Celebrate the New Year 2025 in a Grand Ridge Bash ride! There will be two groups to choose from: Bobbie Howard will lead the faster group riding the entire loop of about 13 miles. Diana Miller will lead the slower group which will turn around once the faster group meets up on their way down. The 13 mile loop route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49478867 There will be an optional after social at one of the restaurants nearby if open.

The ride will start from the Klahanie Shopping Center at the QFC parking lot. We will connect to the flat paved Klahanie Community Trail and ride for about 1 mile and then cross the road into the Duthie Hill Park Southwest parking lot onto the flat Connector Trail to the Grand Ridge trailhead. The first half of Grand Ridge is mostly uphill single track and the second half has some some flowy sections and a fast twisty semi technical downhill.

Directions:

QFC, 4570 Klahanie Dr. SE, Sammamish, WA 98029 . Meet in the parking lot which is the Klahanie Shopping Center.

Restroom: there are restrooms at start.
Ride leaders contact info: Bobbie Howard: 425-219-3110 and Diana Miller 206-972-2133 . Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about this ride

Equipment:

Please bring two charged lights, a mountain bike in good working order, helmet, 2+ liters of water, electrolytes, backpack with many snacks, and spare bike tube.
This ride is limited to 18+ years old unless riding with a parent or guardian. All riders need to meet the above experience requirements.

E-Bikes: King County Parks adopts the same position as DNR: You can legally use E-Bikes on trails if you have an ADA place card in your car. Here is the link to trails that allow E-Bikes without needing an ADA card: https://www.evergreenmtb.org/ebikeaccess.

RSVP:

Before you RSVP for this ride, please sign the waiver at https//.www.evergreenmtb.org/my/waiver: Right click and click open in new window. This waiver needs to be signed once a year. When you click the link, it will tell you whether you have signed this year. If not, it will give you a link to sign it.

Please cancel your RSVP before the ride time if you can’t make the ride. Text the rider leaders Bobbie Howard: 425-219-3110 and Diana Miller 206-972-2133 if you have to cancel within two hours of the ride.Please RSVP at least 2 hours before the ride.
Conditions for cancellation: (heavy wind, lightning, flooding etc.) If a ride must be canceled, the ride leader will attempt to contact anyone signed up by 3pm the day before the ride or in the morning day of ride.

RSVP’s
No. of Attendees: 3 of 30 max