Eagle Ridge Trail open

Eagle Ridge Trail is a 1.5 mi trail in the south east corner of Spence. It is a mix of flow and rocky areas and is bidirectional, although the alternate line may be very difficult for anything but an ebike in one direction or the other. It is best accessed from Badger at a signed road crossing. 0.5 mi of road riding is required to reach the uppermost section of trail. The trail is intermediate difficulty and has 3 black alternate line with challenging rocks and wood features. There is a blue alternate line that is a short jump line on the downhill with an adjacent climbing route. The trail building is continuing up the ridge and hopefully next year will have a trail linking it to Jct7. The trail terminates at J14 (Badger/Queen of the Lake). Rode it this morning and the dirt is very good.

Trail building 2025

Trail building at Spence Mountain continues on two projects. A climbing-friendly bi-directional trail, built by Dirt Mechanics, will replace hard to climb Winema. This trail is partially completed and extends from the road above the blue portion of Queen of the Lake to a main road that extends to Junction 9. The trail is currently open, although access is somewhat awkward – either from the road up from J10 or accessed from the road connector about 1 mile out on QOTL (see map below). The trail will be completed with direct connection into J9 and J10 either in the Fall 2025 or Spring 2026.

The second project is the continued building of the southern end of Eagle Ridge Trail by Paul Thomasberg. The main trail is intermediate and will have multiple alternate lines. There is a short intermediate jump line with an adjacent climbing trail and there are multiple black alternate lines that include challenging rocks and log rides across rocks. The trail will start at J14 (bottom of Badger/end of QOTL) and continue up eagle ridge. The upper end of this trail exits onto a main access road at present. Work will continue into the summer. Info on trail openings will be posted here soon.