Derek and I rode here in the early days of our current Port Angeles stay and liked the area enough to ride again. I like the varied terrain all in one trail system. This is not a heavily visited trail system…at least during the week. In our two visits we did not see anyone else, …
This trail isn’t new to us, we rode this section when we first arrived in Port Angeles but we liked it so much, we rode it again. Singletrack through the forest the whole way kept it cool enough on a hot summer day. We rode this as an out and back again, though we passed …
We rode the first section of the Olympic Adventure Trail a couple weeks ago and I blogged about it here. The other day we rode the next section from the little community of Joyce. Instead of an out and back we did a loop with a gravel road and some pavement. This was a fantastic …
On the warmest day of the year so far, we rode a gravel loop out by Blyn, Washington which is east of Port Angeles. When people think of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington I imagine they don’t get the true grandeur of the landscape. The terrain is VERY hilly and mountainous and our ride reflected …
Since we’re up in Port Angeles all summer we hope to be able to everything there is to do. On Trailforks App we saw the mutli-purpose Foothills Trails system that is close to town and checked them out. The Foothills Trails network is on Department of Natural Resources land and truly multi-purpose so you’ll need …
Deer Park is part of Olympic National Park and the road up is an adventure itself. It’s still closed to cars right now so Derek took the opportunity to ride to the top to check it out. I hiked the lower part. This road is a beast. It’s 8.5 miles up and 3820′ of climbing. …
Madison Creek Falls is located within Olympic National Park near the Elwha River, west of Port Angeles, Washington. A very short hike to a mossy maple and cedar lined grotto and bam, there is the 50 foot Madison Creek Falls. There is almost no hike to get to it and while I wouldn’t drive all the way out here …
On a cool overcast day we drove to Quilicene, Washington to ride the Lower Big Quilicene River Trail. You can do this as an out and back but to see more, we rode it as a loop. This had us climbing up a paved and then gravel road, and coming down the singletrack trail. After …
Dry Hill is a sweet trail network right in Port Angeles, Washington. These are all purpose built on Washington Department of Natural Resources land and VERY well done. With almost 60 miles of trail and more being added each year, it’s paradise. The trails are largely enduro oriented with very steep and technical sections on …
I’ve posted about our rides on the Olympic Discovery Trail before but this is different. This is the Olympic Adventure Trail. It is part of the Discovery Trail only this is all dirt. We started at the small trailhead off 112 just past the Elwha River and rode out and back to just short of …