Whitehorse Trail
The Whitehorse Trail is currently closed except for a six-mile section from Darrington Town Hall to Swede Haven Road, is open for public use.
Description
The Whitehorse Trail is a 27 mile-long corridor between the cities of Arlington and Darrington. Frequently paralleling SR-530 and the North Fork Stillaguamish River, the trail route winds through a series of farm, forest and river environments, and contains several fishing access points and river bridge crossings.
Trail Conditions
The bridges, trestle and multiple crossings across SR 530 are major safety issues. The remainder of Whitehorse trail remains closed until bridge railings and decking can be installed. Responding to parents' requests, a section at Mile Post 30 is brushed so that school children may use it to commute to the bus stop safely instead of walking on SR 530.
Parks maintenance crews periodically maintain the trail right-of-way so that it is not overgrown by vegetation. The entire abandoned rail corridor and the open-for-public-use section was brushed out last year as part of this regular on-going maintenance. Since this is a closed section of property, it is not patrolled as often as the six-mile trail section that is open. The surface is the original railroad ballasts with future plans for gravel. No date has been determined for project completion.
Find information about the timeframe and cost to open the trail and how you can get involved or donate funding or materials for the trail, contact James Yap, 425-388-6610 or james.yap@snoco.org.
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