Trip
Bikepack - Klickitat Trail
Overnight bike packing trip along the scenic Klickitat river trail. Participant must have tires of 2.1 or greater in good shape. We will ride out as far as we want and camp out where it is convenient.
Contacts
- Sat, Jun 1, 2024 — Sun, Jun 2, 2024
- Seattle Bikepacking Committee
- Bikepacking
- Adults
- Moderate, Bikepacking Gravel II, Bikepacking Gravel III
- Moderate
- Mileage: 43.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 2,356 ft
- 5 (6 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
We will meet in the town of Lyle at 9 am ready to go.
Leader will provide contacts for car pooling to participants. Leader may locate and reserve a campsite for Friday night and, if so, notify participants.
The trip goals are to stay together, be safe and have fun. We will maintain a moderate pace with stops once an hour or as needed to adjust gear, hydrate, have snacks and lunch plus take pictures.
The leader has not done this trip, so it will be a bit of an exploratory trip but we will be following a trail. The river canyon is beautiful (viewed from a prior white water kayak trip). The route is reportedly rocky in places and participants must have a gravel bike or mountain bike with minimum of 2.1 width tires in good shape.
We will likely walk any significant rocky sections, especially if any participants are uncomfortable riding these sections.
For these reasons, I do not have a specific goal for our campsite and we'll camp where is it comfortable by a group decision.
Required Equipment
The 10 Essential
Gravel bike or mountain bike with minimum 2.1 tires in good condition plus spare tubes
Repair kit
Tent, stove, cooking utensils
Sleeping bag and pad
Racks and panniers, handlebar bag or seat post bag for carrying your gear
Water filter
Repair kit
Tire pump
Bike helmet
Bike gloves
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