U.S. Route 2 Stevens Pass National Scenic Byway Alternative Transportation Facilities/Services Cascade Loop Scenic Byways (Washington State) U.S. Route 2 • No highway signage or infrastructure MBS Ranger District • No significant road bicycling activity Skykomish; Wenatchee River • Year-round mountain biking Stevens Pass Ski Area WSDOT Districts Bellingham • Pedestrian overpass at Stevens Pass Mt. Baker • Iron Goat Trail runs parallel to U.S. 2 Snohomish; King; Chelan Okanogan- Season: December to mid-April North Cascades Wenatchee National Park Average annual skiers: 377,000 MPO/RTPO PUGET National Forest • Community Transit: Everett to Gold Bar (commuter) SOUND Origin of skiers: 90% from west (North Seattle) Puget Sound Regional Council • Park-and-ride lots in Monroe, Sultan, and Gold Bar 10% from east • Link Transit: Wenatchee to Lake Wenatchee State Parking capacity: 2,500 auto; 35 bus; 124 RV Counties Mount Baker- Capacity limitations: Water/sewer Snoqualmie Park and Mission Ridge Ski Resort King; Chelan; Snohomish Summer activities: Mountain biking with lift access Everett National Forest • Free employee shuttle serving Monroe, Leaven- Hiking Documents worth, and Wenatchee (600 employees [70%] use it) U.S Monroe . 2 Source: Stevens Pass Area Ski • Stevens Pass Greenway Corridor R OUTE • 12+ winter shuttles to ski area Management Plan (1999) Seattle • Northwest Trailways service between Everett, Issaquah • Stevens Pass Ski Area Master Development Leavenworth Monroe, and Leavenworth Plan (2007) Okanogan-Wenatchee • Shuttle between Stevens Pass and Nordic Center Tacoma National Forest • Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Nat’l Forest - Stevens • Charter services to trailheads available Pass Ski Area Transit Expansion Enumclaw Easton • Amtrak passenger service parallels U.S. 2 with station in Section 3039 Field Report (2003) Crystal Mountain Leavenworth (schedule better suited for westbound • WSDOT U.S. 2 Route Development Plan (2007) Mount Rainier commuters) • Puget Sound Regional Council National Park Transportation 2040 (2010) • MBSNF road/trail condition information Visitor Center • WSDOT conditions website for Stevens Pass with camera Leavenworth feeds (email and Twitter options) Skykomish Ranger Station: Average Daily Tra c Volume (ADT) • Popular year-round destination
• U. of Washington/WSDOT traveler information website Source: Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce 18,000 annual visitors 4,900 at milepost 56.7 (2010) i • Elevated VMS in Sultan • Two electronic collision signs indicating number of days since last fatal or serious collision
USFS Ranger Station Stevens Pass Lake Serene / Bridal Veil Falls • 18,000 visitors, mainly June - Sept Pedestrian Overpass • Approx. 50 visitors/day on weekends • Allows safe crossing of
• Popular trailhead olpe CVSource: enter • Parking and trail both at capacity Route 2 for skiers Source: Volpe Center Source: Volpe Center Gateway to U.S. Route 2
To Everett Pacific Crest Trail and I-5 To Wenatchee, Stevens Pass Lake Money Iron Nordic Center Wenatchee Lake Chelan, i Eagle Deception Creek Goat Falls Falls Mission Ridge Campground Trail Ski Area
Monroe Sultan Gold Bar Skykomish Stevens Pass Leavenworth pop. 17,304 pop. 4,651 pop. 2,075 pop. 817 (65.2 mi from Everett) pop. 1,965 (15.7 mi from Everett) (22.8 mi from Everett) (28.7 mi from Everett) (49.2 mi from Everett) (100 mi from Everett) To Bothell, Seattle, Backcountry/ Backcountry/ Rural/ and I-405 Suburban Zone Rural/Small Town Zone Summer Hiking Zone Ski Resort Zone Small Town Zone