Fall City-Red Barn Loop (Note--Route may change on ride day due to flooding)
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- Advance registration required for all participants. If you decide not to ride, please click Cancel My Registration below to open space for others. (How to cancel)
- Attendance at the pre-ride safety briefing is required to participate in the ride.
- If you have tested positive for COVID or have been exposed to someone with COVID, follow the quarantine and isolation guidelines. In general, if you have COVID or are displaying COVID symptoms, or if you are sick with the flu or a cold, you should not participate in group rides.
- Carry a face covering in case a business or public transit requires their use.
- Please, no spitting or “snot-rockets” while participating.
- A CPSC certified helmet is required to be worn to participate.
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This is a gentle out-and-back mosey in the Snoqualmie Valley with a stop for a quick look at Chinook Bend Natural Area roadside displays on the way out, and Starbucks in Carnation on the way back. Porta-pot near the start.
NOTE: If high water from the Snoqualmie River along the planned route persists into ride day, it may affect the standard Red Barn route. In that case we will discuss at the start whether to 1) Drive north on SR 203 to Carnation and ride from there to the bridge and Red Barn and maybe beyond, or 2) Ride around the Fall City area, including David Powell Road and the Preston-Fall City Trail east of Lake Alice Road.
Directions to the start: From Seattle take I-90 to Exit 22 for Preston. Turn left at the top of the ramp, then right at the next intersection. Continue to Fall City. Bear right at the T in Fall City to cross the Snoqualmie River. Go around the traffic circle onto northbound State Route 203 toward Duvall and Monroe. Make an immediate left onto Neal Road, across from the Fall City Bistro, and into the gravel lot at Fall City Community Park.
If you want a cue sheet for the Red Barn route, please print it from the link below (with thanks to Alexa V).
The listed phone will not be answered on the morning of the ride. Special Note: If weather conditions on ride day meet or exceed the "Showers cancel" threshold for cancellation, or if it's obvious that flooding combined with ice/frost make riding inadvisable, I will post a Ride Cancelled note in the Comments block below by 8:30 AM. Please check here before leaving for the ride.
Mentor opportunity for a Cascade ride leader candidate. Please contact me soonest if you're interested.
Comments
Road closure status
As of Saturday evening, the road closures that would affect the ride are now cleared and open.
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