Bicycling enthusiasts will enjoy two-wheeled bliss on knobby and skinny tires this Saturday in Redmond and Issaquah.
The widely acclaimed Duthie Hill Park in the Issaquah highlands once again will be the site for the annual Evergreen Mountain Bike Festival this coming Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Also Saturday, the Cascade Bicycle Club …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2013/06/06/roadies-and-mountain-bikers-converge-on-seattles-eastside/
Precipitation in Seattle is falling about 30% ahead of average for 2012, and much of that has been over the last month or so. While that hasn’t keep me from running errands on my bike, it certainly has kept me from enjoying bike rides as I normally do.
So when the sun blasted through some thinning high clouds on Friday, I packed up and headed to a place where I could enjoy the views.
My destination was King County’s Tolt MacDonald Park, which sits at the edge of Carnation on the confluence of the Tolt and Snoqualmie rivers. A privately owned forest sits at the top of a steep climb behind the park, but the owners allow mountain bike …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/12/29/seeking-the-best-views-on-a-rare-clear-winter-day/
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/
A new trail that connects the summit of Tiger Mountain to the Preston Railroad Grade trail opened this week.
The 1.5-mile trail is the first new trail in more than a decade on the mountain overlooking Issaquah.
[Update: Saturday, Sept. 8 — This is an awesome trail that features a dramatic start at the Tiger Mountain summit. I checked it out on Friday, and had a difficult time pulling myself away from the breathtaking view…
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/09/06/first-new-mountain-bike-trail-in-a-decade-opens-on-tiger-mountain/
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