Palisades * Mountain Bike Trail
Typical Season: Summer and Fall
Location : Approximately 20 minutes south of Greenwater,WA on highway 410.
Data: Download map for Palisades
Short Description of trails: Begin with a long tedious road climb up to Corral Pass on FSR 7174. From Corral Pass go north on your mountain bike and enter the Noble Knob trail 1184. Pass the Deep Creek trail (which is also a fantastic ride) and stay on the main trail. Continue cycling in and out of the trees near the ridge. Sometimes there can be great views of Mount Rainier if weather permits. Poke around the east side of the ridge for a short distance and then turn left onto trail 1173. Enter more dense woods and descend to an intersection where the Ranger Creek Cabin site is located. Make a right towards Little Ranger Peak. Keep riding and you will begin descending sometimes near the edge of the cliff bands. The nature of the ride stays like this for some time. Then it enters the forest again, crosses an old clear cut and then re-enters forest again. The trail takes you down to a choked drainage with small waterfalls to your left and very tight switchbacks. Most people walk their bikes here. There will be a staircase where you will need to carry your bike down. At the intersection turn left and ride above highway 410 past Ranger and Deep Creeks back to the start point.
All information here is subject to inaccuracies. Use at your own discretion.
