Foothills Trail--Buckley South

* Enumclaw North * Enumclaw South * Enumclaw Undeveloped Section *

* Buckley North * Buckley South * Cascade Junction Trail * C J Trail 2 * Cascade Junction Bridge *

* Carbonado * Wilkeson * South Prairie East * South Prairie West * Orting East * Orting West *

* Other Users * Volunteers * Foothills Trail Coalition * Foothills Trail Map * Flooded Foothills Trail *

* Introduction * Wheels in the Garden * Wheels Outside the Garden * Foothills TOT *


    Another section of trail takes you a mile
    south through the trees. It will connect with the rest of the
    Foothills Trail at South Prairie in a few years. Pictured is
    Jim Aliano on his Cattrike Trail.
    





    

    
My daughter, Kristin, takes her first trike
    ride on a chilly winter day.


    
Like the Enumclaw section of the Foothills
    Trail, the south end moves through a brushy woodland.


 


    
The pavement ends just before the old railroad
    grade descends off the plateau into the South Prairie and Orting
    Valley.


    
This umimproved section is open, but not
    passable for trikes or other recumbents. We will try it on mountain
    bikes in a drier season.

    





    

    This section of the Foothills Trail will tunnel
    under highway 162 and cross four rail bridges before connecting
    with the Wilkeson/Carbonado spur at Cascade Junction. This spur
    will eventually take riders all the way to Mt. Rainier National
    Park. The last bridge, in place but not yet open, connects to
    the park at the beginning of the South Prairie section of the
    Foothills Trail.

* Buckley North *