Discover pass required to park at the trailhead, where restrooms and trail information are available. Trails are open year round, but may close based on conditions. The high point in this route is 3,353ft, and snow is usually present until some time in May each year.
Park at the Rattlesnake Mountain trailhead (Discover Pass required) south off of I-90 exit 27.
Start with a long climb right out of the parking lot,
Upward Mobility, where you gain over 1,000 feet in 2.8 miles. Then connect to the
Raging Ridge Trail for another 1,700 feet of climbing, but this time with a couple short descents to break it up. About two-thirds of the way up
Raging Ridge Trail you come to a clearing with some benches and (if the sky is clear) a panoramic view of Mt. Rainier.
Ride for a few minutes in the clear before heading back into the trees. The end of
Raging Ridge Trail is the highest point on this route, and is followed by the first black diamond trail you encounter:
No Service.
No Service has two optional double black lines, each marked and cutting off to the right, but this route sticks to
No Service. This trail starts out in the trees and weaves closely through them as you descend. From the beginning to the first access road intersection, the trail is rooty but not rocky. It gets steeper after that, and continues to get steeper and rockier after the next intersection as well. After the third (and final) intersection,
No Service is smooth and fast with artificial jumps and berms. All drops and jumps are rollable or can be ridden around.
There are options to bail out if you find yourself beyond your limits. At any of the access road junctions you can bail and take them downhill to join
Rattlesnake Rd SE, which also meets up with
No Service at the end of the trail.
After finishin
No Service, ride this access road for about half a mile to
Return Policy. This is another uphill trail, about a mile of steep climbing, more than a 10% grade, then another mile under 10%. At the top of
Return Policy, take a left onto the access road for just a few dozen feet then a quick left (don't miss it, you have to look for it) onto
Canyon Creek DH (CCDH).
You may want to rest a couple minutes before dropping in as CCDH is an extended downhill trail with few places to turn off. This trail is rooty almost the whole way down and a real forearm workout of a trail. This trail is rated blue, but is only slightly less challenging than
No Service.
At the bottom of CCDH, turn right and
Raging Tiger is right there. This is the shortest climb of the route at under 700 feet and gives you a merciful half mile of flat trail at its top. Turn left onto the access road, then a quick right will put you onto a connector trail named
Dash. Ride this about 800 feet to
Poppin Tops Lower.
Before getting to
Poppin Tops Lower, you'll intersect with
Upward Mobility. You could alternatively go right onto
Upward Mobility and climb another 200 feet to
Poppin' Tops Upper, which is a black trail that conects right back to
Poppin Tops Lower.
Poppin Tops Lower is the easiest downhill of this route and will bring you back to the parking lot.
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