Lake Sammamish Loop (PCC Community Market stop)

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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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Date and Time: 
Sunday, June 25, 2023 - 11:15am
Start Location: 
Idylwood Park
3650 West Lake Sammamish Pkwy NE
Redmond, WA 98052
Directions
Contact Information: 
Alfred Hellstern
alfred.hellstern@hotmail.com
425-381-5423
Distance: 
23 miles
Elevation Gain: 
730 feet
Pace: 
Leisurely: [10-12mph]
Terrain: 
Some hills
Regroup: 
Stay together
Weather Cancellation: 
Steady rain cancels
Interests: 
E-bike friendly
New Riders
Social
Recreational

Join us for a ride from Redmond's Idylwood Park on a 23.1 mile route at a Leisurely Pace (10-12 mph)!

From Idylwood Park, we'll take West Lake Sammamish Parkway past Vasa Park before we take a coffee break at PCC Community Market in Issaquah. Then we'll ride north partly on the East Lake Sammamish Trail and partly on the road. We'll take the short way through Marymoor Park before finishing at Idylwood Park. 

Let's meet in the Idylwood Park parking lot and please be ready to ride at 11:15am. We will start with a required safety briefing, and roll out when that's done.  If you miss the briefing you will not be able to ride with the group.

We will climb and descend hills at our own pace (the ride leader is a slow climber himself), regroup at the top of the hill, and generally will stay together.

Restrooms are available at the start in Idylwood Park, and we will stop along the way for restrooms/water/coffee at PCC in Issaquah at mile 9.

Bring a spare tube and tools to fix a flat, just in case. Please have full fenders if the roads are wet, or you may be asked to ride at the rear of the group.

Note: If weather conditions meet the weather cancellation criterion listed above or if there are unforeseen hazardous riding conditions or other unexpected events, the Ride Leader will post a ride-canceled note in the Comments section below at least two hours prior to the start and will not be at the start location.

We hope you can join us!

Links: 
our route for GPS

Comments

Yes, it's hard-packed with usually very little gravel and should not create any trouble. And with all the construction over the past years, the gravel sections are getting shorter and shorter.

Is the trail construction on the East side of the lake complete or would we have to get on the road?

What about the West side of the lake - is that a trail or would we be on the road in a bike lane?

Thanks!

Turns out it's almost complete, but the trail is not open, so we'll be on the paved trail for a while, then on the road, and then back on the paved trail.

On the west side, it's a really wide paved shoulder the entire way down.

Alfred

Idylwood Park
3650 West Lake Sammamish Pkwy NE
Redmond, WA 98052
Directions
Ride Leader(s)
Alfred Hellstern

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Leisurely: [10-12mph]

10 rider(s)