Chuckanut Mountain Bike Trails near Bellingham Washington

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Chuckanut Mountain Trails

Chuckanut is a large mountain with many trails. It is a high use hiking mountain and some trails are closed to bikes. Consider getting a Local Knowledge map from a local bike shop to help find your way and not get lost. In the winter Chuckanut is considerably drier than other trails in Whatcom County.
Trail	Trail Info (recommended Routs)
Chuckanut Ridge Trail (Technical) Click to open Parks dept. map Another map from nwsource.com (pdf) and a link to article here.	From Arroyo Park area: (take I-5 exit 250 West. Drive down Old Fairhaven Parkway to the edge of Fairhaven. Turn left on Chuckanut Drive by 12th St. Drive south and at the fork in the road either take a left on Old Samish Parkway and park at Arroyo Park (small) or take a right on Chuckanut Drive and park in the larger gravel lot (North Chuckanut Trailhead). Ride the interurban trail South from the large gravel lot about 12.5 miles to the Fragrance Lake trailhead. Ride up Fragrance Lake road. At the top, don't go left into Fragrance Lake but keep going straight up a on what is now a single track connector. It will climb a bit and come out on Cleator Road. Take a left down hill on Cleator Road for about a half mile. Turn right into the trial. It will climb a bit and join the middle and upper ridge trail. Turn Left (North) and ride the Middle and Lower ridge all the way back to California St. Logging roads. Keep left and ride the road back to the parking area. There are great views of Galbraith from this ride if you stop and look east from the cliff tops.
Double Black Diamond (Technical steep downhill)	Ride up Fragrance Lake road. At the top, don't go left into Fragrance Lake but keep going straight up a on what is now a single track connector. It will climb a bit and come out on Cleator Road. Turn Right and ride to the top parking area. Hike a bike up the trail on the east side and then ride the trail down. At the bottom take a right and go back to the top of Fragrance Lake road. Either ride the connector up again and take the Ridge Trail down or ride the road down. This is a great shuttle trail... park at the base of Cleator road and shuttle up.
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