Tag: trail alert
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Trail Alert: Everywhere
Please do not be alarmed if you come across this rad motorcycle on one of your favorite trails. Details about its purpose are below. *Should you come across this, please notify us immediately and know that crying in public is ok. Mobile mapping vehicle on Regional Trails through 8/25 King County Parks has authorized Transmap…
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Trail Alert: Soaring Eagle – OWLS!!!
We have temporarily shut down Devil’s Slide trail inside Soaring Eagle Park due to a reported owl attack. Owls are yet again confusing people’s heads, for prey. Be safe out there and keep one eye on the skies. Just make sure you have eye protection. We will update you if the eagles decide to defend…
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Trail Alert: Sammamish River Trail closure
A trail detour goes into effect Aug. 15 through mid-Sept. Trail users can expect brief trail interruptions on the Sammamish River Trail, near the pedestrian footbridge leading to downtown Bothell. The interruptions will affect trail users in both directions. The contractor will be placing sandbag protection in the Sammamish River. In order to keep the public and…
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Trail Alert: Tokul Trestle now open on Snoqualmie Valley Trail
A three-mile-long stretch of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail has been closed since September for major repairs to the historic Tokul Creek Trestle. We are happy to announce that the bridge is now open! While users are welcome to once again use this portion of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail, keep in mind that while the bridge work…
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Regional Trail Alert: Snoqualmie Valley Trail closure
King County Parks crews will begin grading work on the Snoqualmie Valley Trail from Duvall south to NE 124th St on Tuesday, 5/31 through Thursday, June 2. The trail will be closed during this work from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day of the closure period. Thank you for your patience during this important…
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Trail Alert: Sammamish River Trail
Survey crews are continuing to map property boundaries and utilities and carry out wetland delineation for King County’s sewer upgrade project in Redmond. During the week of May 23, crews are expected to be working along West Lake Sammamish Parkway, the Sammamish River Trail, and by Marymoor. You can expect to see surveyors in bright…
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Trail Alert: Cougar Mountain
Reminder that crews are clearing trees from the trails. They have chainsaws, but are friendly. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Trail Alert: Cougar – Sky Country Trailhead
Tree blocking the entrance. Will update this post when it is removed. Be safe out there kids.
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Trail Alert: Duthie Hill – Parking Lot
Duthie’s parking lot will be closed until approximately 9:30 a.m. this morning, as we remove debris from the wind storm. For those of you planning to start your Wednesday morning by riding in a dark and rainy forest.
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Taylor Mountain parking lot closed from October through December for expansion.
Taylor Mountain Forest is growing in popularity as a destination for hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians – and King County Parks is expanding the parking lot in order to accommodate a greater number of visitors. The parking lot and primary access point to this 1,800-acre working forest that lies between North Bend and Hobart will be closed…
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Trail Alert: Snoqualmie Valley Trail
Major repairs are needed to the historic Tokul Creek Trestle – the stunning, century-old wooden structure that once carried railroad cars and now serves as part of King County Parks’ Snoqualmie Valley Trail. The work is expected to begin Sept. 15 and last into spring of 2016. During this time, a three-mile-long stretch of the…
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King County continues levee work along Green River
Maintenance along levees from Tukwila to Kent means intermittent closures to sections of Green River Trail. Maintenance work by King County continues along a dozen miles of levees that protect the cities of Renton, Tukwila and Kent from Green River flooding. This work requires temporary, intermittent closures of sections of the Green River Trail, which sits…
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Trail Alert: Green River Trail
King County levee maintenance along levees from Tukwila to Kent means intermittent closures to sections of the Green River Trail Maintenance work by King County continues along a dozen miles of levees that protect the cities of Renton, Tukwila and Kent from Green River flooding. This work requires temporary, intermittent closures of sections of the Green…
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Trail Alert: Burke-Gilman
Crews will be ditching along the Gilman Trail from the 10th through the 21st, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. They have begun at the City of Seattle line (near Lake Forest Park) and will proceed east from there down the trail. There will be heavy equipment involved, so portions of the trail may be closed…
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Trail Alert: Green River – Ongoing Levee Work
Maintenance work by King County continues along a dozen miles of levees that protect the cities of Renton, Tukwila and Kent from Green River flooding. This work requires temporary, intermittent closures of sections of the Green River Trail, which sits atop the levee system through the Green River Valley. Upcoming closures: • Aug. 10-13, with a possible…
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Regional Trail Alert; Snoqualmie Valley Trail
As our favorite canine would say: ruh-oh. A safety project to replace rotted portions of the Meadowbrook Bridge along King County Parks’ Snoqualmie Valley Trail will require a two week closure of the trail in the immediate area, July 20-31. In advance of the week-long closure, trail users could expect intermittent delays of up to…
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Trail Alert: Sammamish River Trail (we promise we are done for the day)
Straight from the fingers of the KC Media [Picture a smoke enveloped room, filled with the sounds of typewriters and lots of horn-rimmed glasses, but with none of that]. Electronic trip counter coming to Sammamish River Trail part of statewide mobility study Transportation planners will soon have new data available to them with the installation of…
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Trail Alert: Preston-Snoqualmie Trail
Lake Alice Road SE culvert replacement project is scheduled to begin on Jun 22, 2015 at 7:00 am and be completed on Aug 28, 2015 at 3:00 pm. The work will require a full closure of the road. A detour route through the Snoqualmie Ridge community will be opened for public use during this construction.…
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Trail Alert: Sammamish River Trail
Reminder that slope mowing is still happening along the trail, so there will be brief closures. Work is scheduled for completion by this Thurs.
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Trail alert: Burke-Gilman
A short stretch of King County’s Burke-Gilman Trail through Lake Forest Park will be closed today Tuesday Jan. 13, as crews remove a large cottonwood tree that is suddenly leaning across the trail near the pedestrian bridge on the 17100 block of Ballinger Way NE. No detour is available while this emergency tree removal operation…
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Trail alert: Burke-Gilman
Week of the 17th, trail maintenance between NE 145th and NE 147th may cause 15 min delays. Detour will be available.
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Trail alert: Downed tree on Samm. River Trail near Luke McRedmond
Crews will be out this morning to clean up. Update: Trail cleared
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Trail Alert: Construction and New Additions
Summertime means construction and lots of action on our regional trails; here’s the latest scoop! Construction Alerts From August 4 – 25, King County will be repairing scour damage around the southern pier and southern bank of Gold Creek, near the Sammamish River Trail at the bridge south of the NE 124th Street and east…
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Trail alert: Snoqualmie Valley Trail
Mon 7/14 we will be adding gravel to the trail with large trucks and equipment, leading to temporary closures. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Trail alert: Burke-Gilman
Trail closure at Wayne Tunnel, Mar 24 – 27, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
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Trail alert: Snoqualmie Valley Trail
Road slump closes access at SE 39th Pl, Fall City. Use Griffin Creek off NE 11th or SE 356th
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Trail alert: Green River
The City of Kent will be starting construction on the Hawley Road levee, starting March 27th. For construction details, and much needed detour information, please visit their construction page.
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Marymoor Park Traffic Alert – Sun, July 17
Hey all you early morning Marymoor Park people: Please note that the west entrance (the main entrance at W Lake Sammamish Pkwy) will be closed to incoming traffic on Sunday, July 17 from 7 – 10 a.m. During this time, 1,500 cyclists participating in the TRI-ROCK Triathlon will ride through Marymoor Park. For the safety…
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Trail alert: Sammamish River Trail back online.
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Trail Alert: Sammamish River Trail
The City of Woodinville is beginning a project to install a new 48inch culvert from Wilmot Park to the Sammamish River and installing a large pre-cast vault in accordance with the Dept. Fish and Wildlife requirements. Beginning June 15/16 the city’s contractors will begin construction of a Sammamish River Trail (SRT) detour around the project…