Mountains to Sound Greenway Alternative Transportation Facilities/Services Interstate 90 National Scenic Byway • Annual “Courage Classic Road Bike Tour” in August MBS Ranger District • Some road cyclists prefer interstate to John Wayne Trail Snoqualmie • Proposal to pave Tinkham Road/Old Hwy (parallel to interstate) WSDOT Districts Bellingham Mt. Baker Okanogan - • John Wayne Pioneer Trail (gravel) parallels interstate King; South-Central Wenatchee Season: December to April PUGET National Park National Forest Average annual skiers: 624,000 MPO/RTPO SOUND • John Wayne Pioneer Trail (gravel) Origin of skiers: 90% West; 10% East Puget Sound Regional Council Parking capacity: 5,500 Capacity limitations: Food/beverage service County Mount Baker- • King County Metro: commuter service to North Bend Lifts/infrastructure Snoqualmie King; Kittitas • Sound Transit: day, weekend, and evening service to Use by non-skiers National Forest Everett Summer activities: Parking for backcountry Documents Issaquah Source: Summit at Snoqualmie • Snoqualmie Ski Area Plan (2008) Monroe • Intra-resort shuttle between base ski areas • Free employee shuttle carries 18 passengers, serves • Mountains to Sound Greenway Heritage Study (anticipated 2011) Issaquah North Bend and Cle Elum IN Leavenworth TERSTA TE • Multiple private ski area charters/shuttles • Mountains to Sound Greenway Okanogan-Wenatchee Tacoma 90 Implementation Plan (1998) National Forest • State Parks’ Bus-Up 90 bicycle shuttle between Cedar Falls and Hyak trailheads for John • Puget Sound Regional Council Enumclaw Easton Transportation 2040 (2010) Wayne Trail Crystal Mountain • Trailhead shuttle services (Leavenworth Shuttle & Taxi) Visitor Center Mount Rainier National Park to Paci c Crest Trail at Snoqualmie Pass available upon • Snoqualmie Ranger Station (North Bend): request from Leavenworth 18,000 annual visitors • Snoqualmie Pass Visitor Center: Average Daily Tra c Volume (ADT) 14,000 annual visitors • Scenic railroad between North Bend and Snoqualmie 31,000 at milepost 47.41 (2010) Alpine Lakes Trailheads (near Ashael Curtis/Denny Creek) (various locations, • MBSNF road/trail condition information some with parking issues) • WSDOT conditions website for Snoqualmie Pass with • Denny Creek/Franklin Falls

• Snow Lake Source: Volpe Center camera feeds (email and Denny Creek • Talapus Lake Tinkham Road i Twitter options) • Gold Creek Pond • Parallels I-90 (south of highway) • Busy trailhead with summer Dangerous pedestrian • U. of Washington/WSDOT • Olallie Lake • Paving has been proposed parking capacity issues conditions in winter Source: Volpe Center • Granite Mountain Source: Volpe Center Source: Volpe Center traveler information website Source: Volpe Center Gateway to I-90

North Bend Ranger Station Snoqualmie Pass Visitor Center Paci c Crest Trail Access Travelers Rest JOHN WAYNE Rest Area JOHN WAYNE PIONEER TRAIL

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Issaquah North Bend Ashael Curtis Nature Trail Snoqualmie Pass Easton pop. 30,434 pop. 5,731 (52.7 mi from Seattle) pop. 478 (17.2 mi from Seattle) (28.9 mi from Seattle) (69.6 mi from Seattle) Backcountry/ Backcountry/ Backcountry/ Small town/ Suburban Zone Summer Hiking Zone Summer Hiking Zone Ski Resort Zone Rural Zone