Arrive - Meet by 9:15 am in Randle, WA at at the Junction of the 23 Road and Sunrise Road 2324 to load up bikes and depart by 9:30 am. We will go over the plan for the day on the way to the trails and get ready to ride when we arrive.

We’ll start our day from our meeting location and drive 20 Minutes to our first shuttle drop to East Canyon Trail, close to Takhlakh Lake. From here, we’ll make our way west up East Canyon, that includes a nice little bike/hike a bike to get to our high point. From the high point and on a clear day, you have the Best place to view Mt Adams, staring you down and offering a great look at this amazing volcano. From here, we have a sporty decent, created by motos and perfectly bermed for modern mountain bikes. We descend our way to the 2328 road and what is essentially a road to trail conversion until we hit the top of our last descent before lunch on Squaw Creek. Squaw is a sweet piece of trail that links up with our lunch van and a scrappy connector that offers some nice fall line descending through the Squaw Creek Drainage and a great way to end Part 1 of the day.

We’ll link up with the van, have the chance to dunk in the river and grab some food and beverage. From here, we’ll make our way to the Sunrise Road for a massive shuttle to the Upper Sunrise Parking Lot. We’ll exit the vehicle and immediately start a short but stout hike a bike to reach the ridgeline on Juniper ridge. We’ll head south towards Jumbo peak. Between Sunrise Mountain and Jumbo peak is mostly rideable, with short sections of hike a bike to get us to our high point and the start of our final descent on Dark Meadow.

After we catch our breath and our last view point of Mt Adams, Rainier and Hood, we’ll hop on our bikes for a massive descent down South Juniper Ridge and right into the Dark Meadow Trail all the way to the valley floor. A little river ford, and before you know it, beer will be in hand and stories will be told.

After an epic day of riding in the shadows of the neighboring volcanoes, we’ll load up the van and head back to the various shuttle pick-ups. Make sure you have enough phone battery (or bring a charging brick) so you can share your pics from the day with your new riding buddies.