Tag: bikepacking

April 25, 2017

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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tagged: bainbridge island, bike camping, bikepacking, brinnon, dosewallips state park, hood canal, hood canal bridge, port gamble, quilcene, suquamish
April 22, 2016

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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tagged: bike camping, bikepacking, marley blonsky, s24o
January 12, 2015

Study: Recreation cycling in Washington generates $3.1 billion for state’s economy

Biking is good for the state’s economy. It’s one of those ideas that seems fairly obvious, but we haven’t really had much solid data to know exactly how much cycling helps. Until now. It turns out, it helps maybe even more than many thought. According to a report commissioned by the Washington Recreation and Conservation Office,…
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tagged: bike touring, bikenomics, bikepacking, washington bikes, washington recreation and conservation office
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
July 20, 2012

Swift Travels: Some bike camping destinations from your doorway

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of posts written by Martina Brimmer, a friend and owner of Ballard-based Swift Industries. Swift is a Seattle Bike Blog advertiser, but this post is not paid for. Martina has passion to bicycle travel that is reflected in both her business and her personal life. I…
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tagged: bike touring, bikepacking, martina brimmer, swift industries, swift travels