Sunday, November 17, 2013

Hike 8: Reinig Bridge to Tokul Road (Snoqualmie)

Driving there:

From I-90 exit 25 go north on Snoqualmie Parkway for 3.7 miles.  When you cross the RR tracks, turn left onto Railroad Ave, aka Hwy 202.  After you cross the river, turn right onto Mill Pond road.  Turn right again onto Mill Pond Road.  Turn left onto Reinig road.  Park at the railroad bridge.

Today's hike goes around a missing section of the Snoqualmie Valley trail.  We started where we ended our last hike, at the Reinig bridge.  We followed the Reinig road across the Meadowbrook bridge and through the town of Snoqualmie to the Northwest Railway Museum.


 
All Aboard!


After checking out the old trains and the station/museum we followed a trail alongside the highway, past a lot of very old junk trains, to Snoqualmie Falls.


Above the falls
 They've fixed up the park nicely, but they removed the observation deck.  There was a lot of rain last night, so there was a lot of water flowing.



There's a path at the north end of the park that goes down to the bottom of the falls.  They've replaced the lower powerhouse and the pipes that go to it.  




The trail continues upstream to a small viewing area.  Too bad it doesn't go a little further.



We followed the trail back up the hill and across the pedestrian bridge.  At the south end of the parking lot we went through the brush and followed the narrow Tokul road a half-mile to where the Snoqualmie Valley Trail resumes.  It was nice to get back to the car - it was a cool, breezy, and a little rainy day.

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