Stevens Pass Proposes Mountain Bike Park (Washington)
US Forest Service – Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Contact: Renee Bodine
Office: 425-783-6015
Stevens Pass may build a new mountain bike park and replace an old water treatment system next year, and the public is being asked to comment on it. The Forest Service will make a decision about the proposed plan based on what the public says about the environmental assessment. “We want people to participate in this process,” said Sean Wetterberg, team lead for the plan. The public has 30 days from when the plan was published, Dec. 17, 2009, to comment.
The plan proposes a mountain bike park that includes seven miles of downhill-mountain biking trails just south of the Granite Peaks ski lodge. The pass will build trails between five and eight feet wide with natural berms and jumps, two miles of single-track trails and develop three areas to teach technical skills and safe riding techniques.
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Experience Winter Adventures on Snowshoes (Washington)
Contacts:
Snoqualmie Pass Kim Larned, 509-852-1062 klarned@fs.fed.us
Stevens Pass Nan Lammers, 360-677-2414 nlammers@fs.fed.us
Children race through the snow, kicking up clouds of snow and playing on their snowshoes. Sometimes they get to meet Smokey the Bear. Guides lead walkers through winding forest trails, teaching safety and winter ecology, while advanced snowshoers muscle through the backcountry, navigating the Commonwealth Basin. In the snow covered Cascades, outdoor enthusiasts enjoy their favorite trails on snowshoes.
Starting the first week of January, the Forest Service offers classes through March at Snoqualmie Pass off I-90 and Stevens Pass on US 2. “Nearly anyone can slap snowshoes on and start walking in the forest,” said Kim Larned, snowshoe guide on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
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Forest Service Opens Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Road (Washington)
US Forest Service – Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Everett, WA – The Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest has opened the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Road, road 56, to vehicular traffic. Last winter’s floods closed the road, blocking access to the Middle Fork and Snoqualmie Lake Trailheads. The Upper Middle Fork Road remains closed until next summer for repairs just beyond the Middle Fork Campground and Taylor River Bridge, from mile post 12.5 to its end at Dingford Creek Trailhead.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/news/2009/nr-mksnoq-river-road-open-20091209.shtml
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Hard Creek Bridge Repaired
Everett, Wash. Nov. 5, 2009 – The Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest opened Hard Creek Bridge the end of October after two years of restricted availability. The bridge is on Cascade River Road, accessing the Mineral Park Campground on the forest and the Cascade Pass area of the North Cascades National Park. “In December of 2007, an avalanche came crashing down, damaging the bridge railing, decking and footings,” said Jim Mitchell, roads manager with US Forest Service. The bridge has since been under weight limit restrictions.
The Forest Service awarded the bridge design and repair to Federal Highways Administration. Contractors began work in September and completed the project for $240,000. For more information about roads and trail closures, go to alerts and conditions on http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/.
