Trail:Tokul East
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Tokul East is an area that consists of logging road climbs and loose, ripping descents on old horse trails and a few newer trails designer by local bikers. The descents tend to be fairly technical because the gravelly soils and plenty of horse use keeps things interesting. | Tokul East is an area that consists of logging road climbs and loose, ripping descents on old horse trails and a few newer trails designer by local bikers. The descents tend to be fairly technical because the gravelly soils and plenty of horse use keeps things interesting. | ||
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Dry, marbles, loose corners, needs rain. --[[User:Justin|Justin]] 09:11, 12 September 2011 (PDT) | Dry, marbles, loose corners, needs rain. --[[User:Justin|Justin]] 09:11, 12 September 2011 (PDT) | ||
Revision as of 09:54, 24 September 2011
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| Name | Tokul East |
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| Singletrack | 60% |
| Fire road | 40% |
| Paved | 0% |
| Total trail | 10 mi. |
| Alt. change | 600 |
| Latitude: | 47.56762 |
| Longitude: | -121.86533 |
| Nearest medical: | Not set yet |
| Page adopted by: | No one yet |
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Trail Overview
Notice (9/24/11): The fire closure has been lifted - go ride!
Tokul East is an area that consists of logging road climbs and loose, ripping descents on old horse trails and a few newer trails designer by local bikers. The descents tend to be fairly technical because the gravelly soils and plenty of horse use keeps things interesting.
How to find it
From Seattle take I-90 East to the Preston Exit, turn left at the stopsign and cross the freeway and then take an immediate right on High Point Way. High Point turns into Preston-Fall City Rd, and continue on this for about 4 miles. At Fall City you will hit a stop sign and turn right here onto Hwy 202 (also called SE Fall City-Snoqualmie Rd). Contine on 202 for about 1 mile and turn left 356th Dr SE. Go up the hill for 1/3 mile and park in the trailhead lot on your left.
To find the trail system head East on the Snoqualmie Valley Trail (SVT) for about .7 miles and take the doubletrack on your left. Once you find the power lines you will find all kinds of trails to make different loops.
Alternately, many people park near Snoqualmie Falls Lodge which has singletrack that connects into the Tokul East system. Please don't park in their private parking lot.
As of March 2010, access through the main road gate off of Tokul Road seems to be prohibited by a new owner of that edge parcel. This should not affect most of the trails.
Typical Conditions
These are some of the best draining trails in our area, and this is an excellent winter riding area. Some of the lower trails near the power lines can get soggy, but they're easy to avoid.
Current Conditions
Notice (9/24/11): With the recent rains, the fire closure is lifted and the forest is back open.
Dry, marbles, loose corners, needs rain. --Justin 09:11, 12 September 2011 (PDT)
Turn-By-Turn Guide
Local Points of Interest
There are some great apres-ride taverns in Fall City. Also, the Snoqualmie Brewery in downtown Snoqualmie has good food and is kid friendly.
Misc. Information
Local Trail Names: Crazy Ivan, Big Rock, Little Rock Connector, FlowTron 3000, Last Frontier, Safety First, Tetherball, Bandwagon, Treeline, Dodgeball, Gun(re-ar)range, OGDH
Advocacy Information
Alert: August, 2007. The land owner, Hancock Timber Management, has posted signs at some of the trail in Tokul East, signing them as closed (see images, below). A group within Evergreen is working to reach out to Hancock with the goal of understanding their concerns and working out a deal that can re-open the trails.
Evergreen has not been actively involved at Tokul in the past, but now will engage with Hancock. Evergreen has not endorsed trail building on these lands, but has allowed rides to be posted on our calendar as long as the trails are open to bikes. It is Evergreen's policy to always honor the rules and requests from the land owner. We are guests on their land.
As soon as more information becomes available, it will be posted here. If you are from Hancock Timber, we would love to work with you and find a way for it to be in your interest to allow biking on the trail at Tokul. Please contact Evergreen at 206-524-2900 or email advocacyteam (at) evergreenmtb.org.
Tokul East is a part of Hancock's Snoqualmie Forest, a 100,000 acre tree farm. King County has purchased most of the development rights for this forest, but Weyerhauser kept much of Tokul East out of that deal and it is zoned residential, with future homes possible for this area.
Unofficial map of Tokul Creek zoning and Development Rights sale
