Tag: 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
August 20, 2013

New Snoqualmie Valley Trail bridge opens between North Bend and Mt. Si Golf Course

The Snoqualmie Valley Trail is one of the most incredible places in King County. This very bikeable gravel rail trail transports you through mystical forests with breathtaking bridges and, because it’s a rail trail, relatively little climbing. My partner Kelli and I recently threw our bikes on the bus and headed to Fall City (actually,…
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tagged: fall city, king county parks, north bend, snoqualmie valley trail
April 11, 2013

Snoqualmie Valley Trail will be closed for several days this month

King County will close a section of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail for a handful of days in April to reinstall fiber cable as part of work to restore the old Griffin Creek Bridge. The closed section will be the same as closures during January. Details from King County Parks: While restoration work has been completed…
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tagged: griffin creek bridge, king county parks, snoqualmie valley trail
January 4, 2013

Snoqualmie Valley Trail bridge will be closed starting January 14

The Snoqualmie Valley Trail will be closed for about a month starting January 14 as King County makes repairs to the former railroad bridge over Griffin Creek (about 2.5 miles south of Carnation). Details from King County Parks: Extensive repairs to an old timber beam bridge that carries King County’s Snoqualmie Valley Trail over Griffin…
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tagged: construction, king county parks, snoqualmie valley trail