Mountain Bike America: Washington, 2nd: An Atlas of Washington State’s Greatest Off-Road Bicycle Rides (Mountain Bike America Guides)
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Mountain Bike America: Washington, 2nd: An Atlas of Washington State’s Greatest Off-Road Bicycle Rides (Mountain Bike America Guides) Featuring more than 60 of Washington’s greatest mountain bike rides, this one-of-a-kind guide takes you from the lush rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula to the rugged, glacier-capped mountains of the northern Cascades; from the moonscaped ridges of Mount St. Helens east over tulip fields and seas of wheat to the Selkirk and Blue Mountains. Mountain Bike America: Washington is a unique look into our northwesternmost state, capturing its history, culture and incomparable beauty.
This guide contains comprehensive trail descriptions, from beginner to advanced, GPS-quality, digitally designed relief maps detailing each ride and accurate route profiles showing the ups and downs of each ride. Detailed directions get you to the ride without getting you lost. There are mile-by-mile directional cues, difficulty ratings, elevation gain, trail contacts, local information and much more.
Customer Review: Great Guide–Only One Flaw!
Very detailed comments on each ride. The authors have included relevant information on surrounding communities (ie laundry facilities, camping, dining, etc). Great maps!
The only thing wrong with this book is a somewhat confused idea of what is East or West of the Cascades. I looked under the “East” section and was astonished at how few rides there were. It took me a while to realize that most of the good “East” rides are actually in the “West” sections. Somewhat distracting.
Highly recommended!
Customer Review: Good alternative to Zilly
Ignore the CD - if you want it you can buy it anywhere (e.g. REI), or buy proper paper maps!
However the rides are described really well - the profile matches the simple route maps really well and demonstrates just how many NW rides are HILLY.
The step descriptions on the routes are good, and the distances accurate (so far!).
Things to watch out for: 1) Tiger is the closest ride to Seattle in the book, a couple of more ‘after workers’ would be good. 2) The directions to some of the rides are not too good, although this is mostly due to lack of road numbering etc in Forestry and out of the way areas.
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