Tag: iron horse trail

September 25, 2015

Typo in law halts secret plan to give away half of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail

Washington State came one typo away from throwing away hope of ever completing the cross-state John Wayne Pioneer Trail and park (also known in Western Washington as Iron Horse State Park). If improved and connected, it would be the longest rail-trail in the nation. Without any public outreach or hearing, two 9th District Representatives quietly…
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tagged: iron horse trail, joe schmick, john wayne pioneer trail, mary dye, ted blaszak, tekoa, tekoa trail and trestle association
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
July 8, 2013

Path Less Pedaled: Iron Horse Trail is ‘great resource’ that deserves more attention

Russ and Laura, the renown bicycle tourism promoters behind The Path Less Pedaled, recently joined Jason from Swift Industries for a “bikefishing” trip down the Iron Horse Trail, officially known as the John Wayne Pioneer Trail. We wrote recently about new state efforts to open even more tunnels along the trail route. But even as…
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tagged: iron horse trail, john wayne pioneer trail, path less pedaled