My wife and I took our family to the Cascades on our bike tour this past summer.
What we loved:
The views are amazing.
The trail is well kept and hard to get lost. Pretty chunky from Cle Elum, but overall the trail was maintained well.
Snoqualmie Tunnel was really awesome.
Lake Easton State Park is really nice, with an amazing burger joint, but poor grocery options.
Lake Easton State Park is really nice, with an amazing burger joint across the highway, but poor grocery options.
Great grocery store options later in the trail.
We rode 20 to 30 miles per day with our kids ranging 5 to 16.
Not so much:
The trail was a bit chunky between Cle Elum and Lake Easton State Park, but that was only 15-ish miles so it wasn’t bad at all.
The trail was a bit chunky between Cle Elum and Lake Easton State Park, but that was only so it wasn’t bad at all.
This was good practice for us to plan food well as if you’re not riding very far the trail option options for food are minimal at times.
We loved the trail!
I finally got around to compiling a YouTube video with our trip highlights! Here’s a link:
We Took Our 6 Kids 160 Miles Through the Cascades
What questions do you have that we can answer?
by venture-anyway
5 Comments
amazing!!! family goals 🙂
That looks like a great adventure.. I grew up there, its def worth the rain and long winters over the middle of the country. I saw the trees are already blossiming there, meanwhile here in ohio we have no buds still
Have a route link you can share? Looks awesome, and the kids seem to be smiling!
Wow! That’s inspiring! Life goals. What did your kids think about it?
I love the iron horse/palouse to cascades trail! Truly a beautiful ride. Hope the headwinds weren’t too bad!