Tag: duthie hill mountain bike park
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Evergreen Mountain Bike Festival June 11-12th 2016 at King County’s Duthie Hill Park
It’s time for the annual Evergreen Mountain Bike Festival at King County’s Duthie Hill Park. It’s TWO DAYS this year which means more venders, demos, skill clinics and beer than ever before! Check out the list of vendors and demo fleets attending. This is an event for the whole family so bring your munchkins to…
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Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day 2015 @ Duthie Hill Park
Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day 2015 @ Duthie Hill Park This Saturday, Oct. 3, come on out to King County’s Duthie Hill Park for Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day 2015. All ages (tots to teens) and skill levels are welcome; you just need a working bike and helmet! Whether you’re little one is…
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National Trails Day – Kind of a Big Deal
This is more than likely what the scene will look like tomorrow across this humble little park system. So if you aren’t already sold, know this, pictures can possibly take your soul but they can never truly convey the full amount of awesome in a given moment. We promise you a minimum of 3x more…
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‘Bout To Get Turnt Up at Duthie
Specialized Bicycles will be throwing down at Duthie this weekend. You like bikes? New ones. Shiny and all bike-like. Then it sounds like this is your kind of party. Or as they’re calling it – a “dirt party”. Not to be confused with dirt nap. Two totally different things. From their site: Don’t miss the dirt party…
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Duthie Hill – Giving back.
3 years of stories, skills, exercise, participating, engaging, being outdoors. Great kid, great partner. http://www.pinkbike.com/v/embed/400855/?colors=C80000
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Duthie Hill’s new parking lot will be open this weekend. Stay calm
That is correct. Probably the most anticipated parking lot we have known. Crews are putting on the finishing touches. Saturday you shall bear witness to a whopping 74 stalls, connector trail (to Duthie proppa), bike rack (for those hiking Grand Ridge or if you just want to run the trails pretending you’re riding a bike) and a…
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Duthie Hill Park(ing) + connector trail
We’re getting close.
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Take A Kid Mountain Biking 2014
This Saturday get those kids out of the house and join Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance at Duthie Hill Park.
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Duthie Hill parking lot coming along…
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2014 Duthie Hill Mountainbike Festival
To see more photos of the event, visit
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Are you still around?
Are you still around these parts this holiday weekend? Well, the weather forecast looks good, so we here at King County Parks suggest you take a little “staycation” and go tour your big backyard! No shortage of things to explore, just a hop skip and bike pedal away. May we offer some suggestions? Why of…
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“If she can do it, I can do it.”
The Scene: A 12-year-old girl looks on as an impressive number of pro female riders compete in the Sweetlines Sugar Showdown hosted at Duthie Hill Park, the first all-female freeride competition of its kind in the northwestern United States. Then, the 12-year-old girl gets on her own bike and takes first place in the amateur division. That’s not…
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Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park: Mountain Bike Fest
Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park: Mountain Bike Fest, a photo by kingcountyparks on Flickr. Duthie: Then & now slideshow. Thought we’d blast you with “The evolution of a bike park” from our Flickr feed. The Mountain Bike Fest was a hit. A lot of vendors, bikes, kids and smiling dirty faces. If you are too…
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Field Notes: Last spike + volunteers = Trail complete in Grand Ridge Park!
On Thurs, Feb 23, after 77 days and more than 4,600 volunteer hours of work over the course of 17 months, volunteers from Washington Trails Association put the last spike into the 600-foot-long boardwalk across the north hemlock bog in Grand Ridge Park. For 10 years, WTA volunteers have been building and improving Grand Ridge’s…
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Fitness Challenge – Volunteer at a King County Park
Volunteering at Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park, a photo by kingcountyparks on Flickr. Parks cube-dwellers, torn from the comfort of their monitors, and forced into honest labor. Planted vegetation around the shelter. Plants courtsey of the King County Greenhouse. It’s a great way to get fit and give back. Check out our calendar and find a volunteer opporutnity…
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Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park re-opened
Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park, a photo by kingcountyparks on Flickr. Thank you to all of the hard working volunteers! Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park is re-opened.
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Duthie Hill’s first anniversary, June 11
If you are already a fan of King County Parks on Facebook, this is old news for you. But for the rest of the internets, take a look at our upcoming drawing via our Facebook page. Join KC Parks and Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance to celebrate Duthie Hill’s first anniversary at the “Duthie Demoversary” this…
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Random photo post: Wildlife at Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park
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Field notes: Duthie Hill entrance = safer…more safe…less dangerous!
We’re at work, so you can drive safe: King County Parks and Roads Divisions worked together to widen a once narrow park entrance. This enhancement to the entrance to Duthie Hill Park makes accessing the popular mountain bike park easier and safer…more safe. This means less awkward polite waving and entryway politics. To answer your…
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Get the kids out this weekend.
I have been shooting folks in our parks for about four years, and I have to say this might be the most geniune grin I have seen on any youth I have shot in one of our parks. Got me thinking that all it really takes sometimes is to just get out with the kids…
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It’s on like Donkey Kong this weekend!!!
It has been crazy here prepping for this weekend, and now it is finally upon us. Welcome to the awesome storm that is the weekend of May 22nd, 2010. Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park grand opening. Saturday May, 22nd 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Ribbon cutting at 11:30 a.m. Raffle, beer garden and BBQ. Directions…