Comments on: Columbia Plateau Trail

By: Jennifer Hodgdon

Jennifer Hodgdon — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:32:36 +0000

Just a note that you can also double-click on the map to get driving directions from Google Maps. :)

By: Jeff King

Jeff King — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:42:59 +0000

Just occured to me to send directions to the trail head. SR 904 through Cheney, South on the Cheney-Spangle Road (from downtown Cheney) for ~ 1 mile. Trail head is on the left.

“biker” Jeff

By: Jeff King

Jeff King — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:01:23 +0000

Well Hi All for the 2011 biking season! This last Saturday, 6/4 friend Kathy and I rode the CPT from Cheney out to Amber Lake and back for a really nice 24 mile ride. The trail is in excellent condition. After a late lunch I did a combo of the Fish Lake trail out of west Spokane up to Fish Lake park, then west to the CPT Cheney trail head for another 28+ miles. That ride puts you on the Spokane-Cheney road for about 3 miles, but the shoulders are wide and the traffic was fairly light. Lots of running water on both sides of the CPT between the lake and Cheney. Very scenic.
Best to you!
“biker” Jeff

By: Roger DiBrito

Roger DiBrito — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:48:12 +0000

Fellow cyclists.
I lived in a shack on that track in the early 1970′s. I walked much of it with a spike maul and rock rake. It was pristine country at that time. I recommend riding it. Take your time. Carry a lot of water. It is rattlesnake country.

By: Jeffry P King

Jeffry P King — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:58:13 +0000

Lois: Check out post # 11 and the link from Matt.

“biker” Jeff

By: Lois

Lois — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:02:32 +0000

We rode the Fish Lake to the Turnbull section today, on bikes. I have a pony and a cart this looks like a good place to drive. So how far can you go before the first missing trestle and is there a way around them. I would love to go all the way to Pasco in the next few years, The section I’ve seen is wonderful.

By: James

James — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:40:27 +0000

I have ventured on this trail several times and will plan on going further than Amber from Cheney next time. It would be fun to get a group together and go all the way to Pasco. It might be too much to ride back so have someone to meet with a vehicle to tow bicycles back to Cheney.

Adventures in Bicycling!

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:50:05 +0000

Scott, I would say if most of the trail is like the part just southwest of the Cheney Trailhead, then it would be great to run on – much easier on the knees than the paved part from Cheney to Fish Lake. Not sure about the path for most of that distance, however, but I have run from Fish Lake to a few miles southwest of the Cheney Trailhead.

By: Jeffry P King

Jeffry P King — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:45:41 +0000

Scott:
Most of the trail other than from Fish Lake to Cheney is railroad ballast from 3/4″ to 1&1/2″. Not sure I’d want to run in it, and really didn’t like biking in much of it. Makes the JWT look like paved trail.

Regards

“biker” Jeff

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:58:08 +0000

Hi–I’ve been trying to look into this trail a bit, for a low key 100 mile ultra run with a few friends. I live in Western Washington. Would this trail be amenable to foot travel? For a point to point 100 mile hike/run? Also, anyone try it in the winter time with snowpack? These posts are the best info I’ve found yet on the trail, but I’m not sure how things break down distance wise. My email is scottrailton – yahoo if anyone would like to comment–many thanks if you do, and months later is fine too.

Best,

Scotty