The pedestrian bridge at NE 80th St in Kirkland has been closed indefinitely because of recently discovered damage. Four permanents are affected. Rerouting is fairly easy using NE 85th St or NE 70th Pl/NE68th St.
Affected permanents:
Thanks to Mark Thomas for the tip.
Filed under Permanent Change, Permanents
Thanks to fantastic work by government agencies and independent organizations a bypass trail around the large slide that closed the trail between Rattlesnake Lake and Olallie State Park officially opens on June 5. Additionally the damaged sections at Carter Creek and west of Lake Easton have been repaired. All permanents using the trail will be rideable starting June 5. Several permanents that start at Olallie State Park and Hyak are already rideable. (All pending reactivation by RUSA).
The bypass trail is narrow. Washington State Parks asks that you walk your bike on the bypass.
There are reports of loose gravel in the Whittier Tunnel, aka tunnel 49, west of Lake Easton.
Current information from Washington State Parks.
Permanents on the trail include:
3653 Iron Horse Trail
4180 Wet Side-Dry Side
4882 Snoqualmie Valley, Middle Fork, Snoqualmie Tunnel
5081 Iron Horse & Middle Fork
5115 Three Lakes and a Tunnel
5175 The Real Northern Exposure
5789 The Shortened Real Northern Exposure
5790 Homestead Valley-Easton on the Iron Horse Trail
Thanks to Dave Harper for alerting me to this news.
Filed under Permanent Change, Permanents