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By: Puget Sound Gets More Singletrack, With the Help From the State | Chamonix Green & White

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:29:04 +0000

[...] If you ride a mountain bike in the Seattle area, you know Tiger Mountain. But Tiger, despite a few iconic trails, has seen its share of user conflict, in part because the trails are multi-use and not everything that can be ridden should be. Now, with the help of cooperation between the Washington Department of Natural Resources and Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, a 1.4-mile mountain-bike-specific trail called East Tiger Summit has been developed, and it will be followed quickly by the creation of five more miles of custom singletrack. The mileage may not sound like much, but there’s already plenty of technical on Tiger. What it lacked was cooperation between the state and local rider groups to build. Now apparently that impasse has been breached and it may bode well for the entire region. “Demand for more high-quality, purpose-built mountain bike trails with substantial elevation change, close-in to the Puget Sound population, is increasing,” says Sam Jarrett, DNR Snoqualmie Corridor Recreation Manager. Via Washington DNR. [...]

By: Backcountry.com: The Goat » Blog Archive » Puget Sound Gets More Singletrack, With the Help From the State

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:02:19 +0000