Ape Canyon Loop route

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Name: Ape Canyon Loop
Address: My City, WA

near My City, WA

22.6 miles

Distance

4,046 ft

Climb

-4,043 ft

Descent

4,593 ft

High Point

3 ft

Altitude change

1,712 ft

Altitude min

2,876 ft

Altitude start

2,881 ft

Altitude end

-63.3%

Grade max

67.8%

Grade min

11 miles

Distance climb

11 miles

Distance down

4,032 ft

Distance flat

Ape Canyon Smith Creek loop

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Ape Canyon Loop is a 23 mile moderately popular expert route located near Southwest Region - WA Washington. This mountain bike only route. This route includes 7 trails. This route climbs 4,046 ft with a max elevation of 4,593 ft then descends -4,043 ft.

Significant Issue / Amber: 1 trail (newest: Sep 14, 2025)
Minor Issue / Yellow: 5 trails (newest: Jun 1, 2026)

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Distance

23 miles
Avg time

3 hr 49 min
Altitude change

3 ft
Altitude min

1,712 ft
Altitude start

2,876 ft
Altitude end

2,881 ft
Climb

4,046 ft
Descent

-4,043 ft
Grade max

-63.3%
Grade min

67.8%
Distance climb

11 miles
Distance down

11 miles
Distance flat

4,032 ft

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Riding area

Southwest Region - WA
Primary Activity

Mountain Bike
Difficulty rating

Black Diamond
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Ape Canyon Trail

Loowit #216: Ape Canyon - Windy

Plains of Abraham

Spirit Lake-Iron Creek Road

Smith Creek Trail #225

Smith Creek Trail

trail	date	description
Smith Creek Trail	Jun 1, 2026 @ 7:49am (America/Los_Angeles) Jun 1, 2026	Honestly not in too bad of shape. Could see it getting really overgrown and the underbrush and grass come in.
Loowit #216: Ape Canyon - Windy	May 7, 2026 @ 2:48pm (America/Los_Angeles) May 7, 2026	Rode on 5/6/26. A few small snow banks, but nothing that impedes progress. I will say the one sketchy section where most people get off their bikes looked very loose and very dry, enough so that I wasn't willing to risk it this year and decided to go up and around. padsable for hikers, but yeah if you have a bike maybe consider an alternate route.
Ape Canyon Trail	May 7, 2026 @ 2:39pm (America/Los_Angeles) May 7, 2026	Rode on 5/6/26. 4 downed trees near the bottom of the trail and another 4 or so closer to the top. No snow in sight until you clear the tree line. spent way too long brushing parts of the trail from the winter deadfall, its far from perfect but I cleared many of the bad sections and was able to bomb down it without fear. Gate is still closed for the winter so I had to access the trail by parking at marbel mtn and biking 5mi on FR83. downed trees are all of the small-med size and can be easily got around.
Plains of Abraham	Oct 8, 2025 @ 12:27pm (America/Los_Angeles) Oct 8, 2025	Great conditions! The full moon was amazing from up on this trail, cannot beat this ride during a full moon! A bit overgrown in some of the area's leading down to the ridge, but not too terrible. A long sleeve and pants highly recommended.
Smith Creek Trail #225	Sep 14, 2025 @ 8:37pm (America/Los_Angeles) Sep 14, 2025	Couldn't even get 50ft into the Eastern entrance of this trail. Super overgrown.