PNW tracks really lacking lately?

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Ya be thankful you have that many tracks to even choose from. Most of Utah is owned by the mormon church or Rio Tinto so I don't see it getting any better.
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5/6/2022 6:21am
PNWMXer wrote:
Did Skyline used to be called Pleasant Valley?
I am guessing “yes”, but waiting/watching for confirmation.
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5/6/2022 6:55am
AgileMike wrote:
Don't know if it counts as PNW but Boise has two tracks that are great. OMC and Skyline. OMC is a member track so only open...
Don't know if it counts as PNW but Boise has two tracks that are great. OMC and Skyline. OMC is a member track so only open for public practice on select days, but Skyline is open the everyone and has watered practice 3x times a week
PNWMXer wrote:
Did Skyline used to be called Pleasant Valley?
Yes
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5/6/2022 9:53am
AgileMike wrote:
Don't know if it counts as PNW but Boise has two tracks that are great. OMC and Skyline. OMC is a member track so only open...
Don't know if it counts as PNW but Boise has two tracks that are great. OMC and Skyline. OMC is a member track so only open for public practice on select days, but Skyline is open the everyone and has watered practice 3x times a week
PNWMXer wrote:
Did Skyline used to be called Pleasant Valley?
Yes
Thanks-raced there once in 08, always wanted to get back and hadn’t made it yet.

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Tend to agree overall. GHORV stale and shitty prep, MV screwed up with the wood chips, Albany stale and spotty prep (that stupid paddle tiller), Shoug hit and miss, often too damn crowded due to its fame, Riverdale stale and sketchy, Woodland well run but winter only, PiR is pretty much race only. Pat's acres isn't worth the drive when I have a better private track 15 min from the house. Everything else is too far to drive for me (4+ hours). I love Skyline but it's so far away.

Glad we have access to 2 private tracks. I prep the way I like it, and it's never crowded. Course, I'm $4000 a year into diesel, sawdust, gear rentals etc, and 100+ hours of labor to ride them.

Coming from NorCal with Argyll, Hangtown, E Street, MMX, Riverfront, Diablo, Hollister GP, Club, where the operators are mostly top notch and change it up, PNW isn't as good. And this year the weather has SUCKED!!!! Not a single PIR TNMX race yet, and next week ain't looking good.

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I only started riding GHORV last year. So its not quite stale to me. However the early morning sessions are absolutely deep mud. After that its good imo, some big lines to challenge yourself.

Riverdale. I have spun tons of laps here. Oh my is it stale/boring/sketch at times. Prime time to ride is late spring/early fall with rain often to keep it half way rideable. The 7 day schedule is nice for the time in the middle of the week, but really only viable during the wetter time of year. I MISS the big ass track at the drag strip. Big ass jumps and a mountain of dirt essentially. All the whoops/rollers. Watching Blackburn, Tristan Charboneu, Ian Smith was a treat. Also wrecks havoc on your machine. Chains, sprockets, and tires pretty much disintegrate there. Wet or dry. Its good for people who are very new to the sport. Tame and mellow jumps. Crowd there is getting very goon and squid. So many things I wish they would change to make it better but oh well.

Woodland is nice. Shame is only winter.

I miss The Ridge up in Shelton. Yeah it was rocky af but it was pretty highspeed with fun jumps. Just wish I had my skills I have now, back then to hit everything.

Washougal. Ill never go to a practice day there, I don't feel like driving over 2 hours to ride maybe 4/5 times. Its just ungodly packed for their 4 practice days a year.

Cant speak for the other tracks. I have only been riding MX for the past 5 years. Only started taking it serious the last 2.
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So Lance is out at pacific and guess devol taking over was not true. Hopefully it's not closing down
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Leeham wrote:
I only started riding GHORV last year. So its not quite stale to me. However the early morning sessions are absolutely deep mud. After that its...
I only started riding GHORV last year. So its not quite stale to me. However the early morning sessions are absolutely deep mud. After that its good imo, some big lines to challenge yourself.

Riverdale. I have spun tons of laps here. Oh my is it stale/boring/sketch at times. Prime time to ride is late spring/early fall with rain often to keep it half way rideable. The 7 day schedule is nice for the time in the middle of the week, but really only viable during the wetter time of year. I MISS the big ass track at the drag strip. Big ass jumps and a mountain of dirt essentially. All the whoops/rollers. Watching Blackburn, Tristan Charboneu, Ian Smith was a treat. Also wrecks havoc on your machine. Chains, sprockets, and tires pretty much disintegrate there. Wet or dry. Its good for people who are very new to the sport. Tame and mellow jumps. Crowd there is getting very goon and squid. So many things I wish they would change to make it better but oh well.

Woodland is nice. Shame is only winter.

I miss The Ridge up in Shelton. Yeah it was rocky af but it was pretty highspeed with fun jumps. Just wish I had my skills I have now, back then to hit everything.

Washougal. Ill never go to a practice day there, I don't feel like driving over 2 hours to ride maybe 4/5 times. Its just ungodly packed for their 4 practice days a year.

Cant speak for the other tracks. I have only been riding MX for the past 5 years. Only started taking it serious the last 2.
Forgot about the Ridge. I liked it as well. Straight in front of the pits was fun, with all the doubles, the triple, and the step-up.

Bummer is that I was not riding from 13-18, and didn’t get there until about a year before it closed.
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5/6/2022 5:00pm Edited Date/Time 5/6/2022 5:30pm
So Lance is out at pacific and guess devol taking over was not true. Hopefully it's not closing down
Are you 100% sure about that? Are you on the PNW Motocross! FB group? Everything I am reading there today, it looks like Ted is taking over. I also swung by his shop the other day, shiny new skid-steer in the parking lot as well.

I could be wrong, but from what I am seeing/reading, it looks like it is true.
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Are you 100% sure about that? Are you on the PNW Motocross! FB group? Everything I am reading there today, it looks like Ted is taking...
Are you 100% sure about that? Are you on the PNW Motocross! FB group? Everything I am reading there today, it looks like Ted is taking over. I also swung by his shop the other day, shiny new skid-steer in the parking lot as well.

I could be wrong, but from what I am seeing/reading, it looks like it is true.
Screw Devol.
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Skipped over 5th gear pinned which was kinda private and word of mouth but probably one of the best tracks I’ve ridden.
Cadillac Ranch was good as well, high speed which there aren’t many tracks like that here in the pnw
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Are you 100% sure about that? Are you on the PNW Motocross! FB group? Everything I am reading there today, it looks like Ted is taking...
Are you 100% sure about that? Are you on the PNW Motocross! FB group? Everything I am reading there today, it looks like Ted is taking over. I also swung by his shop the other day, shiny new skid-steer in the parking lot as well.

I could be wrong, but from what I am seeing/reading, it looks like it is true.
LungButter wrote:
Screw Devol.
Hey now, Ted is amazing at building super kickers for the three pros that show up, while the other 400 participants have to roll everything
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Mt view is the worst track in the PNW, bar none
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Couldn’t agree more.
Territorial Mx is the absolute worst Mx track in the Pacific Northwest bar none. It's like a shitty backyard track that some quad dude threw together. This is coming from a guy that refuses to ride Mnt View because its a great way to get broken, but it's still leagues better than Territorial. If you crash at Mnt View it's like throwing fine china against concrete. I swear that place breaks everyone that crashes.
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5/7/2022 7:19am
So Lance is out at pacific and guess devol taking over was not true. Hopefully it's not closing down
Are you 100% sure about that? Are you on the PNW Motocross! FB group? Everything I am reading there today, it looks like Ted is taking...
Are you 100% sure about that? Are you on the PNW Motocross! FB group? Everything I am reading there today, it looks like Ted is taking over. I also swung by his shop the other day, shiny new skid-steer in the parking lot as well.

I could be wrong, but from what I am seeing/reading, it looks like it is true.
Heard it was royce but all kind of rumors at this point.
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So Lance is out at pacific and guess devol taking over was not true. Hopefully it's not closing down
Are you 100% sure about that? Are you on the PNW Motocross! FB group? Everything I am reading there today, it looks like Ted is taking...
Are you 100% sure about that? Are you on the PNW Motocross! FB group? Everything I am reading there today, it looks like Ted is taking over. I also swung by his shop the other day, shiny new skid-steer in the parking lot as well.

I could be wrong, but from what I am seeing/reading, it looks like it is true.
JazzyJJ wrote:
Heard it was royce but all kind of rumors at this point.
Long as someone takes over it and it stays open. Really hope they can make some good changes. Guess Lance couldn't do anything because of no real budget from the owners. Or it was a combination of that and needing like permits with the county to move dirt around? Which that I wouldn't agree on. Been there so long it should be grandfathered in.
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I went to the PNW last year to take my son to race the PacWest race at the old ORV track, it had some funky wood chip mix going on. We tried to race the Thursday night race at PIR and they canceled it for being too hot.

I grew up in Olympia so I like to go up and hit a few races with my kid but it’s a bit underwhelming. He likes Washougal, about to head up there for regionals.
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So Lance is out at pacific and guess devol taking over was not true. Hopefully it's not closing down
Are you 100% sure about that? Are you on the PNW Motocross! FB group? Everything I am reading there today, it looks like Ted is taking...
Are you 100% sure about that? Are you on the PNW Motocross! FB group? Everything I am reading there today, it looks like Ted is taking over. I also swung by his shop the other day, shiny new skid-steer in the parking lot as well.

I could be wrong, but from what I am seeing/reading, it looks like it is true.
JazzyJJ wrote:
Heard it was royce but all kind of rumors at this point.
I think you nailed it. He responded to my request to open up the track (or areas) for spectators again (it sucks for spectators at the moment).

Lance is a local icon, it is hard to like change like this, but hopefully the Devol folks have something fresh and better in mind.
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I went to the PNW last year to take my son to race the PacWest race at the old ORV track, it had some funky wood...
I went to the PNW last year to take my son to race the PacWest race at the old ORV track, it had some funky wood chip mix going on. We tried to race the Thursday night race at PIR and they canceled it for being too hot.

I grew up in Olympia so I like to go up and hit a few races with my kid but it’s a bit underwhelming. He likes Washougal, about to head up there for regionals.
Yes the wood chips blow because they are not taking the time to actually mix it into the soil. They think just laying it on top is gonna work. Instead you end up with this soft 6" easy or more. Of this soft wood chips. That ruts up instantly and has this dragging effect on the bike.

It's been like this for a few years now and it blows. Dudes doing the track prep there don't know what they are doing.
Mt view did something stupid like this last year but they too failed big time. By not tilling it into the soil which was not only a waste of thier time. It made for shit conditions and it was no benefit to the track . They just laid it on top its mostly blown off by now thankfully.

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The PNW tracks have such potential and loyal customers that it is sad to see the track owners do such a poor job. MV won't ever communicate and when they do they lie normally. They charge you for a limited practice claiming only so many spots will be sold and thus charging extra for the practice. Once you show up you see the whole place is packed as if it is a big holiday public practice! Albany breaks up their practice and has a Vet class yet they let young guys ride in the class and they do nothing about it. Washougal never has their act together it seems as they are always late for their own practice and never know what the lineup will be until 30 minutes after the start time. I wonder have any of these track owners ever been to California to see how real tracks are ran like a business? If just one track in the Portland area would run a set schedule and run like a business they would do very well it seems. I love the area but everyone I know has been very let down by the track owners there.
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5/7/2022 11:58am
PNWMXer wrote:
Did Skyline used to be called Pleasant Valley?
Shiftfaced wrote:
I am guessing “yes”, but waiting/watching for confirmation.
Yes
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EC Mx in Lewiston and 541 Mx in Medford both look good but I haven’t been. Eugene is fun but you’d probably call it stale and...
EC Mx in Lewiston and 541 Mx in Medford both look good but I haven’t been.

Eugene is fun but you’d probably call it stale and their season is almost over.

High desert is fun when it’s been watered by Mother Nature but it’s normally lazily watered and not worth the drive.

I enjoy Albany, they’ve already started their Wednesday practices for the season. They have whoops.

Mtn view ruined their track with kiddling, I wish it was chip but it’s straight up chunks of tree they got for free from storm clean up being chipped, should have been sent to the paper mill not a track. I won’t pay to ride there any time soon, was horrible last summer, did 4 laps and left.

Wish PIR had practice days, think they only had two last summer and was triple digit heat both times.

Pats acres has potential but it’s narrow and lacks flow, jammed, would be better if they plowed half the jumps but I’ll still hit it a few times this summer, it’s a cool place.

That back track by the drag strip at riverdale is my style, I feel like the main track has huge features and doesn’t really pair with the riders there but rarely go there.

Seems like washougal always ends up having spur of the moment off the schedule practices, normally not enough notice for me since it’s a 3hr drive.

I hit woodland a couple times this winter and thought it was great.

Just my opinions.
Go to EC MX in Lewiston...it will be worth your drive!! Fantastic, safe track with a layout that is good for slow to fast and everything...
Go to EC MX in Lewiston...it will be worth your drive!! Fantastic, safe track with a layout that is good for slow to fast and everything in between.
I just moved to Post Falls last fall, have ridden Airway Heights (and may never again) but I am looking forward to going to EC MX soon. Thats and Fossil Bowl. Haven't ridden there in over 30 years.
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TahoeVetMX wrote:
The PNW tracks have such potential and loyal customers that it is sad to see the track owners do such a poor job. MV won't ever...
The PNW tracks have such potential and loyal customers that it is sad to see the track owners do such a poor job. MV won't ever communicate and when they do they lie normally. They charge you for a limited practice claiming only so many spots will be sold and thus charging extra for the practice. Once you show up you see the whole place is packed as if it is a big holiday public practice! Albany breaks up their practice and has a Vet class yet they let young guys ride in the class and they do nothing about it. Washougal never has their act together it seems as they are always late for their own practice and never know what the lineup will be until 30 minutes after the start time. I wonder have any of these track owners ever been to California to see how real tracks are ran like a business? If just one track in the Portland area would run a set schedule and run like a business they would do very well it seems. I love the area but everyone I know has been very let down by the track owners there.
One of the biggest issues the tracks deal with up here is rain. Mt. View and Washougal are pretty much unrideable when rained on. And clean up afterwards is a big deal.

However I will admit that many of the tracks will cancel with even the threat of rain
5/7/2022 6:04pm
I feel like they all have their good days and bad days.

Horn rapids and co. can eat a bag of dicks though
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honda65 wrote:
I just moved to Post Falls last fall, have ridden Airway Heights (and may never again) but I am looking forward to going to EC MX...
I just moved to Post Falls last fall, have ridden Airway Heights (and may never again) but I am looking forward to going to EC MX soon. Thats and Fossil Bowl. Haven't ridden there in over 30 years.
What didn’t you like about Airway Heights?
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Anyone going to community Mx for opening day this next Saturday? (The 14th)
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Leeham wrote:
I only started riding GHORV last year. So its not quite stale to me. However the early morning sessions are absolutely deep mud. After that its...
I only started riding GHORV last year. So its not quite stale to me. However the early morning sessions are absolutely deep mud. After that its good imo, some big lines to challenge yourself.

Riverdale. I have spun tons of laps here. Oh my is it stale/boring/sketch at times. Prime time to ride is late spring/early fall with rain often to keep it half way rideable. The 7 day schedule is nice for the time in the middle of the week, but really only viable during the wetter time of year. I MISS the big ass track at the drag strip. Big ass jumps and a mountain of dirt essentially. All the whoops/rollers. Watching Blackburn, Tristan Charboneu, Ian Smith was a treat. Also wrecks havoc on your machine. Chains, sprockets, and tires pretty much disintegrate there. Wet or dry. Its good for people who are very new to the sport. Tame and mellow jumps. Crowd there is getting very goon and squid. So many things I wish they would change to make it better but oh well.

Woodland is nice. Shame is only winter.

I miss The Ridge up in Shelton. Yeah it was rocky af but it was pretty highspeed with fun jumps. Just wish I had my skills I have now, back then to hit everything.

Washougal. Ill never go to a practice day there, I don't feel like driving over 2 hours to ride maybe 4/5 times. Its just ungodly packed for their 4 practice days a year.

Cant speak for the other tracks. I have only been riding MX for the past 5 years. Only started taking it serious the last 2.
I live in Seattle area so only way to make Shougal worthwhile is to buy 2 wristbands(e.g. Beginner & Vet). Otherwise i completely agree it's just not worth having to wait 1-1.5hrs between motos.

Riverdale is far from perfect but it's still my go to track simply because of the open riding/multiple tracks. It's so nice to be able to ride/rest as long as you want whenever you want vs rotating classes you get at virtually every other track.

I also hit up Whidbey MX in summers quite a bit. It's small, has weird amalgamation of soil, and is usually pretty crowded but my in-laws live on the island so can't beat it for convenience.
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If someone was to open a new track in the PNW, what would the best location be and why?
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chasetwo79 wrote:
If someone was to open a new track in the PNW, what would the best location be and why?
Yakima valley area. Right in the middle of the state and better weather than the west side.

Edit: another positive is it’s a ton of farm land in the valley so complaining neighbors would be minimal.
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honda65 wrote:
I just moved to Post Falls last fall, have ridden Airway Heights (and may never again) but I am looking forward to going to EC MX...
I just moved to Post Falls last fall, have ridden Airway Heights (and may never again) but I am looking forward to going to EC MX soon. Thats and Fossil Bowl. Haven't ridden there in over 30 years.
LungButter wrote:
What didn’t you like about Airway Heights?
Also curious. I've never been, but haven't heard anything bad about the place.

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