Here’s a trail for the adventurous and not far away. Doug sent this some time ago.–Corrie
The Iron Horse is suitable for any rider with a bike that can go off pavement. It is perfect for families with older kids, ideal for casual mountain bikers and a great trail for fat-tire warriors to burn mileshttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/101499/ironpix2.html.
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Rails to Trails Conservancy is an organization we might want to support. They are at work across the nation preserving abandoned rail corridors for public access use. The work must be done locally but these guys provide resources. This blog from BikeBis showed up recently. It is about a trail on the coast but we also have a trail we should be working toward here. I’ve made a first draft of a page on the Breakheart Trail. It’s not finished but you’ll find links to the Conservancy and some pictures from Bill Manschrek who has brought this project to our attention. Thanks Bill. –Corrie
Trail supporters to meet Thursday in Kirkland
The Cascade Bicycle Club is rallying support to preserve a future abandoned rail bed as a main link for off-road bicycle travel through Renton, Newcastle, Bellevue, Redmond and Kirkland.
In a scheme that gets more complicated as time goes on, the Port of Seattle plans to buy the 42-mile Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad right-of-way for future use as a commuter corridor with rail and a hike-bike trail. The devil is in the details, though, as the Port wants the rail line to have priority over the trail, while King County wants the uses “coequal.”
