Trail:Paradise Valley
From Evergreen Trail Guide
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| Name | Paradise Valley |
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| Singletrack | 90% |
| Fire road | 10% |
| Paved | 0% |
| Total trail | 11 mi. |
| Alt. change | 150 |
| Latitude: | 47.7878 |
| Longitude: | -122.07960 |
| Nearest medical: | Not set yet |
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Trail Overview
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The Trails are open for Riding! |
Paradise Valley Conservation Area (PVCA or just PV) is a Snohomish County Park property that has a variety of singletrack to ride from rooty to twisty to swoopy. There are no big climbs here, but a lot of up and down. You'll get a suprisingly good workout riding here. There is about 11 miles of trail open to bikes.
Please watch the trail signs and respect the trails that are horse or hiker only.
Evergreen actively performs trail maintenance here. Check the calendar for workparties.
How to find it
Paradise Valley is located between Maltby and Woodinville. Official Park address is 23210 Paradise Lake Rd Woodinville, WA 98077
From the West
- Take SR 522 east from I-405.
- Turn right at Paradise Lake Road (Paradise Lake Road is the first traffic light you will encounter on SR522 east of I-405).
- Drive 1.8 miles and the parking lot will be on your right.
From the East
- Coming from Monroe north, take SR 522 west towards Bothell/Woodinville.
- Turn left onto Paradise lake Road.
- Drive 1.8 miles and the parking lot will be on your right.
From Duvall
- Woodinville-Duvall Road west towards Woodinville.
- Turn right onto 204th Ave. NE / Paradise Lake Road.
- Continue approximately 2.9 miles on Paradise Lake Road and the parking lot will be on your left.
NOTE: The actual road name changes a few times before finally becoming Paradise Lake Road for good, don't sweat it, just keep driving and you'll be fine.
The parking lot is signed. If the white gate is closed, it means that the park is closed.
Typical Conditions
About 11 miles of nice singletrack that is open to Mountain Bikes. Most of the trails in the south end of the park drain fairly well, however there will be some standing water after a good rain. The north end trails, especially Lloyd and Red Alder will typically be muddy all winter. They are poorly routed through challenging soils. Try to ride through, not around puddles. Give the trails several days to drain after heavy rains; if you ride the trails right after sustained rainfall you are going to come out wet and very muddy. in fact if you ride Lloyd and Red Alder really anytime in the winter, you are going to come out wet and muddy.
Watch your speed when driving to the trailhead on Paradise Lake Road. It's a good revenue generator for Snohomish County.
There have been reports of cars being broken into in the parking lot.
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Please be careful about leaving valuable in your car! |
Current Conditions
--Bcrowley20 17:47, 22 April 2012 (PST) - Drying out fast. South half of Red Alder is still muddy. Some mud still on South Traverse near the bottom of Cedar Run. Everything else in good shape. The teeter on the Lloyd trail is broken and has been removed. We are talking to the County about replacing it. A decision will take several weeks.
Turn-By-Turn Guide
All the intersections are marked with waypoints corresponding to the waypoints printed on the map.
Local Points of Interest
- Maltby Pizza & Pasta is the most common post-ride destination. Go NW on Paradise Lake road, straight across Hwy 522, then zigzag right-left. map link
- Maltby Cafe has world famous breakfast.
Misc. Information
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Advocacy Information
Paradise Valley was a private (tree) farm property where the owners (the Lloyd family who still reside on the property in a Life Estate that will eventually revert to the County) passivly allowed recreation. Snohomish County acquired the 663-acre property in 2000 using funds from the state Salmon Recovery Fund and Snohomish County's Conservation Futures Board, converting it into the Paradise Valley Conservation Area, and eventually closing the property to recreation.
Evergreen contested the closure to public access and recreation, in both public meetings and direct communication to the county, on the grounds that parts of the property west of Paradise Lake Road had no critical aquatic habitat and closure to the public was unwarranted. Evergreen supports the protection of critical salmon habitat including wetland and riparian areas. The existing mountain bike trails do not encroach on any critical salmon habitat.
Evergreen continued its work with Snohomish County on reopening the property for recreation. Finally in late 2007, visible signs of progress appeared:
- Snohomish County was able to strike a deal with the Lloyd family for an easement on the life estate that allowed the County to construct a parking lot, information kiosk and install a porta-potty.
- An initial entry trail was constructed from the parking lot, connecting to an existing trail.
- The County began reaching out to potential user groups (including Evergreen) on what the final trail configuration would look like.
Evergreen worked with Snohomish County throughout 2008 and early 2009 to assist in reconfiguring the trail system to what it is today. As of April 2009, there are about 11 miles of trail open to Mountain Bikes.
Current work by Evergreen focuses on trail maintenance as well as upgrading the trails for better sustainability. New trails are planned in the Southwest portion of the park.
Advocacy updates written during the 2004-2008 closure can be found on the Paradise Valley History page.
