 14, 2018 @ 10:00pm
Apr 14, 2018
Apr 8, 2018 @ 9:58pm
Apr 8, 2018
 reporter Trail is highly saturated and is closed until the rain stops and the trail dries more. Don't be that guy that ruins the trail for everyone.
Jul 17, 2017 @ 6:11pm
Jul 17, 2017
 Steep dusty switchbacks all the way up to the lake, mostly forested cover, lots of bugs (mosquitos), 99.9% push-a-bike, one large down tree to...
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Jul 18, 2017 @ 9:38pm
Jul 18, 2017
Merritt Lake, My City

Routes with this trail

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Nason Ridge - Alpine Tour
22 miles
Nason Ridge via Merritt Lake
15 miles

2 Reviews & Comments

  • + 0
flag GarrettTimm (Jul 17, 2017 at 17:58)
 This is a slow going, tight spaced push-a-bike to Merrit Lake. Rode it two days ago, 7/17/17, and there were numerous down trees, bushes growing into trail, lots of flowers, and endless ankle-biter boulders to navigate. It took roughly and 1.5hr to push up. Lots of bugs, long sleeves and bug spray advised.
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flag NavinM (Aug 16, 2017 at 19:59)
 Beautiful but not a single track. I pretty much carried my bike for 3 miles. Coming down wasn't that much faster. I would not recommend this in wet season. Double Diamond rating is a misnomer; It's not difficult, just laborious.
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