Learn What's On Deck for Washington State Trails in 2017
You’ve done it. Over the past 12 months, you came together like never before to fund our most ambitious trail building year to date! What does this mean for 2017? You’re getting tons of new trails in Washington State to ride and love! Check it out:
February:
Dockton Park - 2 miles of new flow trail (Vashon Island).
April:
Tiger Mt - Easy Tiger/Legend Loop Completion: 1.2 miles (North Bend)
May:
• Skykomish Pump Track - new dirt track right in town.
• Olallie - 8.9 miles of backcountry trail with views (North Bend)
• North Mountain - 4 miles of trail and skill areas for all levels (Darrington)
• Poulsbo Pump Track opens!
June:
Raging River - 4.6 miles of lower loop thrill ride right off I-90 (North Bend)
July:
Ski Hill - 2.5-mile climbing trail (Leavenworth)
August:
Raging River -15.4 miles of upper trail (North Bend)
September:
• Alpine Baldy - 9 miles of high alpine views off highway 2 (Skykomish)
• North Mountain - Upper mountain downhill trails open (Darrington)
How did all this happen? This year YOU...
• Allowed us to hire a professional trail crew of over 30 full-time builders.
• Made it possible to have 7 excavators operating at once to crank out trail mileage faster than ever before.
• Met our cash match needs to land managers to get new trails funded and built.
• Helped us buy a much-needed quad and several new tools.
• Enabled us to increase our advocacy voice as we grew to 3,300 members.
• And volunteered like never before to report more than 17,000 hours for 2016!
And that’s just trails! Join us at the following events to keep the mountain bike revolution going:
• Get pumped about your 2017 trail connections at Winter Stoke: February 11
• Join fellow mountain bikers at the Big Tent Rally Day in Olympia: February 15
• Attend the 2nd Annual Evergreen Lobby Day in Olympia: February 22 to speak up about mountain biking. We need riders from all over the state!
• And mark your calendar for the Evergreen Bike Festival: June 10-11
Our work is truly community-driven. From all of us at Evergreen, thank you for your support and commitment—we can’t wait to ride the new trails with you soon!
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The other thing I've more recently discovered is just how many bike legal trails there are in Eastern Washington! I've been working on documenting the trails on trailforks, I rolled over 1,000 trails marked on trailforks just today, most of them in the Wentachee / Okanagan trail area! Let's get those buffed out!