BikePacking Trip - May 11 and 12

Join us on a super rad Intro to Bikepacking trip May 11th-12th 2019! Joy Ride and Ladies of Shred are co-hosting an overnight Bikepacking trip in Mason County near and around the Skokomish River. The ride will leave from the Matlock Grange Hall locating in Matlock, Washington May 11th at 10 am.
  • Day 1 will be 33 miles with 2800’ elevation gain ending at Brown Creek Campground where we will lay our heads to rest for the evening.
  • Day 2 will leave Brown Creek Campground by 10am and we will ride 27 miles back to the Matlock Grange Hall with a total elevation gain of 1800’.
We will ride dirt roads mostly with a little bit of pavement mixed in. With that said a wide range of Bikepacking gear can work just fine from full-blown Bikepacking bags to roadie touring panniers and anything in between. If you are interested please send Derik an email to be added to a group email string.
What to expect:
  • Rough dirt roads
  • Road style bike or mountain bike will work
  • Minimum of 35mm tire width is suggested, 50mm plus highly recommended
  • Climbing, nothing too steep

Route
  • The total distance is 60 miles, 33 miles day 1 and 27 miles day 2.
  • The total elevation is 4600’, 2800’ day 1 and 1800’ day 2.
  • This is the link to the route. Please download it to your device and/or print the map. 
  • https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29877378​
Campground
  • No potable water, please plan to filter water from creek. Buddy up if you do not have a water filter
  • Possibility of no bathroom access
    • Campground does not officially open until May 17th
    • Be prepared to dig a Cat Hole for bathroom needs
    • Study up on Leave No Trace suggestions
  • Nearly unlimited camping available due to gate closure
    • 6 campsites are open year round. If we have those available that is where we will camp.
    • 20+ campsites behind yellow gate. We will use those sites if we do not have enough room in the aforementioned sites.
  • Pack in/Pack out garbage
  • Food is not provided, so bring what you need to survive!

Weather
  • Hot/Cold/Raining/Blizzard/”Perfect”
  • Plan for everything

Gear
  • Shelter, sleeping system, cooking system if cooking food, food, hygiene essentials, clothing layers, rain gear, flat tire fixing equipment, headlamp, water filtration system, bike & bags to stuff everything into.

Thank you for your interest and let’s ride bikes!