Biking

Maps for hiking, biking, and snowmobiling are available at Midway Village, Plain Hardware and Just Plain Grocery. Or else contact the Ranger District.

Wenatchee River Ranger District
22976 Lake Wenatchee Hwy.
Leavenworth, WA 98826
Phone: 509.763.3103
Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/wenatchee/recreate/reports.html#anchor247032

Chikamin Creek
This advanced-level, 16.4-mile loop can be done as all singletrack, with 6.1 miles of rolling climbing on the Minnow Ridge Trail. Be sure to climb the extra 880′ on the Chikamin Tie Trial to Forest Service Road 6210, so you can enjoy the same sweet 2.0-mile descent as you get by climbing the road. The 7.7-mile gravel-road climb alternates between middle-ring and low-ring efforts. Upon reaching the trail, you’re immediately rewarded with a fast, fun 2.0-mile descent on the Chikamin Tie Trail. Scenery: Distant views on the road climb and latter stretches of trail; overviews of Chikamin Creek and its lush surroundings.

Lower Chiwawa Trail
#1548 is a sometimes steep, sometimes dusty, always fun 8.1-mile (each way) roller-coaster singletrack. The off-road vehicle trail will challenge the intermediate rider and provide an adventure. The trail parallels paved Forest service Road 62, and then gravel FS 6210, and contains numerous bail-out points along the way if the trail provides too much of the challenge. (The same quality would make this a superb night ride.) If this is the case, merely hop onto the road and ride back. The trip is routed as a trail/road loop, but you can ride it as all trail, or do any number of combinations of out-and-back and road return utilizing FS 62. Scenery: Second-growth woods.

Mad Lake
A crystal-clear emerald lake, panoramic views of the Entiat Mountains, massive rock gardens, a mountain meadow filled with wildflowers, and Velodrome-smooth singletrack make the Mad Lake Trail an off-road cyclist’s dream. This route is not for average mountain bikers; however, due to its large amount of climbing and the toll it exacts on a rider’s mind. The route climbs and then descends . . . then climbs and descends . . . then climbs and descends three more times for a total of roughly 3,500 feet. Even worse, the climbs include steep, sharp switchbacks and desert-dry, dusty, deep silt. Trail surface: Singletrack