| IMPORTANT!! Ride cautiously around equestrians, particularly on trails near trailheads and campgrounds. If you encounter a horse back rider on the trail get off of the trail with your bike downhill from the trail if possible and talk loudly and clearly to the rider of the horse to keep the horse's attention until they have passed. See the Trail Etiquette for page for more information on sharing trails |
| Beginner |
| 4.75 mi 10 mi 9 mi 10 mi |
| Green Line #6, Trail #10, Mima Porter #8 Mima Porter #8 Mima Porter #8, Trail #20, Green Line #6 Mima Porter #8 |
| Intermediate |
| 10 mi 3 mi 18 mi 14 mi 16 mi 21 mi 22 mi 19 mi 23mi 20 mi 16 mi 18 mi 18 mi 25 mi 18mi 28mi 18 mi 25 mi 16 mi 25 or 30mi 30-ish 13 mi 14 mi 8 mi 10 mi 14 mi |
| Mima #8, Trail #50, Green Line #6 See description in video link for directions Mima Porter #8 Mount Molly Loop, Mount Molly Porter #3 Mima Porter #8 Mount Molly Porter #3. Rock Candy East, Rock Candy West, Middle Waddell Loop Trail #30, Mount Molly Porter #3 Lost Valley Mima Porter #8, Green Line #6, Trail #30, Mima Porter #3 Mt Molly Loop, Trail #30, Green Line #6, Mima Porter #8 Mt Molly Loop, Trail #30, Green Line #6 Trail #30, Mount Molly Porter #3/Trail #20, Trail #40 Trail #20, Mima Porter #8, Trail #10, Green Line #6A Trail #30, Mount Molly Porter #3, Trail #40 Mima Porter#8, Trail #30, Green Line #6 Trail #30, North Rim #1, Middle Waddell Loop Green Line #6, Mima Porter #8 Green Line #6 all the way home C-Line, C-7000, C-4000, Green Line #6 Mima Porter #8, Green Line #6 C-9000, B-8500, Molly Porter 3, Green Line 6, Mima Porter 8, C-line Mount Molly Porter #3 Trail #30, Mount Molly Loop, Mount Molly Porter #3 Trail #40 North Rim, Waddell Loop Trail #40, Middle Waddell Loop, North Rim |
| Epic |
| 57 mi 63 mi 75 mi 44 mi 54 mi 67 mi 50-ish mi 46 mi 36 mi 40 mi 40-ish or 50-ish 55-ish mi 45 or 67 50 or 100 43 mi 42 mi 46 mi Deep |
| Green Line #6A. Middle Waddell Loop, North Rim, Rock Candy East, Mima Porter #8 Green Line #6, Mount Molly Loop, North Rim, Trail#30, Mount Molly Porter #3, MP8 Mima Porter #8, Mt Molly Loop, North Rim, Middle Waddell Loop Mount Molly Porter #3, North Rim Green Line #6, Mima Porter #8 North Rim, Rock Candy East, North Rim, Middle Waddell Loop, G. Line #6, T. #10, MP8 Green Line #6A, Green Line #6, Mima Porter #8 Green Line #6, Trail #40, Mount Molly Loop, Trail #30, Mount Molly Porter #3 Green Line #6, Trail #30, Mt Molly Porter #3 #6, #20, #8, #30, #6, #30, #3, Mt Molly Loop, #40 #6, #20, #8, + #50, #6, Mt Molly Loop, Jeep Road, Crestline, #30 Middle Waddell, North Rim, Molly Porter 3, Mima Porter 8, #20, #6 Outer Limits: Full circumnavigation via singletrack Mima Porter #8, Green Line #6 Molly Porter 3, Green Line #6, Mima Porter 8 Green Line #6, Mima Porter #8 Rock Candy, North Rim, GL6 Coming down the mountain |
| 8 mi 6 mi 11 mi 7 mi |
| +2000' gain +2000' gain +2000' gain +2000' gain |
| MUSIC BY BUILT TO SPILL |
| Gravel Road Climbs (puke yer guts out) |
| Distances are calculated using computer software - they are close but not exact. These rides require at the least: good equipment, good physical fitness, navigational skills and a DNR map. If you are trying determine what ride will be best for your level of fitness and ability, consider distance and elevation gain as your primary factors in determining what you may be able to accomplish. Capitol Forest is very large and you are responsible for your own safety. Use this guide at your own risk |
| Mountain Biking Ride Guide |
| Photo by Derek Pearson |
| BEGINNING RIDERS: For beginner riders see the beginner category below, or if you want to explore on your own the Mima Falls Trailhead is a great place to start out in Capitol Forest. Margarett McKenny TH is also a good place to launch from. Fall Creek TH is a good place to work into, but it is difficult to explore without gaining elevation, which may or may not be fine for you based on your fitness. Capitol Forest has many other adventurous opportunities as you advance and wish to push your riding and navigation skills. Have fun. Explore more. MORE EXPERIENCED RIDERS: The intermediate and epic rides will have one or more of the following factors: more technical trail conditions, less maintained trail conditions, remoteness, longer distance and or more elevation gain. DEDICATED MTB? Capitol Forest does not currently have much modern mtb specific riding trails - with the exception of Little Larch Mountain Trail compared to more developed, single purpose built mountain bike riding areas. |
| NOTICE: Some of the rides in this ride guide are out of date. Some trail locations have changed. All rides in this ride guide use the old trail names from maps prior to 2013. Please reference the previous version trail map page for referenced trail names. |
| Please also view Trail Forks for more Capitol Forest mtb trail information |
| HORSE ALERT: Encounter a horse and rider on the trail? Get off your bike, off trail. Talk to the horse and rider until they pass. Be polite. |
| HORSE ALERT: Encounter a horse and rider on the trail? Get off your bike, off trail. Talk to the horse and rider until they pass. Be polite. |