Old Cascade Scenic Highway Heritage Corridor (Stevens Pass) from I-5 North: Corridor Length: 13.3 Miles YyTake Exit 194 to Merge Onto U.S

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Old Cascade Scenic Highway Heritage Corridor (Stevens Pass) From I-5 North: Corridor length: 13.3 miles yyTake exit 194 to merge onto U.S. 2 E/Stevens Pass Begins: Stevens Pass Ski Area–corridor is in three Highway toward Snohomish/Wenatchee segments. See mile-by-mile description for details. yyExit SR 9 toward Arlington/BothellSnohomish C ounty Ends: U.S. 2 (Money Creek Bridge) yyTurn right at SR 9 S Highlights: Open mountain views and

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SEGMENT NO. 1 Mile 2.0 – 3.0 Mile 0.0 – 1.0 • At mile 2.5 is a concrete and metal bridge crossing • Just west of Stevens Pass ski area, right turn onto some rapids in the vicinity of Deception Falls, gravel road just off U.S. 2. accessible off of U.S. 2. • At mile 0.1 is a Forest Service snow study area with Mile 3.0 – 4.0 shed and testing equipment. • At mile 3.5, highway becomes visible through the trees; road ends at mile 3.7, remerging with U.S. 2 Mile 1.0 – 2.0 • Road drops in elevation, with spectacular mountain at Milepost 55. Proceed Westbound on U.S. 2 to views to south and east. segment 3. SEGMENT NO. 3 • At mile 1.3 is a hairpin turn. Mile 0.1 – 1.0 Mile 2.0 – 4.0 • Segment No. 3 begins with left turn off of U.S. 2 • At mile 2.8 is Wellington Trail–part of Iron Goat onto NE Old Cascades Highway. Road bears west, Trail. Park and hike the trail to see portal of first just beyond railroad tracks. Cascade Tunnel opened 1900, site of Wellington Avalanche, all–concrete snowshed complete 1911, • Road continues into railroad town of Skykomish. and other railroad history features. • Mile 0.8. Skykomish rail yard, a station on the • Frequent gravel stretches in paved roadbed. Great Northern line. • Road crosses tracks and enters Skykomish. Mile 4.0 – 5.0 • Views to west of Great Northern Railroad concrete • Continue past modest worker houses against snow sheds, built after the disastrous avalanche at backdrop of steep mountains. Wellington. Mile 1.0 – 2.0 • Around mile 4.3, are stumps with springboard scars • At mile 1.2 is old Forest Service complex of historic west of the road, a sign of early days logging activity. buildings. • At mile 4.9, corridor segment ends at circular turn- • Mile 1.3, Skykomish Historic District fronting around with views of nearby Tye River. A footbridge Railroad Avenue, including the old Cascadia Hotel, allows bicycle/pedestrian crossing and continuation Olympia Tavern, Skykomish Hotel, Maloney’s Store, to the reconnection with U.S. 2., while autos must and Skykomish Museum in the old Manual Training retrace route, and go West on U.S. 2 to Segment 2. Building. SEGMENT NO. 2 • Continuing west on NE Old Cascade Highway, is Mile 0.1 – 1.0 the King County Landmark Skykomish Masonic • Segment No. 2 begins from north turn off U.S. 2, at Hall, built in 1924 by railroad and millworker Iron Goat Trail near Milepost 58. membership. • To right is a parking area and entrance to the Iron • About mile 1.6, are four millworker cottages, built in Goat Trail interpretive site and trail. From here, 1917. Important employer in town was Skykomish you can hike west to Martin Creek on barrier-free Lumber Co. Saw, Planning, and Shingle Mill, wheelchair-accessible trail, or climb steep trail to founded in 1898. Windy Point Tunnel. Mile 3.0 – 4.0 • To continue on road, bear left, along the • At mile 3.3 cross the Skykomish River on the Miller Tye River. River Bridge, a 1922 steel truss with wood deck • The road leaves the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National bridge, a King County Landmark. Forest at mile 0.6. Mile 4.0 – 5.0 • Money Creek Campground, a Forest Service Mile 1.0 – 2.0 • At mile 1.1 road ascends and the river drops away; campground dating back to the late-1920s, on the road narrows. right; entrance at mile 4.5. • Much evidence of logging on forest floor, including • Corridor ends where road re-merges with U.S. 2 at stumps and fallen logs. mile 4.7. • At mile 1.4 gravel Forest Road 6710 provides access to Iron Goat Trail’s Martin Creek Trail and other forest roads.

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