Rat Pac Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaCle Elum
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Difficulty Rating
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Voted DifficultyBlue (1 vote)
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Trail TypeSingletrack
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Bike TypeAM
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DirectionDownhill PrimaryPopular direction shown
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Climb DifficultyBlack Diamond
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Physical RatingHard
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SeasonAll year
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike Allowed
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TTFs on TrailDrop, Jump
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Ride in RainYes
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Global Ranking
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Local Popularity100 in Mountain Biking [+]
- 5 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking
Trail has been heavily impacted by logging. Open on weekends, with some logging activity still occurring during the week. Repairs will likely begin in spring of 2022.
Rat Pac Trail is a 4-mile downhill fast, swoopy trail with exciting gravity drops, jumps, a gravity bowl, various skinnies, ladders, and a few pucker-inducing features, including the infamous Rock - an elevated ladder-to-boulder with severe consequence. The trail has hard and easy lines and is well marked, there are structure options for more advanced riders. The trail is accessed from Roslyn/Cle Elum using a logging road climb (or longer options with mostly singletrack) leading to great views from slickrock on the top of Roslyn Ridge into the Teanaway valley.
This trail is only 90 minutes from Seattle and local lodging is cheap. It's worth spending a weekend in Cle Elum or Roslyn to ride this trail.
Access Info
Please be considerate of the private land owners on Summit View Rd if parking at Coal Trax. Do not park or ride on the pavement, except to get to the signed climbing route. It is a private road and we need to keep folks off the road and shoulders. Please park at Flagpole Park or the end of Coal Mines Trail and ride up the hill if the lot is full at Coal Trax. Do not park on or along the paved road, the residents are starting to get upset about the road getting blocked by cars, and damaged from parking on the shoulder. Several people are working on a solution to expand the parking.
Flagpole Park Parking: From eastbound I-90 take exit 84 and follow the exit road directly down the hill into Cle Elum coming to the Cle Elum flagpole park which will see on your left, at the first light. You may park there in the parking lot on either side of the grass picnic area. Pedal to the north end of the park and you will see 2nd street. Pedal across Second Street to enter the Coal Miners Trail which is slightly northwest of park after you cross 2nd street. Follow along up the Coal Miners Interpretive trail until you come to the first working road (also known as Alliance or Shaft Street, not #5 Mine Rd) which crosses the trail and turn north (or take a right) and you are on your way to rat pac trail.
From eastbound I-90, take the Roslyn exit and head toward Roslyn on Bullfrog Road where you will come to two roundabouts. Take the second roundabout which will direct you toward Cle Elum. You will come to Alliance Road on your left just before you enter Cle Elum (and across from the high school, take a left there. You will come to the first yellow gate - mentioned in the new directions posted below and you may park there and begin your ride.
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Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Rat Pac mountain bike trail trail
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Altitude change-1,372 ft
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Altitude min2,053 ft
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Altitude max3,425 ft
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Altitude start3,425 ft
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Altitude end2,054 ft
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Grade-7.3%
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Grade max-35.7%
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Grade min31.2%
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Distance climb1,152 ft
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Distance down3 miles
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Distance flat407 ft
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Avg time00:30:51
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Avg reverse time00:38:45
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- Snow Cover Inadequate
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
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- Variable
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- bi-directional trail
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- < 2 days
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- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
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Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 7 rides
- 17 miles avg distance
6 Months
- 235 rides
- 15 miles avg distance
All
- 1,839 rides
- Last: Aug 7, 2022
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20 Reviews & Comments
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Logging appears to be finished or maybe just paused for summer.
Lower section is in bad need of a pruning. Bring a hand saw or loppers.

The whole descent is a blast. Natural flow and narrow singletrack all the way down.
It’s easy to miss the sharp left going uphill halfway d
down. After a short steep climb you’ll reach a four way intersection and want to take a sharp right. The rest of the trail is easy to navigate.

Dip Tip: Head to Speelyi, drive down the beach and back in tight to the waters edge. If ya get stuck the tank will tow you out

The trail definitely needs some TLC to repair some of the broken obstacles, and protruding roots, but for a beginner rider like me it wasn't a hassle.
I will say that this trail requires some good brakes, as the difficulty is absolutely affected by how fast you let yourself go.
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