Legendary bike ride around Mount Rainier canceled for 2026 and possibly beyond
The Redmond Cycling Club officially canceled the RAMROD for 2026, and there’s concern about its future.
Mount Rainier, the crown jewel of the Northwest, has many ways to enjoy its grandeur. You can climb it, hike it, photograph it, and, since the mid-1980s, you could join 800 people every summer to ride bikes around it in a day. Until now.
The Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day, or RAMROD , one of Western Washington’s most loved annual cycling events, which for over 40 years has taken cyclists over 150 miles with 10,000 feet of elevation gain, through evergreen forests, switchbacks, vistas and unsurpassed mountain passes, is not running this year. The Redmond Cycling Club , which is responsible for the stewardship of the RAMROD, announced last month that the 2026 ride is canceled. “It would have been our 42nd, if we’d had the ride this year,” Rick Duong, president of the Redmond Cycling Club, told The News Tribune.
“We’ve met with the park several times. And they’re not budging. ” Duong said the issue is timing.
Traditionally, the RAMROD has run on the final Thursday of July. This year, the park service is trying to push the ride until after Labor Day. “After Labor Day is too late in the season for the club.