I did the Coyote Trail which was a 3.5 mile roundtrip. The trail was in good condition and wasn't muddy, though some parts had horse poop so its important to look where you are stepping. It was nice to see horses. I even saw someone riding a horse, which was really cool. It took around 1 and a half hours, and wasn't super hard. It's great for beginner hikers or families since there isn't much elevation gain. It also wasn't very crowded and the trail was pretty wide, making it easy to go past people. At some points there were forks without trail markers telling you which way to go and that made it a little confusing. I recommend taking a picture of the map at the start and keeping track of your position using the trail markers so you can stay on the trail you intended to. Overall it was a great hike, especially to enjoy with families if you don't want something super strenuous.

Quick walk around the Bridle Trails state park trails this morning between pineapple express monsoons.  Discover pass required as per normal.  The main lot is large and really only gets busy if there is an equestrian event.  One FYI - I was in the car eating my prewalk motivational mcmuffin when a woman who didn’t appear to be a ranger walked around the lot looking into cars, then quickly decided to skedaddle once she noticed me - take it for what it’s worth.  The full restrooms are still open and even heated - a super nice little luxury.  The route was a pretty basic clockwise loop of the exterior trails for a total of about 4.5 miles and a total gross vertical of a very comfortable 340’.  

Trails were in surprisingly good condition given the storm-a-geddon yesterday and last night - a bit of erosion/mud from all the rain and some light tree debris was basically it.  Interestingly the one and only tree I saw that had come down last night happened to take out powerlines along the eastern border - looks like it was in the street easement right next to the trail and fell out into the road taking out the lines.  A PSE crew was already there and getting set up to put a fix on it.  Not an overwhelming amount of wildlife out, some little winter forest birds, one raven, a couple douglas squirrels and something that looked like a weasel of some kind darted across the trail.  There are a few mushrooms still coming up too.  A nice little walk if you are in the area and super kudos to the park ranger folks that keep this place so nice and the PSE crews making sure all the neighbors get their lights back on. 

Took advantage of a dry ish day to get in a five mile loop with the pup. Trails are in great condition with a couple of recent blowdowns well cleared for the trail. Still some color from the big leaf maples and a few snowberries hanging in. Enough tree cover to offset a bit of a drizzle. Saw two horses and less than five humans. Peaceful walk on a Tuesday morning. Would recommend.

Quick walk around Bridle Trails state park.  Parking requires a Discover Pass as per normal.  The main gravel lot off 116th Ave NE is quite large though can fill up quick if there is an equestrian or trail running event going on.  Looks like some folks are trying to skirt the pass requirement parking along 116th but there isn’t enough space, tires over the white line and so not legal and subject to fines or towing.  Full restrooms north of the main lot were open and in good condition.  Our route ended up being a messy crisscross X pattern hitting all four corners but sticking largely to the smaller secondary trails where available for a total of just over 6 miles and just over 500ft gross vertical.  The trails, both main primary and secondary are in great shape - the local crew consistently do a great job of keeping everything maintained even in spite of the heavy usage and extra wear and tear equestrians can cause - super kudos.  You can still see all the trees that were blown over last winter and had to be cut up and cleared, a ton of work.  My contribution to the cause this morning was using my face to clear all the spiderwebs from most of the secondary trails that hadn’t been walked yet….

Not much in the way of wildlife, a few squirrels, one woodpecker, some robins, plus some coyote sign though did not see/hear any actual animals.  We did however get to make acquaintance with several beautiful horses out wandering with their owners.  One in particular seemed to have an interest in the sword ferns and was munching away happily as it sauntered along.  I wouldn’t think sword ferns would taste very good.  There are also a few wildflowers mainly in the open utility corridor and a few patches of the super yummy little native blackberry that are starting to get ripe.  Lastly, Bridle Trails is one of those neat places that has so many little side trails that you can almost always find a new nook or cranny that you haven’t seen before even if you have been there many times.  

Link to more info about the park - https://parks.wa.gov/find-parks/state-parks/bridle-trails-state-park

Walked one of the mile long trail loops starting from the parking lot. It wasn't too busy for a Friday afternoon. The trails wind through the forest up and down hills and were well maintained. There were a couple of steep areas on the trail, which were shown on the parking lot map. Be sure to pay attention because horses have right of way on all trails.