Tag: mountain bike
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Dockton Forest Mountain Bike Park – Now Open
Great turnout. Great partners. Great community. Thank you Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, and Vashon Mountain Bike Association. To learn more about the partnership(s) that helped make this happen, see our press release. Follow this link if you’d like to see more photos.
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New MTB trails in the works at the Black Diamond Open Space
On October 14, an REI work party began the process of creating new mountain bike trails in the Black Diamond Open Space with our partner Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance. These trails will be a new hub in South King County for fat tire enthusiasts and home to the Washington Student Cycling League, a non-profit organization…
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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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Kid Pump Track in the pursuit of happiness and a little dirt
She prides herself on how long she can run the course of the pump track at King County’s Duthie Hill Park as she progressively gets better and better with practice. These days, the young ones – both girls and boys – are turning up for spins through the dirt like never before. Kids want to…
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New trail at Cedar Creek uncovers Ewok village (we swear!)
This past Saturday, May 11, locals and trail enthusiasts gathered to celebrate the opening of the brand spankin’ new loop trail through Cedar Creek Park, an Ewok-like forest paradise nestled between Covington and Maple Valley in unincorporated King County. Cedar Creek Park is actually 2 parks: King County’s portion, called Cedar Downs, and the City…
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New and improved trails coming to Big Finn Hill Park
Big Finn Hill Park, which is nestled between Saint Edward State Park and O.O.Denny Park in Kirkland, is a versatile place: its 220 acres feature both a ballfield complex and a trails system. Some 3.5 miles of twisty, looping trails wind through the park’s forest, offering a lovely backcountry experience for hikers and mountain bikers…
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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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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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2011 King County Parks Highlights Reel, Part 1
This year has been a busy one here at King County Parks – we’ve added some new acres here and there, converted a few muddy old fields to synthetic turf, and removed a heck of a lot blackberries. Here’s the highlights reel: New stuff! Paved 1.2 miles of the East Lake Sammamish Trail in Redmond,…
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Duthie Hill Dash – XC Mountain Bike Race this Saturday
Saturday, June 19 – 9 a.m. Subway’s Washington Games presents Cross-country Mountain Bike Race Come watch riders of all ages careen down a course through Duthie’s much-celebrated new mountain bike park. Featuring more than five miles of trails that are suitable for riders of all experience levels, Duthie Hill’s mountain bike park offers banked turns,…
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Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park screen time
King 5’s Evening Magazine aired their first Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park piece last night. Click here to see it in all its glory. Remember kids don’t try these moves at home…do it at the park.
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Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park owned by an 8 year old
Footage from Vholder.com of a little man doing one of the runs at Duthie. Great example of an all-ages bike park. Enjoy, and thanks to seattlefathead for loading it up.
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Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park – Seattle Times sneak peek
Seattle Times did a walk-through of the Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park (opening in May). Give it a read, peruse the photos, and watch the video over at their site or in today’s Outdoors Section…minus the video of course.
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Grand Opening: Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park
That’s right kids it’s official, the grand opening will be May 22. In the meantime Parks staff and the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance are putting finishing touches on what is sure to be an amazing bike park. Stay tuned “We’re at work so you can play”.
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Seattle Times on Tolt-MacDonald Park
King County’s Tolt-MacDonald Park was profiled in this week’s Outdoors section in the Seattle Times. Check out Tolt for a day hike, family event, mountain bike ride, or weekend outing. And don’t forget the yurts! Tolt’s got ’em, so you can get out of town and into nature, but stay comfy, cozy and dry. So…
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Progress on Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park
We went out to meet Mike Westra of Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance (EMBA) to take a look at their progress on the Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park. EMBA does some impressive work!