Category: Routes
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Bellingham Inner Loop
If I’ve said it once, i’ve said it a thousand times; I love to ride loops. Yes, I do. I even think of out and back rides as kind of like linear loops in that once you turn around, even the terrain seems new; uphill is down, an uphill obstacle becomes a drop, it just…
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Early Spring Loop – rev A
A couple of weeks ago I kicked off what looked like Spring ‘19 with a 40 mile loop that essentially rounded Bellingham, hitting iconic locations like Whatcom Falls, Galbraith, Padden and Boulevard Park while also extending up to Hovander Park in Ferndale. Enjoyed the heck out of that ride, but felt like a few revisions…
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Spring Yet?
Is it spring yet? With the exception of the morning ice, January 13th sure seemed like the first day of spring. As such, it seemed also like a nice chance to ride a long mixed loop that I’ve been thinking of trying out. It also felt like a spring ride from how pooped I was…
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Birch Bay to Boulder Beach
This route has been an enigma for me in the same way that Canyon Lake had been an enigma for me until I actually rode to Canyon Lake for myself. My wife and I have walked in and around all the roads near BP out on Pt. Whitehorn, yet not actually traversed the whole area. I…
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Another Way
I’ve been riding one of my “go to” rides another way lately, a way that I feel is much more safe than my normal Nooksack Loop Trail – 1st Loop. The normal loop has you crossing Slater Rd. at Ferndale Rd, and I just don’t like going anywhere near Slater on a bike, especially when cross…
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Canyon Lake
The biggest problem with Canyon Lake is that it is tough to find these days. Not that it has moved or anything, just that how to get there seems to have moved from time to time. Google maps, and most other maps that I checked, have you getting to Canyon Lake via Mosquito Lake Road,…
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