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Trail

Sun Mountain trails project begins soon

April 20, 2018 by Methow Valley News

The network of mountain bike trails at Sun Mountain will get 22 miles of new single-track trails, including a trail along Thompson Ridge offering sweeping views of the Methow Valley and surrounding mountains.

The trail construction project is expected to get underway as soon as conditions allow and will …

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: Bike trails, Chickadee Trailhead, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Methow Trails, Methow Valley Ranger District, Methow Valley Trails Collaborative, Sun Mountain Lodge, Trail

Improvements coming for Liberty Bell Mountain climbing trails

February 7, 2018 by Methow Valley News

The Liberty Bell spires at Washington Pass offer some of the most popular and iconic alpine climbing in Washington, attracting more than 2,500 climbers each year. A destination for climbers since the 1940s, the granite spires…

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: Goat's Beard Mountain Supplies, Methow Valley Ranger District, North Cascades Mountain Guides, rock climbing, Trail, trail maintenance, U.S. Forest Service, Washington Pass

Lewis Butte, Riser Lake trail systems targeted for improvements

December 1, 2017 by Methow Valley News

A popular network of trails that climb Lewis Butte and travel around Riser Lake has been chosen for a “Save-A-Trail” project aimed at improving the trails and restoring areas damaged by overuse and erosion.

Close to Winthrop and easily accessible from Lower Rendezvous Road, Lewis Butte and …

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: Bike trails, Methow Trails, Trail

Additional recreational trail construction will begin soon in Twisp and Winthrop

August 31, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Construction is expected to begin in September on recreational trails in both Twisp and Winthrop, with the goal of completing the trail segments this fall. The towns have awarded separate contracts for the trail segments to a local company, Lloyd Logging Inc., the only bidder for each job.

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Susie Stephens Trail, Trail, Twisp Town Trail

Methow Trails Collaborative gets big turnout for its first project

July 27, 2017 by Methow Valley News

The first joint project of the Methow Trails Collaborative on the Falls Creek/Burch Mountain FS #518 trail was a big success last weekend, according to organizers. The project drew 56 people who helped open an iconic, high alpine wilderness trail. Well over 300 hours of labor was put into the trail over the weekend. The work […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Community Foundation of North Central Washington, Methow Trails, Trail, trail maintenance

U.S. Forest Service seeks OK to use chain saws in wilderness

June 21, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Andrews Creek Trail blocked by tangle of trees By Ann McCreary The Methow Valley Ranger District is hoping to receive permission to use chain saws to help clear hundreds of trees deposited by an avalanche on Andrews Creek Trail, a popular route into the Pasayten Wilderness. District Ranger Mike Liu said the district is requesting […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Andrews Creek Trail, Methow Valley Ranger District, Trail, trail maintenance

Trail angels

May 25, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Miles of trails in the Pasayten Wilderness will be accessible again, cleared of brush and other obstacles, thanks to a unique fund set up by two devoted hikers from the Seattle area that will pay for seasonal trail crews.

Dianne and Joe Hofbeck, lifelong hikers and lovers of the …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Pasayten Wilderness, Trail

Winthrop Town Council signs off on multi-use trail through Rader Road area

December 29, 2016 by Methow Valley News

The Winthrop Town Council has endorsed the re-establishment of a non-motorized, multi-use trail extending west from Mack Lloyd Park to a point west of Rader Road, as proposed by the River Run Inn.

Leia Hansen, representing the River Run Inn, sought the council’s agreement to allow the path to cross town property at a council meeting last week.

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Town of Winthrop, Trail

RCO grants will support expanded mountain bike trails

August 26, 2016 by Methow Valley News

The Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance Methow chapter has been awarded two grants by the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) that will be used to support planning and permitting of an expanded summer non-motorized multi-use trail system at Sun Mountain, and a new summer non-motorized multi-use trail system in and adjacent to the Loup Loup Ski Bowl.

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: Bike trails, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Loup Loup Ski Bowl, Mountain biking, Trail

Clearing the way

July 13, 2016 by Methow Valley News

Back country horsemen from around the state volunteered almost 1,800 hours clearing and improving trails on U.S. Forest Service land in the Methow Valley during a five-day work party over the Fourth of July weekend.

About 75 members of the Back Country Horsemen of Washington (BCHW) sawed out hundreds of downed trees, cleared overgrown vegetation,

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: Back Country Horsemen, Trail, U.S. Forest Service

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