Devils Gulch Trail No. 1220
Photos by Gene`s BMX August 31, 2002
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***** A FUN! Long BMX Ride *****
For a BMXer the best spot to start off to Ride Devils Gulch,
would be at the Mission Ridge Lodge Parking lot.
You start off about 1/2 of a mile of uphill to the pipeline trail.
Then go Northwest for about 3 miles on the pipeline trail.
Pipeline trail is mostley a flat trail to ride on.
"once you battle the 1/2 mile of uphill at the start".
Pipeline trail will end at the trail head of Devils Gulch trail,
on the Liberty Beehive Road, " just go across the road "
Devils Gulch trail this way is allmost all down hill for 12 miles.
Lots of nice small dirt and rock jumps along with a hand full of
mud holes and creek crossings.Once you battle all the 12 miles of
down hill and some flat parts of the trail, you end up at
Mission Creek Trail head of the Gulch. " The Bottom "
From ther you can have a car parked and drive back home or,
you can ride Mission Creek Road down in to Cashmere.
The dirt gravle road gos downhill for about 2 1/2 miles
till you get to the paved road. On the paved road its 6 miles in
to Cashmere, of some small hills weevy paved road."allmost all down hill"
Mission Creek Road ends at with you facing a School house building in Cashmere,
This trip of the Devils Gulch ends you at a 24 mile ride.
The best time of the day to start off is about 8am
Make a day group ride of it, Pack a lunch, Have FUN and be Safe!
Happy Riding! Geneb, Gene`s BMX
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Access Begin from the trail head off Mission Creek Road No. 7100
or from the one above Beehive Reservoir on Liberty Beehive Road 9712.
Hikers generally begin at the Mission Creek trail head and hike up;
BMX & Mountain Bikers like to be dropped off above Beehive
and travel the route down to Mission Creek.
Locator map Length 12.3 miles one way.
Several adjacent trails offer longer hiking or riding opportunities:
10-mile Mission Ridge No.1201
three-mile Red Hill Spur No.1223.1
eight-mile Red Hill No.1223
three-mile Devils-Mission Tie No.1204
Allowed BMX & Mountain Biking, Hiking, Trail bike riding, Horseback riding.
Bikers and Hikers may encounter each other on blind corners.
BMX & Mountain bikes are fairly quiet and gain speed coming downhill.
Not allowed Three- or four-wheeled ATVs.
Elevation gain
Devils Gulch has a moderate grade, however,
adjacent trails offer access to steeper terrain
and provide more challenging trail bike and bmx & mountain bike riding.
What you will see From Mission Creek,
beautiful sandstone spires and rock outcroppings,
all part of the Swauk sandstone formation.
Lower portion wanders for quite a distance through a riparian area
filled with large cottonwoods and poplars.
Streamside segment offers great places for bird watching among the hardwoods.
Look for occasional beaver activity, along with signs of bears and coyotes.
Ascending toward Mission Ridge,
travelers step out of the riparian area and into an open
ponderosa pine forest of large trees with a parklike feel.
Up toward Liberty Beehive Road awaits a denser north-side forest moister, cooler, shaded.
Breaking into the open at the Liberty Beehive trail head,
visitors are rewarded by a nice view of Mount Stuart and Glacier Peak.
Information
Leavenworth Ranger District
600 Sherbourne, Leavenworth, 98826
(509) 548-6977.Or visit ther web site at
Wenatchee National Forest
*Other info found online
http://www.leavenworth.org/trails/biking/devilsgulch.html
( Devils Gulch Bike by www.leavenworth.org )
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PIPELINE TRAIL
Clip by: http://www.bikewenatchee.com/routes/mb_pipeline.htm
Take the Beehive Reservoir road pas the reservoir to the large Devil's Gulch
Trail parking area on the right; across the road is a wide single-track trail.
Although this trail is most often used as a connector for loops with other trails
(such as Devil's Gulch, Devil's Spur, Lake Clara, or the Mission Ridge Trail),
the Pipeline can be a suitable training route for someone new to single-track riding
because the feeling of exposure is fairly minimal and it's fairly flat.
It's an out-and-back; when you get to Chair One at Mission Ridge,
just turn around and head back. Total elevation gain: virtually non.
Length: about six miles round trip.
(You can make it a slightly tougher ride by doing to from the other direction,
starting the the Mission Ridge parking lot, going up the service road, then out and back.)
** Other clips in that area are: **
http://www.bikewenatchee.com/routes/mb_devils_spur.htm
( DEVILS SPUR )
On the drive up to Mission Ridge,
par in the small parking area alongside the last hairpin switchback on the left,
where there's a big rock outcropping and view spot on the right.
The trailhead is there, and it;s a gradual climb to Devil's Gulch Trail.
Most people go to Devil's Gulch Trail,
hang a left across the parking lot to the Pipeline Trail,
following that to the Mission Ridge Service Road next to Chair One,
then following that back down. Total elevation grain: about 400 feet.
length: an eight-mile loop.
 Photo by Gene`s BMX August,1995 A group of BMXers and Bikers Hits the 12 mile trail of Devils Gulch In Wenatchee,Wa. |
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