Trail Reviews

Don't have time to scout out the entire trail before scheduling it?  Do your homework and talk to people who completed it in the past.  Trail reviews give a lot of great insight and should be included as part of your research. 

• Palouse to Cascades Trail Coalition

  • palousetocascadestrail.org

  • NOTE: website shut down early 2025 - Archive here: web.archive.org/web/20250522134625/https://www.palousetocascadestrail.org/ 

• 2023 Amy Korver

  • cascade.org/news/2023/01/riding-across-wa-palouse-cascades-trail 

• Washington State Parks Foundation

  • Pictures of trail

  • waparks.org/tour_parent/palouse-to-cascades-trail/ 

• Troop 305 Walla Walla

  • Scouts did it in 10 days

  • Every three years, Troop 305 cycles from North Bend, Wash., on the western side of the state to Taft, Montana

  • 2021 scoutlife.org/about-scouts/scouting-around/174197/troop-305-burns-up-the-road-on-10-day-bicycling-trip-across-two-states

  • 2018 eastoregonian.com/news/local/boy-scouts-complete-400-mile-ride-to-lookout-pass/article_1237d5f1-815d-57a5-aa9b-5897a6ae7153.html  

• 2022 6th Ward Spokane - Spiritual Momentum

  • youtube  IRJvSwSGEFM 

  • Day 0 - Drove from Spokane and camped at Lake Easton State Park to camp

  • Day 1 - Cedar Falls to Cle Elum

    • Shuttled back to campground

    • 50 mile ride

  • Day 2 - Cle Elum to the Beverly Bridge

    • Shuttled from Camp Easton to Cle Elum

    • Suttle to and Camped at the Sandy Hollow campground

    • 60 mile ride!

  • Day 3 - Planned to finish in Othello

    • Hit puncture vines

      • Flat appears to be here 46.8390, -119.6461

    • Didn't detour and rode out to destroyed bridge

    • Miles of backtracking

    • Got picked up 

      • 46.8398, -119.5967

    • Mileage?

      • Maybe planned for around 40

  • Riders

    • 2 Adults

    • 10 youth

  • Vehicles

    • SUV (GMC)

      • 6 bike trailer hitch carrier

    • SUV (GMC)

      • Trailer

  • Lessons learned

    • They road long miles for youth

    • Didn't review detours prior to trip or read signs during trip

    • It's hot

    • Still had fun

• Gravel Gridnign Boys

  • youtube  IMzo3ZIyX4U Seattle to North Bend

  • youtube  UrIoBUc8JgE North Bend to Cle Elum

  • youtube  4k6Jey-gads Cle Elum, WA to The Columbia River

  • youtube  q-fnlMN8ozw Columbia River to Othello, WA

  • youtube  U3B2E_QhdHI Othello to Ralston, WA

  • youtube  NeG8JsxJdtY Ralston, WA to Malden, WA

  • youtube  kq2lxaPjcjk Malden, WA to Plummer, ID

• 2022 joeski

  • June 4, 2022 Palouse To Cascades Trail. Day 1. Cedar Falls (*Technically Easton) to Ellensburg

  • June 4, 2022 Palouse To Cascades Trail. Day 2. Ellensburg to Othello

  • June 4, 2022 Palouse To Cascades Trail. Day 3. Warden to Escure Ranch

  • June 4, 2022 Palouse To Cascades Trail. Day 4. Escure Ranch to Tekoa

  • June 6, 2022 Palouse To Cascades Trail. Wrapup. Final Takeaways From The Ride

    • Maxxis Ikons in 27.5 x 2.2

      • somewhere between a 50mm and 2.3″ tire is really the perfect size for the trail

      • one could probably get away with a 45-47mm tire

    • Orange Seal Endurance sealant, and no punctures

  • January 7, 2023 The Palouse to Cascades Trail: a guide to crossing Washington by bike

  • January 15, 2023 The Palouse to Cascades Trail: Rock Lake to the Idaho Border

  • June 8, 2021 Palouse To Cascades Trail: Rock Lake

• 2020 Joe Korbuszewski

  • Course completed over 10 years

  • washingtongravelriding.home.blog/2020/08/15/the-palouse-to-cascades-trail

• 2021 Bennett's ride across Washington 

  •  Bennett Family from Duvall, WA

  • https://bennettsacrosswa.wordpress.com/ 

• Tourus Interruptus by Spiral Cage

  • flickr.com/photos/35237104136@N01/albums/72157679233401535

• traillink.com

• Mark Borleske Historic Virtual Historical Tour 

  • milwelectric.org/palouse-to-cascades-trail-virtual-historical-tour 

• Rails to Trails

  • Connects trails together across Washington and coast to coast (good attempt)

  • railstotrails.org/site/greatamericanrailtrail/content/washington/ 

• me-and-b productions

  • Completed in sections over several weeks

    • 30-35 miles per day

  • youtube  PorYO5S_6_Q Episode 1 Idaho to Malden via Rosalia

  • youtube  yI717MIlfew Episode 2 Malden to Revere

  • youtube  UC3uFBEuxjA Episode 3 Revere to Ralston

  • youtube  iuxH-76EVjs Episode 4 Ralston to Warden

  • youtube  fdHG3vgGZPg Episode 5 Warden to Beverly

  • youtube  Z65UwMaVe1A Episode 6 Beverly to Renslow

  • youtube  KsLIQXk1Jh8 Episode 7 Renslow to Cle Elum

  • youtube  MH_2sfur0Mk Episode 8 Cle Elum to Hyak

  • youtube  9hr4aowL2Ek Episode 9 Hyak to Snoqualmie

  • youtube  f89cOygxuks Episode 10 Snoqualmie to Seattle

  • youtube  -lgbdls5r9Y Trail recap of 10 episodes

Groups

• Friends of the Palouse to Cascades Trail

  • facebook.com/groups/355582289627913