A 1.7-mile stretch of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail between the Mount Si Golf Course and North Bend will be closed for bridge replacement until mid-August.
There is no off-road detour. To get from one side to the other, bicyclists have to ride on Boalch Avenue (there’s an adjacent trail through the old Meadowbrook farm) and …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/05/04/snoqualmie-valley-trail-closed-near-north-bend-until-august/
There’s something about historical highway plaques and markers that are extremely distracting when I’m bicycling through new territory.
When we started our cross-country bike ride in Virginia, for instance, my poor friend Bruce probably thought we’d never get to Kentucky as I was constantly stopping to read the signs.
There were lots of Civil War …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/29/signs-of-the-old-times-appearing-washington-and-pennsylvania-bicycle-trails/
It looks like Pittsburgh’s last leg of the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) will open soon, finally completing a 335-mile off-road bicycle route from Washington DC to Pittsburgh. [See the interactive map below.]
Crews are working on the “final mile” to link the Steel Valley Trail to the Three Rivers Heritage Trail that will deposit GAP …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/18/closing-the-gap-for-bicycle-touring-the-great-allegheny-passage/
Work has finally begun in Arlington on the last 1-mile interruption of the Centennial Trail as it rolls for some 30 miles from downtown Snohomish to the Skagit County line.
The construction on 67th Avenue Northeast should run off and on throughout the year and into early 2014. Crews started installing fencing and opening parts …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/16/centennial-trail-missing-link-construction-begins-in-arlington-bicycling-detours-available/
It may not always look like it, but the Seattle area has had below average rainfall so far this year.
One result is today’s early reopening of mountain biking trails at Tiger Mountain State Forest.
When I was out there last month to ride out to Poo Poo Point on forest roads, the trails were …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/04/04/mountain-bike-trails-on-tiger-reopen-today/
Saturday is Opening Day for Trails, a good time to go out and celebrate the arrival of spring with a bicycle ride on a local trail.
I’ve never heard of Opening Day for Trails until the Rails to Trails Conservancy sent me a reminder about a free T-shirt offer for telling them about my favorite trail.
The event is obviously ceremonial — like the first pitch at a baseball game — because there is no end to the trail season. Most are open year-round.
Here in my neck of the Pacific Northwest, the rail-trails …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/28/take-your-bike-to-opening-day-for-trails-on-saturday/
Rail-to-trail enthusiasts might enjoy an open house and tour on the Eastside Rail Corridor coming up in Renton on March 30.
King County government officials want to call attention to the acquisition of nearly 20 miles of the abandoned BNSF right-of-way, part of the corridor that runs between Renton and the King County line. Redmond, Kirkland and Sound Transit own other parts of the old railroad corridor.
The open house is scheduled from 12 to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, at the Seahawks Headquarters and Training Facility at 12 Seahawks Way, Renton. To get there …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/03/14/open-house-for-trails-and-transit-on-eastside-rail-corridor-is-march-30/
The Centennial Trail in Snohomish County grows to 29 miles in length on Saturday when an additional 4 miles of paved bicycle path opens to the public.
The new section rolls out between Bryant (just north of Arlington) and the historic Nakashima Barn at the Skagit County line. [The photo at right shows the bridge …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/11/01/centennial-trail-bike-path-segment-opens-saturday-link-in-arlington-still-missing/
Gosh. I just love the sound my bicycle tires make as they zip through puddles and slosh over soggy leaves that fall on wet autumn days. That’s why it was so much fun to ride through the first decent rain of the season on Sunday.
OK. That’s a bunch of malarkey.
I never enjoyed bicycling …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/10/15/bicycling-with-the-return-of-weather-and-fall-foliage-forecasts/
The Mountains to Sound Greenway was happy to announce last week that it received a $150,000 grant from Waste Management to make improvements in the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Valley.
One of the big draws to that area in the rugged mountains north of the Interstate 90 corridor is the Middle Fork Trail, which is used by mountain bikers, hikers and equestrians.
The Middle Fork Trail starts about 12 miles east of North Bend on the western slopes of the Cascades. I happened to visit the trail on Thursday and was amazed that such a wild area …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/09/16/trail-news-middle-fork-snoqualmie-gets-funding/
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