Tag: north bend

March 20, 2014

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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tagged: bike camping, bike touring, bikepacking, bus-bike camping, fall city, middle fork, north bend, snoqualmie valley trail
August 20, 2013

New Snoqualmie Valley Trail bridge opens between North Bend and Mt. Si Golf Course

The Snoqualmie Valley Trail is one of the most incredible places in King County. This very bikeable gravel rail trail transports you through mystical forests with breathtaking bridges and, because it’s a rail trail, relatively little climbing. My partner Kelli and I recently threw our bikes on the bus and headed to Fall City (actually,…
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tagged: fall city, king county parks, north bend, snoqualmie valley trail
August 10, 2011

Sound to Mountains Bike Festival rewards riders with music and art Saturday

The Sound to Mountains Bike Festival is a century (or 70-mile, if you prefer) bike ride from Magnuson Park to North Bend. Put on by the Levee Breaking, the festival is a “music and arts celebration of the bicycle.” At the end of the ride, riders are rewarded with live music and art, featuring: Haiku-Chi,…
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tagged: bybee nims blueberry farms, carol hawkins, events, north bend, sound to mountians bike festival 2011, the levee breaking