Dirt Bike Trails
Near Ryderwood, Washington

A quick 20-minute scenic, well-maintained side route off the popular 4250 Mount Saint Helens route. The communication tower at the summit may be the end, but the real payoff is the views just before the final winding climb, offering massive, unobstructed views of Mount Saint Helens, Mount Adams, and...
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This is the longest OHV trail in the Nicolai Mountain system at 3.4 miles. It offers a fun mix of terrain with big crisscrossing root bands, tight curves through dense forest, and embedded rocks or muddy patches. A narrow section winds through thick vegetation with low branches that will grab at UTV...
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Hunt Hill is a short loop off of Hunt Creek that offers a moderate ride with some technical variety. When ridden counterclockwise, it begins with a mild climb featuring embedded rock, a semi-steep grade, a few tighter turns, some overgrown brush, and rutting at the top. The descent is more challengi...
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Dirt Dorks is a short half-mile loop off of Hunt Creek with deeper ruts along one or both sides of the trail. It descends for the first half of the trail, doubles back, and climbs back up. Both the descent and ascent are fairly steep, with branches reaching into the trail that can obscure visibility...
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This is an easy and flowy loop that adds some extra mileage off of Hunt Creek. It's a wide OHV trail through a forest of spruce and firs for 1.2 miles. Expect some large root bands, narrower spots between the trees closely lining the trail, some deep ruts in spots, and semi-steep but manageable grad...
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Cake Walk is an easy trail, leaving from the quarry staging area and immediately presenting multiple split lines that can be a bit confusing at first. Once on the main path, the trail stays relatively easy despite frequent muddy sections, embedded and loose rock, and large root bands. The surface ha...
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Hunt Creek is a 3-mile easy OHV trail that gently descends from south to north through dense forest. The trail features scattered loose rock, embedded root bands, and several road and wooden bridge crossings. It remains gradual throughout and provides access to Hunt Loop and Hunt Hill. Although the ...
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This scenic OHV trail winds through a dense forest of mossy spruce and fir trees, with tight curves weaving between the thick trees. The trail turns fainter and more technical after crossing Cake Walk, with even tighter turns and more pronounced root bands. Though rated easy by the forest service, s...
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Plympton Creek is a 1.5-mile-long OHV trail that winds through a scenic forest of moss-covered spruce and fir trees. The route features tight curves, numerous big embedded and loose rocks, and several large root bands that create ledges at least a foot tall. Riders will encounter split lines weaving...
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PC10 is a short spur trail connecting Plympton Creek to a nearby forest road. It features a steep climb from west to east with loose rocks, root bands, and slightly off-camber sections. Deep, muddy ruts and potential puddles add to the challenge, with most UTVs needing to straddle the ruts on the wa...
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This short connector trail is less than half a mile long and offers a scenic route through thick mossy spruce trees. Similar to the terrain of Microwave, it includes muddy spots, large root bands, and a few tight pinches between trees that may be challenging for wider UTVs. There are split lines ava...
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PC40 is a short and scenic connector trail linking Plympton Creek Trail to Plympton Ridge Road. It winds through a lush forest of Sitka spruce and Douglas fir, passing the stumps of a few massive old-growth trees. The trail features root bands, muddy spots, and scattered loose rocks, but remains man...
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Tuck and Roll offers a mix of easy and moderate terrain, with most of the difficulty concentrated in the north half of the trail. The southern portion is relatively smooth with scattered roots and rocks, while the northern half features a steep climb with large embedded rock layers and foot-tall roo...
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PC20 is a short and easy connector trail that links the forest road to Plympton Creek trail. About a quarter mile long, it's mostly flat and gradual with a smooth surface and no obstacles. The trail winds through dense forest and may have a few muddy spots, but it remains very manageable and ideal f...
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This short segment, under half a mile long, offers a moderate challenge with a mix of terrain. The trail curves through thick mossy stands of spruce and fir, with muddy sections and prominent root bands throughout. The west end features a moderate descent with loose rocks, some rutting, a steep grad...
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McNary Loop begins on the south end with fast, flowy terrain and a smooth surface. After crossing a road, the trail becomes more technical with embedded rock, root bands, and tight turns, all while gradually descending. The trail eventually curves out onto a logged hillside, where big loose rocks ad...
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This moderate OHV trail begins with a rocky descent from the north entrance, where large loose rocks fill rutted sections, creating a tricky downhill for newer riders. After the initial descent, the rocks ease up but pick back up in later turns as the trail starts climbing. Expect a few off-camber t...
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This trail is primarily gravel and single vehicle width, with many areas along the way to pass oncoming traffic (if you see any). It is easily accessible and traversable by most vehicles. You may have to dodge a fallen rock or pothole here and there, but this will not distract from the beauty of the...
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This short connector trail is less than a quarter mile long, but it features a moderately easy descent from west to east. It drops steeply through a logged area with ruts, loose rock, sticks, and exposed roots, creating a loose and somewhat technical surface. The trail serves as a shortcut for OHVs ...
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This trail is a branch off of 4250 that connects to 6500 which eventually connects back to 4250, all of which are managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. The trail itself is primarily a grated gravel road and has many offshoots to explore. The trail travels through dense for...
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A quick 20-minute scenic, well-maintained side route off the popular 4250 Mount Saint Helens route. The communication tower at the summit may be the end, but the real payoff is the views just before the final winding climb, offering massive, unobstructed views of Mount Saint Helens, Mount Adams, and...
Learn more about Signal Peak

This is the longest OHV trail in the Nicolai Mountain system at 3.4 miles. It offers a fun mix of terrain with big crisscrossing root bands, tight curves through dense forest, and embedded rocks or muddy patches. A narrow section winds through thick vegetation with low branches that will grab at UTV...
Learn more about Trunkline

Hunt Hill is a short loop off of Hunt Creek that offers a moderate ride with some technical variety. When ridden counterclockwise, it begins with a mild climb featuring embedded rock, a semi-steep grade, a few tighter turns, some overgrown brush, and rutting at the top. The descent is more challengi...
Learn more about Hunt Hill

Dirt Dorks is a short half-mile loop off of Hunt Creek with deeper ruts along one or both sides of the trail. It descends for the first half of the trail, doubles back, and climbs back up. Both the descent and ascent are fairly steep, with branches reaching into the trail that can obscure visibility...
Learn more about Dirt Dorks

A quick 20-minute scenic, well-maintained side route off the popular 4250 Mount Saint Helens route. The communication tower at the summit may be the end, but the real payoff is the views just before the final winding climb, offering massive, unobstructed views of Mount Saint Helens, Mount Adams, and...
Learn more about Signal Peak

This is the longest OHV trail in the Nicolai Mountain system at 3.4 miles. It offers a fun mix of terrain with big crisscrossing root bands, tight curves through dense forest, and embedded rocks or muddy patches. A narrow section winds through thick vegetation with low branches that will grab at UTV...
Learn more about Trunkline

Hunt Hill is a short loop off of Hunt Creek that offers a moderate ride with some technical variety. When ridden counterclockwise, it begins with a mild climb featuring embedded rock, a semi-steep grade, a few tighter turns, some overgrown brush, and rutting at the top. The descent is more challengi...
Learn more about Hunt Hill

Dirt Dorks is a short half-mile loop off of Hunt Creek with deeper ruts along one or both sides of the trail. It descends for the first half of the trail, doubles back, and climbs back up. Both the descent and ascent are fairly steep, with branches reaching into the trail that can obscure visibility...
Learn more about Dirt Dorks