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Stevens Pass Bike Park Opening Day 2011

by Justin Miller
Oct 5, 2011 at 15:56

Stevens Pass Bike Park Opening Day 2011. Two days of epic riding with lots of great folks supporting mountain biking in the Pacific Northwest.

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This last weekend was Stevens Pass Bike Park soft opening. Which meant the trails were new and only two trails were open. Well that didn't stop close to 900 riders from showing up and giving their support to the newest bike park in the northwest. Saturday we had a fair amount of rainfall on the mountain which led to some seriously muddy backs. You could tell right away who had been on the mountain riding already and who hadn't. Nonetheless everybody seems super stoked to be a part of the event. The bike park has been in the works for 7 years so it was great for people to finally get out and ride the trails. Next year they will be open full time once the snow melts and have lots of new trails already in the works. Thanks again to everyone who made the trip out and ripped it up!

"It was so good this weekend and so much fun we are going to do it again this weekend Oct 8&9. 10-4pm $20bucks. Thanks to everyone who came up this weekend. We had almost 900 riders over the two days. Shows great support for MTB in the PNW. See you this weekend." Joel Martinez, Operations Manager

Big thanks to Paris Gore for the sweet images of the new park too.

Opening weekend at Stevens Pass Bike Park big thanks to everyone involved and most important everyone who showed up

Opening weekend at Stevens Pass Bike Park big thanks to everyone involved and most important everyone who showed up

Opening weekend at Stevens Pass Bike Park big thanks to everyone involved and most important everyone who showed up

Opening weekend at Stevens Pass Bike Park big thanks to everyone involved and most important everyone who showed up

Opening weekend at Stevens Pass Bike Park big thanks to everyone involved and most important everyone who showed up
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33 Comments

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flag philaaay (Oct 6, 2011 at 8:35)
 One of the most epic days of my life. Not only do we have our own lift-access bike park, but the FIRST one in Washington! I love Seattle! Now the difficult part: what places to ride on the weekends: I-5 Colonnade? Duthie Hill? Local trails? Stevens Pass? Hmmmm... =D
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flag tonydeluxe (Oct 6, 2011 at 14:11)
 its sweet when you have that problem. enjoy!
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flag gombo8 (Oct 6, 2011 at 15:30)
 except the colonnade is moon sand and cheese graters and boring. duthie is ehhh, local trails are ehh without driving to bellingham. stevens is the best choice hands down
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flag n1ck (Oct 6, 2011 at 21:00)
 ... not exactly the first. Crystal Mountain had the lifts open at one time. For about 2 years, around 2002 or so. Just saying. It would be cool to see that mountain follow Stevens Pass and build a park too. They could build a lot of terrain in that bowl.
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flag TheArbez (Oct 7, 2011 at 19:44)
 duthie or stevens
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flag theheckler (Oct 8, 2011 at 21:28)
 duthie every day.
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flag zalgrath (Oct 9, 2011 at 23:11)
 Snoqualmie Pass was open for MTB back in the 90's but didn't make it cuz of the Forrest Service made it to hard to build trail.
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flag johonson94 (Oct 11, 2011 at 9:42)
 This is a sweet place man, the pictures are also off the hook. The pictures of the bikes are really sweet I recently got my bike from http://www.2wheelbikes.com/ and they run really smooth. By the way Are you guys professional photographers? I would like to check out more of your work if you have it.
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flag merle (Oct 11, 2011 at 18:54)
 Been waiting for this for 7 years. Was so stoked when they finally opened. Was quite the slop fest on opening day but didn't care as I had just riden up the hill on a chairlift with my bike in Washington.
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flag rangemaster Plus (Oct 7, 2011 at 21:09)
 f*ck YEAH!!!!!! Going on Sunday. Missed last weekend, was end of the world. This week I get to shred. anyone else going? I don't really have any riding buddies but if there are other loners like me want to meet up and ride hit me up. SO STOKED!!!!!!
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flag p-gorephoto (Oct 5, 2011 at 16:08)
 Great write up Justin! what a great weekend!
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flag realityloop (Oct 5, 2011 at 16:11)
 Yeah it was awesome to see everybody!
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flag drop20 (Oct 6, 2011 at 17:17)
 sweet! a bike park that is in washington! it will be nice to have some other places to ride besides galby n fork and glacier! thanks for all the hard work tup
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flag skicorbiski (Oct 6, 2011 at 20:45)
 Super Stoked to be one of the Many lucky riders in attendence. Huge Congrats to all the park crew for getting the wheels rolling on the Pass!
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flag theheckler (Oct 8, 2011 at 21:33)
 this place will be so sweet next summer when theres some more trails and we gots some good weather. super pumped to have this so close to me.
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flag bizutch (Oct 6, 2011 at 11:46)
 900? Wow!
So how much elevation does that place have? Only asking because I know nothing of it. Internet dweebs should not hate on me. I do not want to google it. Smile
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flag mph51 (Oct 6, 2011 at 12:22)
 900 is anything to really base your marketing off of. Most parks have that much elevation. The thing that matters though... it put a huge freaking smile on your face!
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flag p-gorephoto (Oct 6, 2011 at 15:37)
 great question.. I would say 800+ Feet. hard to say though. Joel the park manager was telling me before they opened that he expected 250 the first day. seeing they almost doubled that in one day was really great to see!
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flag csucsnowman (Oct 6, 2011 at 6:10)
 hell yeah! saturday was sooo damn muddy, but it was a blast anyways. big thanks to the Steven's Pass people for providing us with some much-needed lift access
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flag spokedwheelfreak (Oct 6, 2011 at 1:08)
 in the 2nd photo down, does the guy in the white at the front have a square cut out of his headtube???
  • + 1
flag Gervase (Oct 6, 2011 at 1:35)
 Yes he does.Evil Revolt i would think,thats just the way they are.
  • + 1
flag EvilImp (Oct 6, 2011 at 2:14)
 Could also be a Scott Gambler,
http://www.stationerytrade.com/upfile/images/big/200982614407810.jpg
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flag Rethonal (Oct 6, 2011 at 5:34)
 its Jerry Knight's Evil Revolt. There is usually a plate there, which he took out
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flag warganicc Plus (Oct 6, 2011 at 14:06)
 Right on.... thats almost as good of an idea as wearing all white and riding a bike in the bush
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flag seattletrials (Oct 10, 2011 at 9:45)
 Evil Revolt w/ internal cable routing. I did nothing to the front of the headtube on the frame. All Revolts have a cutout there...
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flag BlackCrowe (Oct 6, 2011 at 20:09)
 Congrats Stevens Pass. Great to see the industry expanding. Hope the wet opening didn't destroy your trails.
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flag anotherday (Oct 6, 2011 at 23:02)
 I would definitely be there this weekend if didn't break my collar bone... Sad days.
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flag KuroHada (Oct 6, 2011 at 9:43)
 Good riding on Sunday. Was a little slippery early, but by midday it got faster.
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flag cooner666 (Oct 6, 2011 at 11:17)
 looks sweet cant wait till my broken arms heal and ride some stevens pass next year
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flag Hammerschmidt (Oct 6, 2011 at 12:36)
 too bad I moved away from Seattle...Duthie Hill and now Stevens Pass!!! Can't wait to make a trip back!
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flag warganicc Plus (Oct 6, 2011 at 14:03)
 Smile
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flag Jimmy-R (Oct 6, 2011 at 11:50)
 that place looks so siick, its not even funny
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flag Nygaard (Oct 6, 2011 at 5:54)
 Looks soo sweet!
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