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Route	Contributor	Last Updated	Where	Distance	Tags
Labor Day Loop	secondlaw	Sep 1st	United States > Washington > Ellensburg	47.6km	Low traffic, Rural, Scenic
Tour along portion of Yakima river into Thorp and back into Ellensburg. Farms and ranches yield to a scenic river canyon; watch the river floaters (on a hot summer day or when the fish are biting), then climb a hill and zoom down its side to a bridge across the river; rest while you tour a renovated grist mill; and wave to golfers on your home stretch. This loop is, perhaps, most responsible for starting my love affair with Kittitas Valley cycling. This Kittitas Valley loop ride starts and ends in Ellensburg at the corner of University Way and Walnut and passes through Thorp.
Ringer Road	secondlaw	Sep 1st	United States > Washington > Ellensburg	30.9km	Low traffic, Rural, Scenic
A jaunt to the entrance to the Yakima River Canyon. This Kittitas Valley loop ride starts and ends in Ellensburg at the corner of University Way and Walnut and passes through Thrall.
Badger Pocket	secondlaw	Aug 31st	United States > Washington > Ellensburg	69.3km	Low traffic, Rural, Scenic
The road to nowhere - but then who could resist the charm of a place called "Badger Pocket"? A lot of cyclists in the Kittitas Valley love a ride into Badger Pocket. I've done it a number of times, but it's not really one of my favorites. Plus, I feel cheated - I've never once seen a badger in Badger Pocket! The ride ends at the boundary of the Yakima Firing Range military reservation, but the ride is through a mostly bucolic landscape. This Kittitas Valley loop ride starts and ends in Ellensburg at the corner of University Way and Walnut and passes through Thrall and Kittitas.
Manastash Canyon	secondlaw	Aug 31st	United States > Washington > Ellensburg	55km	Low traffic, Rural, Scenic
A ride through farms and ranches and then up a very pretty little tributary canyon of the Yakima river! The canyon is filled with wildlife - birds, coyotes, deer, ground squirrels, elk, snakes, and, sources tell me, even the occasional mountain lion! This Kittitas Valley loop ride starts and ends in Ellensburg at the corner of University Way and Walnut.
Whiskey Dick	secondlaw	Aug 29th	United States > Washington > Ellensburg	71.1km	Low traffic, Rural, Scenic
Whiskey or Whisky? I don't know, but this ride is better than a wee dram! The Whisky Dick Triathalon, held every July, starts with a swim in the Columbia river at Vantage, followed by the bike leg over Whiskey Dick crest into Kittitas, and a running leg into Ellensburg. This ride takes you to the Whiskey Dick crest from the Ellensburg side. If you have enough oomph left you can continue on to Vantage and your return ride will give you the full Whisky Dick bike leg experience and then some! This Kittitas Valley loop ride starts and ends in Ellensburg at the corner of University Way and Walnut and passes near Kittitas.
Top o' the hill	secondlaw	Aug 28th	United States > Washington > Ellensburg	63.5km	Low traffic, Rural, Scenic
Climb to a divide between the Cascade shrub-steppe and evergreen forest habitats. This Kittitas Valley loop ride starts and ends in Ellensburg at the corner of University Way and Walnut.
Door County Loop	secondlaw	Aug 28th	United States > Wisconsin > Sister Bay	86.5km	Recreational, Rural, Scenic
A few years back, I spent a vacation with in-laws in Door County Wisconsin at Sister Bay. I found a bike shop that rented me a reasonably good road bike in Ephraim and spent a day riding a nice loop. As I said, this was a few years back so this is the route I took TO THE BEST OF MY MEMORY and submitted without further comment in the cue sheet. It was a wonderful ride! This loop ride starts and ends in Sister Bay at the corner of Woodcrest Road and County Road ZZ and passes through Baileys Harbor, across Kangaroo Lake, through Egg Harbor, Fish Creek and Ephraim.
Taneum canyon	secondlaw	Aug 28th	United States > Washington > Ellensburg	52.7km	Low traffic, Rural, Scenic
A quick tour to the entrance to Tanuem canyon with some ideas for other, longer routes. This Kittitas Valley loop ride starts and ends in Ellensburg at the corner of University Way and Walnut and passes through Thorp.
Silverwood loop	secondlaw	Aug 28th	United States > Idaho > Athol	98.7km	Recreational, Rural, Scenic
I got roped into camping for a few days at Silverwood Theme Park near Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. Theme parks are not my thing, I mean really not my thing, so I took a bike along and instead of thrill rides, I spent time scouting out an interesting loop. This is it - I thought it was a stunningly beautiful ride. One important caveat: there is a 7 mile stretch of this route that is UNPAVED! I found it tolerable on my road bike - read more about it in the Cue Sheet for this ride. I think there are some modifications that could make the route longer, but that would put it completely on paved roads. I didn't get a chance to completely check these out, but of particular interest might be Spirit Lake Cut-Off Road in putting together a route that avoids the long unpaved segment. This loop ride starts and ends at the Silverwood theme park at the corner of US-95 and Brunner Road and passes through Athol, Clagstone, Priest River, Blanchard, and Spirit Lake.
Naneum Canyon	secondlaw	Aug 28th	United States > Washington > Ellensburg	38.5km	Low traffic, Rural, Scenic
These are some of my more freqeuently used default rides in the Kittitas Valley. The roads are good, traffic is low, and the routes tend to give a reasonably good mix of headwinds, tailwinds and crosswinds in the typically NW Kittitas Valley winds. There are cutoffs for a 10 and 15 mile loop and a number of other options as well. Some of the words from my cycling log on these routes are beautiful, gorgeous, relaxing, wonderful, calm, nice, easy, fast, great. From Ellensburg to mouth of Naneum Canyon is a gradual climb of about 1000 ft - not a huge amount of terrain, but you can turn it into a workout. This Kittitas Valley loop ride starts and ends in Ellensburg at the corner of University Way and Walnut.