Tag: snoqualmie valley trail

February 6, 2020

Trail Alerts: Sammamish River Trail floods + Snoqualmie Valley Trail landslide

Heavy and persistent rains have caused more trail closures in the area. The Sammamish River Trail has closed in four places between Woodinville and Redmond because its namesake river has overflowed. See the links in the notice below for maps of the closures. A section of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail is also closed near Boxley…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, king county parks, sammamish river trail, snoqualmie valley trail
March 21, 2016

Snoqualmie Valley Trail reopens between Duvall and Carnation

King County has completed major repair work the closed a key section of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail between Duvall and Carnation. Originally scheduled for closure June through October 31, the trail is just now reopening. King County blames a “record wet winter and multiple flood events” for the delays. Work is not quite done yet,…
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tagged: carnation, duvall, king county, snoqualmie valley trail
July 8, 2015

Bus-bike-backpacking on the Iron Horse Trail is simply unreal

It’s early on a Friday morning, and we’re waiting at 4th and Lenora, an unassuming corner in downtown Seattle where so many great bus-bike adventures begin. This is the first stop for Sound Transit’s 554 express bus to Issaquah. Within hours, we’d be deep in the Cascade mountains with few other humans in sight except…
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tagged: iron horse trail, john wayne pioneer trail, snoqualmie tunnel, snoqualmie valley trail
May 29, 2015

Terrible summer biking news: Key section of Snoqualmie Valley Trail closed until Halloween

Summer just took a bike adventure hit. King County will close a small-but-key section of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail between Duvall and Carnation. The amazing rail trail — which mostly has a very bikeable hardpack gravel surface — will be closed from June 1 through October 31. The closure is needed so the county can…
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tagged: biking bis, carnation, duvall, king county, king county parks, snoqualmie valley trail
May 29, 2014

Snoqualmie Valley Trail bridge burns, police arrest suspected arsonist

Police have arrested a man they say set fire to a staircase and structure where the Snoqualmie Valley Trail crosses the Snoqualmie River near SE Reinig Rd. The fire started shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday, and fire crews were able to put it out within about ten minutes, Living Snoqualmie reports (also includes photos). The…
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tagged: king county parks, snoqualmie valley trail
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