Fall City-Red Barn Loop (Early start time--9:30 AM)
KEEPING RIDERS SAFE
- 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.
If you are new, please read our newcomer information.
Please note 9:30 AM start time.
Come to Fall City Community Park on Sunday for a moderate-pace ramble in the Snoqualmie River Valley, with a short stop for refreshment at Starbucks in Carnation on the way back. We'll go at about 15 mph on the flats when there is no wind, and there may be pauses for scenery and agricultural activities of note.
There is a porta-pot but no water at the start. There also is a porta-pot opportunity at Jubilee Farm/Mile 5.6 and at Chinook Bend Park/Mile 11.4. Restroom and water are on the return leg at Carnation/Mile 22.7. A RideWithGPS route map and cue sheet are at the Link, below. If you need a cue sheet, please print one. Electric-assist bikes welcome.
It can be a long way to Fall City. Please plan your trip to be ready to ride at 9:30 AM when we will do the safety briefing and get on the road. IMPORTANT TO NOTE: If you are not present and ready at 9:30 when we start the safety briefing, you will not be allowed to participate.
Bring ID; equipment and skills to fix flats; and a phone and a plan for rescue if your bike fails. If roads are wet, rooster tails from bare tires are a safety and comfort issue for other riders. Unless the geometry of your bike won't allow, fenders with long mudflaps are strongly recommended.
Note: The listed phone will not be answered on the morning of the ride and its voicemail will not be checked. If weather conditions meet the weather cancellation criterion listed above or if there are unforeseen hazardous riding conditions or other unexpected events, I will post a ride-cancelled note in the Comments section below at least two hours prior to the start and will not be at the start location.
Come ride!
Comments
We wish you would open your
We wish you would open your rides to more people. Every time we want to sign up, it's full.
Registration limits
Sorry, Deanna. But I am not going back to unlimited rider numbers. I had minimal fun on the large Red Barn rides in the Before Times. It is difficult and stressful to keep track of 20-plus riders even on this relatively simple and flat route. That is just too many people for one leader, and recruiting other ride leaders to take sub-groups is complicated and not on my screen. Also, inflicting so many riders in a bunch on local residents and motorists is neither considerate nor safe. Right now my top limit is 10 riders total, including me. I have upped the limit once, to 15 riders including me, and found that borderline workable. So we shall see. But going back to unlimited rider numbers, which means I don't have any idea how many are coming until the start time? Not happening. The Cascades Free Group Rides Committee recognizes that we have a big accessibility gap. It is looking at ways to increase our ability to serve more riders, including adjusting registration limits, getting experienced leaders (who have many reasons for staying inactive) back to posting, and attracting new leaders. None of these are easy or quick, but we intend to get them done.