![]() One more mile of cat track and you pop up next to the Green Valley Chairlift with the summit house a few hundred yards away. You will enter into the Crystal Mountain ski area at about 6.5 miles. Views just keep getting better and better. But don't think the climbing stops here! Follow the trail as it switchbacks up the ridge - sometimes running right along the ridge crest sometimes on one side or the other. ![]() After about 3(?) miles of climbing you will crest the ridge and get a closeup view of Mt. Eventually the trail breaks out into avalanche swathes with views of Norse Peak and Bullion Basin. If you are not in good shape you will be walking lots of the next few miles. ![]() Within a few hundred yards you will enter the forest and begin the grind. This trail is described counter-clockwise.īegin on trail 1163. ![]() If you start at the bottom of Northway, you will spend 90% of your time walking your bike up. I recommend this as a starting point as opposed to the old Northway drop spot. You could probably take the gravel road that the homes up there use but I would just park in the main crystal lot and go to the top of Gold Hills. There is a trailhead at the top of Gold Hills chairlift. Alternatively, you can park at the Crystal base area main lot (no permit required) and ride the road down the TH - this is probably easiest to find. You may need a NW Forest Pass to park here. The trail goes off to the right from this lot. Follow this road to the base of the ski run called Northway (parking lot here). If you are doing it counterclockwise continue up the Crystal Mountain Road another mile and turn right on the first dirt road past the horse camp. This is the start of the route and is gated in 100 feet or so. If you are doing the loop clockwise park at 4 miles up the road next to dirt road 7190-410 on the left. ![]() Drive up this road about 4 or 5 miles depending on how you want to do the loop. Rainier Park you've driven too far) and turn left. From Enumclaw take route 410 to the Crystal Mountain Road(if you enter Mt. ![]()
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