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SR - 542 SR - 542 USFS Scenic Byway Alternative Transportation Facilities/Services • Limited/no shoulder; no signage; no infrastructure MBS Ranger District • Training for the “Ski to Sea” Race and Ride 542 event Mount Baker • “Chain of ” Bay to Baker (Bellingham to Mount Baker) Mount Baker Ski Area WSDOT Districts Bellingham WA 542 Heather Meadows Baker Okanogan- Season: November to April Wenatchee • No signi cant pedestrian facitilies or activity Average annual skiers: 160,000 PUGET National Forest MPO/RTPO SOUND Origin of skiers: 45% from ; remainder Whatcom Council of Governments mainly from Everett and northern • Whatcom Transportation Authority: regular service Counties Mount Baker- to Kendall; limited (one day per week), advance- Parking capacity: 2,200 Whatcom Snoqualmie Capacity limitations: Food service/seating National Forest Everett request service to Maple Falls and Use by non-skiers Documents • Free employee shuttle (no ski instructors) serving Summer activities: None • Mount Baker Highway Corridor Monroe Bellingham, Maple Falls, and Glacier Source: Mt. Baker Ski AreaSource: Mt. Baker Ski Management Plan (1997) Seattle • Baker Bus - private winter shuttle Issaquah • Whatcom Transportation Plan (2007) Leavenworth Okanogan- • MBSNF road/trail condition information Tacoma Wenatchee • Glacier Public Service Center: National Forest • WSDOT mountain pass road report 38,000 annual visitors Enumclaw Easton i • Smart Trips marketing and outreach program in Bellingham (15% reduction in vehicle use over 2 (estimated 30-40% Canadian) Crystal Mountain • Heather Meadows Visitor Center years) National Park 14,000 annual visitors (summer only)

Average Daily Tra c Volume (ADT) 1,500 at milepost 33.4 (2010) near forest entrance forest at Glacier Service Center Winter terminus Summer terminus Source: Volpe Center • Open for 3-4 months Glacier Public Service Center depending on - Mount Baker Foothills pack Chamber of Commerce • Weekend traffic can be slow through • 150K - 200K visitors town Campground Visitor Center • 38,000 annual visitors at Visitor Center annually (14K to visitor

Source: Volpe Center center) • Artist Ridge Trail Silver Fir Campground/ popular hiking destina- To Abbotsford, Salmon Ridge Sno-park tion

Paci c Northwest Source: USFS Gateway to SR-542 BC, Canada. Last major National Scenic intersection. Trail

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Bellingham Deming Kendall Maple Falls Glacier Mt Baker Ski Area Heather Meadows pop. 80,885 pop. 353 pop. 191 pop. 324 pop. 211 (53.2 mi from B’ham) (58.7 mi from B’ham) (14.1 mi from B’ham) (14.1 mi from B’ham) (24.4 mi from B’ham) (27.3 mi from B’ham) (34.9 mi from B’ham) Backcountry/ Backcountry/ Backcountry/ Urban Zone Rural/Small Town Zone Summer Hiking Zone Ski Zone Summer Hiking Zone