Trail Description:
Trail begins with a long steep climb on a logging road. (But you can shuttle up). When you reach the top, the decent consists of log runs, nine foot drops, elevated sections, rock drop offs, whoops, rolling drop-ins, doubles, step downs, teeter-totters, and huge burms. This ride is like a roller coaster, a roller coaster ride from hell!!!!!
The ride is for advanced riders only and the trail is marked with black diamonds. If you cannot handle the really advanced stuff, you can follow the little yellow dots down the hill. If you have to follow every yellow dot on the trail.... go ride somewhere else!
How to get there:
From "Cle Elum Bike and Hike", 407 East 1st Street, Cle Elum WA. Travel west and take a right on Bullitt St., go left on 2nd St. Go aprox, 2 miles west and take a right on Shaft St. (across from High School). Take very next right, travel up to the top of the hill (always travel up hill), Take a left at the top of the hill (at a T in the road). A half a mile up you will run into a yellow gate - Travel up (it seems like forever). The road will Y, so stay right. Take a big breath because this is your last climb, we call it "The Wall". At the top of this climb the road will T, take a left and keep going up. You will pass a trail on the right, then go another 1/8 of a mile until you see red ribbons on a stump. Walk through a select cut (almost a clear cut) area following red ribbons to the highest point on the right. You have found the beginning of the trail. Good luck and don't kill yourself!
Additional Notes:
Wear a Helmet!
| Posted by: BP on 8/29/2011 |
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Just wanted to post a little more recent update than '08. My bud showed me this trail a few weeks ago and it is in great shape! I am an intermediate rider and had no issues getting down, although i skipped the big stuff. We missed the upper part of the trail but the lower part was super fun. There is some sick stuff for better riders too
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| Posted by: spesh on 1/19/2009 |
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so as of the summer of 2008 this trail is still great. The trail has been remade sort of. It now has much more stable elevated section. i think close to 150ft of total elevated section. You have to park at the cle elum high school cross the street. i think there are good direction on here. what is described on this site is lower ratpak there also is a upper ratpak but it was logged i think i found it once but im not sure. The maker just finished and is taking a break for riding and making a dirt jumping course in downtown cle elum. anyway great trail
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| Posted by: Tristyn on 4/22/2008 |
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So this place sounds great. I ride a lot exit 38 and 25 stuff. Does anyone have any update on the trail conditions and what the future hold for it?
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| Posted by: Cedar on 11/7/2007 |
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ROCK ON KIDDMAN!!!!
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| Posted by: kiddman on 10/17/2007 |
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We just added another mile and a half, of premmo trail, drops, elevated, verts, Rebuilt all sections and all down hill so now you must start in cle elum on the coal miners trail, and ends in cle elum on 7 hill. Next year will finishs the top section We are working with land owners to presearve rat pac want to help call cle elum bike & board 509-674-4567 mike
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| Posted by: Rusty on 8/28/2007 |
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i used to be a local and helped build this trail from the beginning with Mike and the woodwards. its too bad it got destroyed. i have been riding a lot up in idaho, utah, and wyoming, and california. some of the best riding was in washington. do whatever you can to preserve it. the trail was one of the best i had ever ridden.
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| Posted by: Flowers on 7/8/2007 |
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Rat Pac is still there, but changing again.... the trail building group is supposed to start rebuilding soon. I just make the food (cookies, soup, sandwiches)for everyone who helps! Watch out for bee's nests and landowners... :-)
Karen
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| Posted by: Cedar on 1/29/2007 |
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The discrition is not that accruat(to some extent) the trail is fun ethier way im a local and i'v riden it a million times i just started to ride black dimond they have some easy 2 foot drops and i have a hard tail and is still fun and people i know rode there bmx on it.
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| Posted by: Skimanted on 6/26/2006 |
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This trail rocks as is but could be much better. I will be going up and making some improvements myself to the trail and i encourage others to do the same. Lets make this ride fun again!!
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| Posted by: FatalExposure on 5/28/2006 |
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The trail description needs to be rewritten. Although this is a downhill oriented trail all the stunts can be ridden around and the line taken as a bomber DH is stellar. The stunts are rickety and need to be rebuilt, which I understand is the plan. Don't let the ride description of doom and woe scare you off, just come and check it out. Enjoy.
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