Tag: bike camping
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Riding a folding bike with a kid to camp the Palouse to Cascades Trail
Like so many adventuring plans, this wasn’t how we originally saw it going. But somehow I ended up biking myself and our kid on a gravel path up mountain using a folding bike. And it was great. The Palouse to Cascades Trail is an incredible place, and I can’t recommend it enough. This was the…
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Bikepacking to Dosewallips State Park (and some rainy ‘type II’ fun)
Editor’s Note: There are few places on earth as well-suited for bikepacking trips than Washington State. If you bike regularly and your standard trip includes at least one hill, then you are more than ready to load your bike with camping gear and set out on an amazing adventure. Below is one somewhat ambitious trip…
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Blonsky: A non-definitive guide to bike overnighters within an hour(ish) of Seattle
EDITOR’S NOTE: Marley originally posted this great beginner’s guide to bike camping trips near Seattle on her blog. Bike camping season started early this year thanks to a very warm winter. Adventure is closer to home than you think. A year ago, I’d never gone bike camping. My first bike overnighter was in May 2015.…
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This summer, you have (at least) two chances to bike to multi-day music festivals
Forget the traffic jams and expensive parking, this could be the summer biking to muti-day music festivals really takes off in the Seattle area. You have at least two chances to party car-free this summer, with the Timber! Outdoor Music Festival in July and the Gigantic Bicycle Festival in August. Timber! Outdoor Music Festival: July…
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Middle Fork Road project could be boon to bike camping outside North Bend
Last summer, my partner Kelli and I loaded our bikes and camping stuff onto a bus to Fall City. Our goal was to have a nice 25-mile ride down the Snoqualmie Valley Trail through North Bend and up Middle Fork Road to the Middle Fork Campground. It was a mostly great ride, but it is…

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