Bellingham, WA
Galbraith Mountain & Chuckanut
Galbraith Mountain is close enough to downtown Bellingham that you can pedal to the trailhead from a coffee shop. Seventy-plus miles of singletrack across 3,000 acres of working forest, looking out over the city and the bay. Loam, roots, steep tech, and directional jump lines built and rebuilt by the Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition for more than thirty years. Chuckanut and Blanchard sit just south when you want something different. The riding runs all year, and so does the scene.
70+ miles on Galbraith, plus Chuckanut and Blanchard
Loam, roots, steep tech, directional jump lines
Peak Season: Year-round, drains well through winter
No lift. Two entrances, logging roads for climbing
Bellingham (BLI) 15min / Seattle 1:45 / Vancouver 1:00
Why We Love Bellingham
A working forest of loam, roots and jump lines you can ride to from downtown. Built and rebuilt for thirty years by people who ride it daily.
Our Top Trails To Ride in Bellingham
Galbraith is privately owned working timberland, and riding happens under a 2018 conservation easement that guarantees recreation access. WMBC carries the insurance and does the maintenance, funded by memberships, sponsors, and map sales. Buy the WMBC map or run Trailforks, because there are enough trails that you'll miss the good stuff otherwise. Two entrances, north off Birch Street and south off Samish Way. Directional trails are marked and there are hikers, runners, and horses out here too.
The one everyone names first. Jumps and berms top to bottom, and it rides faster every lap.
Flowy, fast, and a genuinely different trail in winter when the ground goes hard.
The closer. Most southside descents end up funneling here and nobody minds.
Northside classic, and the payoff at the bottom of a long descent chain.
Get To Know
Get To Know
Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition
WMBC has spent over thirty years keeping Galbraith open, negotiating with landowners, carrying the liability insurance, and building and maintaining every mile out there. They secured the easement in 2018 that locked in access permanently, and they're still adding trail every year. Memberships, map sales, and volunteer days are what fund it. Buy the map even if you use your phone.
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