Tag: trail
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2017 Bike Everywhere
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Moss Lake and the Sphagnum Bog
Moss Lake is a wonderful little spot located in the foothills of the cascades. This sphagnum bog (click for a definition of “sphagnum bog” ) offers an amazing variety of plants and wildlife all within 370 acres. I highly recommend making the drive out to this little hidden gem to explore. The variety of ways…
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Big Bend, Little Stroll
Big Bend Natural Area is a site most of us are probably unfamiliar with. It is located between the Cedar River Trail and the Cedar River, just downriver from the Landsburg Dam/Sockeye Hatchery. Take a quick jaunt down the Cedar River Trail to find this tucked away spot in one of the “S” curves of…
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Hike idea: Harvey Manning Trailhead to Coal Creek Falls
Yesterday, 6/29, Anti-Aircraft Peak Trailhead at King County’s Cougar Mountain Wildland Park was renamed in honor of Harvey Manning, the longtime open space advocate and hiking guidebook author. Cougar Mountain is the westernmost outpost of the “Issaquah Alps” – a phrase Manning coined. He was a founding member of the Issaquah Alps Trails Club, and…
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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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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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Field Notes: You can dance if you want to…
Last month, our Backcountry Trails Crew finished a brand spankin’ new trail bridge in Spring Lake/Lake Desire Park. The 29-foot bridge replaces an old, deteriorating one and connects the park with McGarvey Park Open Space. Built to US Forest Service standards, the bridge is made from salvaged wood our crew found on site and milled…
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Soak in our rays of light at Grand Ridge
These stunning photos of Grand Ridge were captured by our trail ambassador, Dave Schultz. Wow, right? Just soak it all in or even better, go out and hike the trail and live it!
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Burke-Gilman video: The hows and whys of construction
Video announcement for a two-mile trail closure of Burke-Gilman Trail through Lake Forest Park, enabling safety improvements and much-needed repairs including widening, improving sight distance and fixing tree root damage. The video also covers alternate routes for bicyclists with safety tips and how buses plan to share the road.
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New Trail Connection: Grand Opening, Dec 16th
Join the WSDoT and Mountains to Sound Greenway to celebrate the completion of Stage 1 of the Issaquah-Highpoint to Preston Trail connection, which when fully completed will add a 1.2 mile paved regional trail linking the Issaquah-Highpoint trail with the Preston-Snoqualmie Trail and will become part of King County Parks’ 175-mile Regional Trails System (or…
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Trail alert: Burke-Gilman Trail
Major safety upgrades on Burke-Gilman Trail require trail closure in Lake Forest Park
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Random photo post: Horseback on Grand Ridge Trail
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“Hard at work so, you can play” case # 1023
Oh hi I didn’t see you there. This? Oh nothing it’s just our awesome staff (including the ever capable Backcountry Trails Crew) retrofitting a bridge we had built in partnership with the Washington Trails Association a few years ago on the Grand Ridge Trail. Based off of visitor feedback, visitors of the equestrian kind, we…