2025 Banana Slug #2 - Butler Valley Loop

Butler Valley Loop

The ride will start promptly at 10:00 a.m. from Taylor Way near Fish Brothers in Blue Lake. There will be a rider meeting at 9:50 at the registration table. At the start/finish line we will have hot coffee, fresh seasonal fruit, and Los Bagels is continuing their support with a bagel donation. Please bring your own coffee cup.

Route description:

0          Start – Taylor Way Blue Lake

.3         Left – Hatchery Rd

.5         Right – Railroad Ave

1.2       Right – Maple Creek Rd

22.8     Right – Fickle Hill Rd

27.2     Right –  Turn down GD 7100 (hop gate, stay on main road, follow Banana Slug signs.

35.8     Left – Hatchery Rd back to Blue Lake/start

37.7     Finish

Please be self sufficient and know your limitations; there is no event support along the route. 

Note:We are guests on Green Diamond property. Please act accordingly and be respectful. We don't want to jeapardize our good standing so we can continue to bring epic rides like this to our beloved Banana Slug series training rides.

Ride With GPS Route

As always, we require you be a member of RCMBA to participate. Annual memberships are $39 or you can join on a monthly basis for $5/month. To join, go to our website home page www.redwoodcoastmtb.org and scroll to the bottom and click on the JOIN RCMBA link. It will take you to International Mountain Bicycling Association JOIN page as we are a chapter of IMBA. After entering your information you will be presented with a pull-down menu; select Redwood Coast Mountain Bike Association.