Rat Pac Trail
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Overall: 6
Aerobic: 6
Technical: 5
Steepness: 6
Flow: 7
Singletrack: 70%
The Cle Elum Washington Rat Pac trail is a local favorite, which descends from Cle Elum Ridge to the eastern side of Roslyn, with stunts and other features.
Type
Loop
Length
Avg: 11mi
Ascent
Moderate
Elevation Change
TH:2300'
Avg Ascent:3100'
Ascent Incline
9%
Duration
Avg: 2hr
Weather
Forecast
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Trail
Review
West of the Rat Pac trail, there are some fireroad connectors to plenty of other singletrack. The hills are steep enough for some fun downhill, making this a very popular local ride.
Not really a destination ride, but Roslyn is certainly a good mountainbike destination, so these trails get a lot of use.
A CW loop of these trails is described in the guide, but there are several other good routes which cover most of the terrain.
The fireroad portion of Number Six is one of several ways to ascend the hillside.
Some smaller loops can be made of Ewok and Todd's Route, with the other mix of singletrack in that area.
The West Fork Teanaway Ridge area, just north of Rat Pac, is covered on the Sandstone Creek page.
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Loop Directions
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- TH: From the west side of Roslyn, ascend Ewok for .9mi, then go right onto the fireroad and ascend to Slickrock .
- 2.1mi: Go left on the singletrack then bear right at the next fork, onto Slickrock.
- 3.2mi: After traversing the hillside on Slickrock, go left onto the fireroad and ascend .2mi to the singletrack on the left, which leads to Main Ridge Rd. Go right on Main Ridge Rd, to Upper Rat Pac at 3.8mi, and loop around to rejoin Main Ridge Rd.
- 4.4mi: From Main Ridge Rd, go right onto Lower Rat Pac and descend the hillside, crossing fireroads at 5.3mi and 6.4mi, before merging with a fireroad at 7.3mi.
- 8.4mi: Descend to the railroad tracks and head back to Roslyn.
Trail Index
This Ride
Ewok Trail, Lower Connector Trail, Lower Rat Pac Trail, Number 6 Trail, Ridge Trail, Slickrock Trail, Todds Route, Upper Rat Pac Trail
Area
XC Ski
Campgrounds
Teanaway Campground
Trail Rankings
Ranking consistently applied to all of the listed trails.
- Overall Rating: Ride quality and challenge
- Aerobic: Ascent challenge
- Technical Difficulty: Terrain challenge
- Steepness: Average incline
- Flow: Uninterrupted riding
- Elevation Change: Total elevation gain
- Ride Difficulty: Terrain challenge
