Mtn & Gravel Biking Archives - Trip Reports by Jim Brisbine

Amabilis Mtn Bike Loop via Amabilis Beacon + Amabilis Peak (Keechelus Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 21, 2026

Originally Posted: September 2026 Amabilis Mountain Bike Loop: North Ridge to South Ridge Amabilis “Y”Amabilis ViewpointAmabilis Mountain: south...

Central WA Cascades Keechelus Mountains Mtn & Gravel Biking Traverses & Loops (Bike)Amabilis Mtn

Marckworth Forest Bike Rides: Stickerbush Loop + Cherrybush Loop + Cedarbush Loop (Taylor-Tolt Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·December 2, 2025

Originally Posted: December 2025Updated: April 2026 Stickerbush Bike LoopCherrybush Bike LoopCedarbush Bike LoopTriplebush Bike Spiral Marckworth State ForestStossel...

Central WA Cascades Mtn & Gravel Biking Taylor-Tolt Mountains Traverses & Loops (Bike)

Pyramid Creek Bike Loop + Pyramid Peak Lookout + Colquhoun Peak Lookout (Greenwater Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 6, 2025

Originally Posted: September 6, 2025 Pyramid Creek Bike Loop & Lookout Hikes Greenwater River ValleyPacific Crest TrailWindy GapWhistler...

Greenwater Mountains Lookout Sites Mtn & Gravel Biking Southern WA Cascades Traverses & Loops (Bike)Colquhoun Peak Pyramid Peak (Greenwater)

Iron Horse Bike Traverse: North Bend to Easton via Palouse-to-Cascades Trail (Central Cascades, WA)

Jim Brisbine·May 31, 2025

Trip Date: May 31, 2025Updated: September 2026 Iron Horse Bike Traverse: Cedar Falls Trailhead to Easton Trailhead Change...

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White Rim Bike Traverse: Mineral Bottom to Shafer Canyon (Canyonlands National Park, UT)

Jim Brisbine·October 16, 2024

Trip Date: October 13-16, 2024 White Rim Bike Traverse: Mineral Bottom Parking Lot to South Fork Shafer Canyon...

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Bob’s Outback Figure-8 Bike Loop + Mallory’s Outback Hill (Lower Methow Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·October 7, 2024

Originally Posted: October 7, 2024 Bob’s Outback Figure-8 Bike Loop Zoom TrailheadNorth JunctionQuickstep CrossingGrand JunctionLuke Family ViewpointThe Shoe...

Favorite Trips Lower Methow Mountains Mtn & Gravel Biking North-Central WA Cascades Traverses & Loops (Bike)

Hiawatha Bike Traverse: East Portal to Pearson via Milwaukee Road Rail-Trail (Bitterroot Mountains, MT+ID)

Jim Brisbine·July 25, 2024

Trip Date: July 25, 2024 2024 IDAHO & WYOMING ADVENTURE VACATION Hiawatha Bike Traverse: East Portal Trailhead to...

Favorite Trips Idaho Montana Mtn & Gravel Biking Traverses & Loops (Bike)

An old fire lookout cabin sits on the summit of Sun Top in the Clearwater Mountains

Sun Top Bike Loop: Huckleberry Creek to Buck Creek + Sun Top Lookout (Clearwater Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·October 21, 2021

Trip Date: October 21, 2021 Sun Top Bike Loop: Huckleberry Creek to Buck Creek Huckleberry Valley OverlookSun Top...

Clearwater Mountains Lookout Sites Mtn & Gravel Biking Southern WA Cascades Traverses & Loops (Bike)Sun Top

Other Mountain Activities in 2019

Jim Brisbine·December 31, 2019

Trip Dates: January 2019 – December 2019 APR: Mount Tahoma Huts Ski Loop (Nisqually Mountains, WA) OCT: Outback...

Mtn & Gravel Biking Ski/Snowshoe

Group of mountain bikers with their bikes getting ready to descend the East Mission Gulch

East Mission Gulch Bike Descent: Beehive Junction to Mission Creek Fork (Lower Wenatchee Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·October 26, 2019

Trip Report: October 26, 2019 East Mission Gulch Bike Descent: Beehive Junction to Mission Creek Fork Beehive RidgeEast Mission...

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Sunny Switchback with fall grasses and evergreen trees during East Devil Bike Loop on Devils Gulch Trail in the Lower Wenatchee Mountains

East Devil Bike Loop: East Mission Gulch to Devils Gulch (Lower Wenatchee Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·October 24, 2019

Trip Date: October 24, 2019 East Devil Bike Loop: East Mission Gulch to Beehive Junction to Devil’s Gulch...

Central WA Cascades Favorite Trips Lower Wenatchee Mountains Mtn & Gravel Biking Traverses & Loops (Bike)

Mountain bike handle bars face fall grasses along the Red Devil Ridge trail in the Lower Wenatchee Mountains

Red Devil Bike Loop: Sand Creek to Mission Creek (Lower Wenatchee Mountains, WA)

Jim Brisbine·September 24, 2019

Trip Date: September 24, 2019 Red Devil Bike Loop: Sand Creek to Mission Creek to Sand Creek Sand...

Central WA Cascades Lower Wenatchee Mountains Mtn & Gravel Biking Traverses & Loops (Bike)

Mtn & Gravel Biking

Amabilis Mtn Bike Loop via Amabilis Beacon + Amabilis Peak (Keechelus Mountains, WA)

Marckworth Forest Bike Rides: Stickerbush Loop + Cherrybush Loop + Cedarbush Loop (Taylor-Tolt Mountains, WA)

Pyramid Creek Bike Loop + Pyramid Peak Lookout + Colquhoun Peak Lookout (Greenwater Mountains, WA)

Iron Horse Bike Traverse: North Bend to Easton via Palouse-to-Cascades Trail (Central Cascades, WA)

White Rim Bike Traverse: Mineral Bottom to Shafer Canyon (Canyonlands National Park, UT)

Bob’s Outback Figure-8 Bike Loop + Mallory’s Outback Hill (Lower Methow Mountains, WA)

Hiawatha Bike Traverse: East Portal to Pearson via Milwaukee Road Rail-Trail (Bitterroot Mountains, MT+ID)

Sun Top Bike Loop: Huckleberry Creek to Buck Creek + Sun Top Lookout (Clearwater Mountains, WA)

Other Mountain Activities in 2019

East Mission Gulch Bike Descent: Beehive Junction to Mission Creek Fork (Lower Wenatchee Mountains, WA)

East Devil Bike Loop: East Mission Gulch to Devils Gulch (Lower Wenatchee Mountains, WA)

Red Devil Bike Loop: Sand Creek to Mission Creek (Lower Wenatchee Mountains, WA)

Hoodoo Pass Loop via Horsehead Pass—Libby-Crater Saddle + Mt Bigelow + Crater Peak (Sawtooth Mountains, WA)

Amabilis Mtn Bike Loop via Amabilis Beacon + Amabilis Peak (Keechelus Mountains, WA)

Three Fingers Mtn: South Peak / Lookout Via Meadow Mtn—Goat Flats—Tin Can Gap—Southwest Side (West Sauk Mountains, WA)

Defiance Trail Traverse: Thompson Pass to Hemlock Pass via Mason Pass—Pratt Pass + Mt Defiance (Lower Snoqualmie Range, WA)

LaCrosse Pass Loop via Enchanted Valley—O’Neil Pass—Duckabush River—Dosewallips River—Anderson Pass (Olympic Mountains, WA)

Granite Mtn via Hyas Lake—Tuck Lake—Robin Lakes—Northwest Ridge (Upper Icicle Mountains, WA)

Glacier Basin Climbing Reconn: Monte Cristo Peak attempt + Cadet Peak attempt (Monte Cristo Mountains, WA)

Alta Via 4 Trekking Traverse: San Candido / Innichen to Cadore Valley + Torre di Toblin + Monte Paterno (Dolomite Alps, Italy)

Cima Cadin NE Attempt + Partial Merlone Via Ferrata / Klettersteig Climb (Dolomite Alps, Italy)

Monte Paterno Via Ferrata / Paternkofel Klettersteig + Camoscio–Laghi–Cengia–Lavaredo Loop (Dolomite Alps, Italy)

Torre di Toblin Via Ferrata / Toblinger Knoten Klettersteig + Sasso di Sesto / Sextner Stein (Dolomite Alps, Italy)

Argonaut Peak via South Gully—Chockstone Dihedral—Upper East Ridge + Ingalls Creek Trail Loop (Icicle Mountains, WA)