Comments for Jennifer's List of Bike Trails

Comment on East Lake Sammamish Trail by Mario Ghecea

Mario Ghecea — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:53:07 +0000

I just rode the East Sammamish Bike trail yesterday evening on my Greenspeed Trike and it was a fabulous ride…Got back under the cover of darkness and there was a wolf roaming through the park. Awesome trail and delightful views! I got video of about half the ride, so it should be up on youtube soon! I highly recommend this ride and will be back to do it again soon…If you ride in the dark this time of year (not for the faint hearted) wear extra layers of clothing as the temps drop below 30′s and into the 20′s. Safe riding!

Comment on Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes by Jeff King

Jeff King — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:02:48 +0000

Hi Jen: glad you got to enjoy the CDA trail. I rode it from Plummer to Black Lake and back this last Friday, 11/23/12 for just a bit over 48 miles. While the temps were cool, the late fall foilage and scenery were outstanding, and for the most part, I was the only one on the trail. Sometimes solitude is good.

“biker” Jeff

Comment on East Lake Sammamish Trail by Andy Stringer

Andy Stringer — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:30:14 +0000

I wish they weren’t going to pave it because it’s perfect for running as it is. There are wide shoulders on most of East Lake Sammamish which are fine for bicycling.

Comment on John Wayne Trail by Pat S

Pat S — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 05:41:11 +0000

I toured Washington from East to West on the John Wayne Pioneer Trail in June of this year. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for me. The trail is a magnificent resource and I feel that we are so privileged to have it as part of the public domain here in Washington. Yes, much of it is rough and remote, but I guess that’s part of the appeal for me. It takes you through desolate and historical areas that you would not otherwise have the chance to experience. I did a lot of planning and I will say that selection of the proper equipment and a realistic set of expectations is key to enjoying the trail. From Ellensburg west, the trail is managed as the Iron Horse State Park and has been significantly improved. But from Ellensburg east, it is quite wild. I’ve written a lot about my experience on the trail . . . more than will be of interest to most. But I found it challenging to find information for certain parts of the trail during my trip planning and so I wanted to provide the following link to others who might be interested in planning a similar trip. Scroll down to the end of the post for an index of entries by trail section, along with instructions on how to obtain a gpx track of the route:

http://26inchslicks.blogspot.com/2012/06/crossing-washington-state-on-john-wayne.html

During my planning, Jennifer’s List was one of the sites I came to for valuable information and I want to take this opportunity to say thanks and give some props to this great resource.

Happy trails to all. Pat

Comment on Tolt Pipeline / Snoqualamie Valley Trail by Jeff King

Jeff King — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 02:13:36 +0000

This last Friday morning found the Tolkul Road “tunnel” hook-up back onto the SVT. Headed towards Duvall and found the trestle right before Carnation closed for repair. Rode back to SF, drove to Carnation, rode back up to the NW end of that trestle, then headed back up to Duvall. I found the trail surface to be excellent, but the best of the ride was from Tokul Road to where the trail crossed SR 203. After that up to Duvall was nothing special to look at. I even rode both ends until I ran into gates blocking the goat path.
Thanks King County for your “Crown Gem of a Trail” :) One more off of my bucket list.
“Biker” Jeff

Comment on Tolt Pipeline / Snoqualamie Valley Trail by Jeff King

Jeff King — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 02:07:48 +0000

I finally made it back to the west side to get out of the forest fire smoke and ride in some clean air. Once again rode the SVT from Cedar Falls to Snoqualmie and missed the hook-up to the end beyone Mill Pond Road. I wound up on the Snoqualmie Ridge trail instead, but that worked out well for a 30 mile round trip ride. I’ll do another post for the Snoqualmie Falls to Duval part this last Friday.

Comment on Route of the Hiawatha by Jeff King

Jeff King — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 02:02:56 +0000

I’ve ridden the Hiawatha from bottom to top every year since 2007. Is never a disapointment. The trail east bound to Saltese Mt. is now open. You can ride back down to Taft, ride the old Northern Pacific RR trail to Saltese, then get back on the Milwaukee and St. Paul for a nice gradual climb back up to East Portal. We see a lot of hard tail and comfort bikes on the trail. Something with 32mm wide tires will do just fine.
Enjoy!
“Biker” Jeff

Comment on Snohomish Centennial Trail by hugh

hugh — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 04:54:21 +0000

Todd, you ride 20 miles just to get to it? How could you even have any energy to ride it one way and back once you got to it?

Comment on Bill Chipman Palouse Trail / Downtown Pullman Riverwalk by R. Tripp

R. Tripp — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:10:31 +0000

Great trail. Uphill to Moscow but it’s only a 1.5% grade but it is unrelenting for 8 miles.

Comment on Interurban Trail (Seattle-Everett) by R. Tripp

R. Tripp — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:59:16 +0000

I spent yesterday morning exploring the Interurban Trail for the first time. 165th in Shoreline to the Everett Mall. The Shoreline section is nice, isolated from 99, but there are many neighborhood street crossings to be aware of. Worst section of trail? Alderwood/525/I-5 loop around!!! Watch out for the decending trail and the area under the 525overpass, major holes and cracks in the asphalt running with traffic, bad-bad. The problem area is only about 1/2mile long but alarming if you’re unaware. I liked the variation of terrain, more realistic than the Burke Gilman ego builder trail. I do agree that the Montlake Terrace section needs transitional markers on the asphalt where the trail transitions to/from street. I passed several transition points because the signage was somewhat reccessed and not visible from traffic at a distance. Take a map!