The appeals are over, no one sued, and after 9 years of effort, the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Trail is again open to mountain bikes.
Here's the scoop: Mountain bike access will be from roughly April 15th to November 1st, depending on trail conditions. Mountain bike use will be restricted to odd numbered calendar days only.
This is the start of a 3 year test period, after which the odd-day mountain bike opening will be evaluated. If the test period goes well, the trail may then be permanently open to bikes on odd-days during the dry season. As part of this test period, BBTC will be doing trail maintenance, educating users, and have volunteer mountain bike patrols on the trail to educate users.
I want to give a , huge thanks to Brian Jones and the other BBTC volunteers who negotiated this deal and sat through almost 10 years of discussions to get this trail reopened. We also want to thank Middle Fork Outdoor Recreation Coalition for their contributions to this process.
The success of opening this trial to mountain bikers is up to all of us. Please stop to chat with hikers, be extra cool to everyone you meet on the trail, pick up litter, and make sure everyone you know respects the trail closures.
Help BBTC go to bat for mountain bikers and get more results like this. Join BBTC today!
For the history and more information about Middle Fork Snoqualmie, click here: http://bbtc.org/php/show_page.php?page_id=23
Thanks!
Justin Vander Pol
Executive Director
Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club (BBTC)
justin@bbtc.org
206-524-2900
Here's the scoop: Mountain bike access will be from roughly April 15th to November 1st, depending on trail conditions. Mountain bike use will be restricted to odd numbered calendar days only.
This is the start of a 3 year test period, after which the odd-day mountain bike opening will be evaluated. If the test period goes well, the trail may then be permanently open to bikes on odd-days during the dry season. As part of this test period, BBTC will be doing trail maintenance, educating users, and have volunteer mountain bike patrols on the trail to educate users.
I want to give a , huge thanks to Brian Jones and the other BBTC volunteers who negotiated this deal and sat through almost 10 years of discussions to get this trail reopened. We also want to thank Middle Fork Outdoor Recreation Coalition for their contributions to this process.
The success of opening this trial to mountain bikers is up to all of us. Please stop to chat with hikers, be extra cool to everyone you meet on the trail, pick up litter, and make sure everyone you know respects the trail closures.
Help BBTC go to bat for mountain bikers and get more results like this. Join BBTC today!
For the history and more information about Middle Fork Snoqualmie, click here: http://bbtc.org/php/show_page.php?page_id=23
Thanks!
Justin Vander Pol
Executive Director
Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club (BBTC)
justin@bbtc.org
206-524-2900