Imperfectly Perfect
The Great Outdoors is the perfect reminder that things don’t need to be perfect to be amazing! It’s nice when they are, but honestly, how often does that happen?!
Outdoors is messy, unpredictable, and seemingly out of control … kind of like someone riding a bike that’s taken their hands off the handlebars! But instead of trying to steer or control, Nature just lives it’s best life possible even with the mess and muck! She’s teaching anyone who will listen a simple, yet powerful message of trust in something bigger than self … and that imperfection along our path was always part of the design.
Notice how Nature’s peace is simply unparalleled? completely beyond compare??Probably a lot like ours would be, if we follow her lead.
Sounds like perfection to me!
Where to go Biking on the Palouse
Although ‘On the Palouse’, really is *uphill both ways* with a persistent headwind any way you turn, the biking here really is about as perfect as it gets!
Road Bike Trails ~ Road Bike Routes
~ Mtn Bike Trails ~
Road Biking on the Palouse
~ TRAILS ~
Here’s some favorite road biking trails on the Palouse … the kind that are long, with smooth tread and no traffic, so you can just FLY!
PULLMAN
Pullman Greenway Trail
- Nice flat trail thru town
- Trail has a short disconnect at E Spring st. Cross the bridge and find the trail on the other side
- For an 8 mile loop: combine w mile 1 of the Chipman trail + Terreview
Bill Chipman Trail
- Smooth, flat trail connecting Pullman and Moscow
- 7 miles between trailheads
- Connects to Pullman Greenway Trail and the Paradise Path in Moscow
MOSCOW
Paradise Path
- TBD
Latah Trail
- Mostly flat trail connecting Moscow and Troy
- 9 miles between trailheads
- Connects to the Paradise Path in Moscow and the Bear Creek Canyon Trail in Troy
TROY
Bear Creek Canyon Trail
- Flat, beautiful, remote (no roads!) trail from Troy
- Out & Back: 4 fun, fast miles down in, 4 ugh, slog miles back out
- Connects to / Extension of the Latah Trail in Troy
KENDRICK
Ed Corkill Trail
- Flat/Gradual climb, trail connecting Julietta and Kendrick
- 5 miles between trailheads
- Eventually will connect with Bear Creek Canyon and Latah Trails
LEWISTON / CLARKSTON
Lewiston Levee & Clarkston Greenbelt Trails
- TBD
PLUMMER
Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes
- Flat/Gradual climb, trail from Plummer to Mulan across the Northern Idaho Panhandle
- 73 miles one way
- Website
SPOKANE / COEUR d’ALENE
Centennial Trail
- Link
- Mostly flat trail running from Nine Mile Falls/West of Spokane to Lake Coeur d’Alene
- 125 miles one way
Road Biking on the Palouse
~ ROUTES ~
The Palouse is a mecca of smooth tread, wide shoulder, low traffic backroads with incredible scenery to boot! It’s like experiencing heaven from the seat of a bike (Heaven just has a crap ton of hills though!)
Albion / Hamilton Hill Loop
- Backroads around Pullman. 28 mile full loop, can be shortened to 14 miles by riding Hwy 195
- Rolling wheat fields, LOTS of hills, including Hamilton which is a brute! No shoulder most of the way but very little traffic (except if doing the stretch along Hwy 195, but that has very wide, rideable shoulders)
- TBD
Union Flats Loop
- Backroads Pullman and Colfax. 30 mile route
- Beautiful ride through backroads farm country, little to NO traffic
- TBD
Mountain biking on the Palouse
There’s plenty of great off-road trails to crash and burn on here as well! Here’s some favorite fat tire venues for Mountain biking on the Palouse:
Moscow Mountain
- The Trail Forks app has all the Moscow Mountain trails and is interactive so you can see real time where you’re at on the mountain! And it’s free! I highly recommend it!
- Also fun to sign up and volunteer for trail building parties! What an amazing workout and who doesn’t love MORE trails?!
- Website
Hiawatha Trail
- Beautiful dirt & gravel rail trail thru forest and mountains at Lookout Pass. It’s literally the middle of no-where! The ride starts thru the 1-mile Taft tunnel which is a cool experience (literally)! The rest of the trail is over high trestles and thru a variety of other tunnels. Definitely one for the bucket list!
- 14 down-hill miles one way. There’s bus service from the bottom back to the Taft tunnel for a small fee … totally worth it! The time to drive a car out there … WAY TOO LONG!
- Website