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 ·  Yacolt Burn, SW Washington

Yacolt
Burn
Experience

A full-day shuttle event deep in the heart of
Yacolt Burn State Forest.

299 riders. All the trails. One day.

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Yacolt Burn Experience The Event

The Full Day

All-day shuttles. Demo bikes. Food . Trails that took decades to build. Yours for one day.

YBE runs 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Shuttles load at the lower Yacolt Burn Trailhead and drop riders at Five Corners , gateway to the lower trail system. Ride down. Load back up. Repeat. There are rumors shuttles may go all the way to The Towers .

The event caps at 299 riders and historically fills up fast, rain or shine. Demo fleets from Norco and Propain are on-site. Vendors, food , and raffles round out the day.

The trail system is anchored by four standouts: Cold Creek , wild and rooty and rocky with the occasional burst of flow; Sixth Sense , hand-crafted and flowy with the best berms in the forest; Murphy's Grade , hand-built by Carson Storch with fast doubles and plenty of speed; and Thrillium , the sender: big, fast, and full of gnarly tabletops.

You need a Washington Discover Pass to park at the event!

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Event Details

Date & Time

9:00 AM –
Location
Yacolt Burn Trailhead
Southwest Washington
Park on the west side of the road Display your Discover Pass
What's Included
All-day shuttles
Demo bikes (Norco · Propain)
Food · Raffles · Vendors
Capacity
299 riders max
Fills up fast. Register early. We need volunteers!

Pricing

Members (join) Online · pre-event
$35
Non-Members Online · pre-event
$60
Day-Of At the event · all riders
$70
Register online by June 19th

Online registration is closed. Register day-of at the trailhead ($70, all riders).

Registration closed

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Plan Your Route

How to get there

Getting to the trailhead takes you over some rough gravel roads. Drive accordingly.

Get driving directions

These directions take the southern forest-road approach, around NE Rawson Rd.

From the Trails

See You Out There

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A Place With History

Born From Fire

The Klickitat word Yacolt means "haunted valley," a place of legend long before a single trail was ever cut.

On September 11, 1902, a firestorm swept through southwest Washington. Within 36 hours it consumed 238,920 acres, killed 38 people, rained ash on Portland, and triggered street lamps to switch on at noon in Seattle. The town of Yacolt nearly vanished before the wind direction changed.

What followed was one of Washington's great rehabilitation stories: Civilian Conservation Corps crews in the 1930s, decades of DNR replanting, and a generation of mountain bikers who saw something in those old logging roads in the late 1990s and started riding them. The Yacolt Burn Experience is the product of all of it.

Read the history of YBE
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"The trails you love
are not free."

Every trail in the Yacolt Burn exists because regular people showed up on a Saturday with hand tools and did the work. The Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance is how that keeps happening.

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Questions

FAQ

The upper system accessed from Five Corners is intermediate to advanced terrain. Volunteers and the community are there to help you find your line.

It can. Space is capped at 299 riders. Register online by June 19th to lock in your spot at the lower price. Day-of registration is available at the event, but it costs more.

The event runs rain or shine. It's historically 50/50 on weather. This is the Pacific Northwest. Pack a rain shell, bring layers, and embrace it.

Nope, everyone is welcome. Members save $25 on registration though, and your trails depend on the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance. Basic membership is $50/year and pays for itself at events like this. Join now.

Yep. Norco and Propain both bring demo fleets to the event. Availability is first-come, first-served on the day.

Pulled pork sandwich with slaw, pickle, and mango salsa. Side of baked beans, cookie, and chips. Plenty of sodas available on site too. We don't have veggie or vegan options planned this year, so plan to bring your own if you have dietary needs.

Four standouts: Cold Creek is wild and rooty with occasional flow. Sixth Sense is hand-crafted and flowy with the best berms in the forest. Murphy's Grade was hand-built by Carson Storch with fast doubles and plenty of speed. Thrillium is the sender: big, fast, and full of gnarly tabletops.

Yacolt Burn Trailhead. Park on the west side of the road. It fills early, so plan to arrive by 8:30 AM.

We'd love to have you. Tell us how you'd like to help and we'll be in touch. Volunteer!

Photo by Todd McCarthy
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YBE exists because of this community of brands, shops, and people who show up every year to make it happen.

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 ·  Yacolt Burn, SW Washington

Register.
Ride.
Repeat.

One day. 299 riders. The entire Yacolt Burn trail system, shuttled all day, for the cost of a tank of gas. This is what community trail building looks like.

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Registration closed · See you next year

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