Team Tripping Up Trails logged some after-work Hike-a-thon miles with Miles at Lincoln Park. Our littlest Hike-a-thoner was entranced by the dozens of folks fishing. (anyone know what they are catching this time of year??) Parking on the Lowman Park Beach side is always a little chaotic but is worth it for the lovely, flat and stroller friendly access to the waterfront trail from the north side of the park!

Hike-a-Thon adventure day! We started our day with a search for Bruun Idun. Starting from the large parking area, it is a downhill, steep at times, hike down to the beach trail where Bruun Idun washed ashore. (You're goal is just north of the Coleman Pool.) The hike back up is sure to get you sweating.

There are no potties at the trailhead but there public flush potties at the pool. Our dog appreciated the bowls of water left out at the pool entrance.

I am hiking all this month to raise funds and awareness for WTA so that the trails can be enjoyed by future generations. If you would like to contribute, any amount helps.
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Shout out to the good human picking up trash around 11:30am today.

Good trail system, go out and enjoy the salty air.

Beautiful misty day to walk and enjoy the sound and the trees.

At 10 am the lot was maybe a third full though I’m sure the gloom and rain kept most people away. We walked down to the water, the trail is wide and even, walked all the way to the end and looped back to the car the long way around through the trees.

The troll was a delightful surprise, I’d forgotten it was there. It’s so nicely tucked into the trees along the waterfront. The pool has bathrooms in good condition.

I left Burien in the early afternoon and traversed the western edge of West Seattle, reaching the water taxi pier just after sunset on a brisk February day. My route started from home, but this hike could easily start at Westwood Village, which is served by the RapidRide C and H lines. 

This was a lucky Saturday to walk through White Center, as there was a truck selling fresh scones in the McLendon Hardware parking lot. After a further fuel stop at the Salvadorean Bakery, I headed to the Cambridge St entrance to Roxbury Park. The park proved a beautiful (if occasionally muddy) escape from the concrete, but I got lost as usual in its hilly thatch of trails. This just meant more clean air and forest smells before I stumbled out onto Barton St and made my way to the Fauntleroy ferry terminal. I took the access trail just north of the dock and walked across an idyllic stretch of residential beach before reaching the even more idyllic park. Lincoln Park sported a dazzling array of dogs who had gathered to see and be seen; I almost missed the troll sculpture amidst the furry friends and impending sunset. I departed Lincoln Park onto Beach Dr SW, which took me all the way to Alki Point.

The stretch between Lincoln Park and Alki contains several small parks and beach access points where one can enjoy the lapping of Puget Sound away from the crowds at the major West Seattle parks. These afforded me some dazzling prospects of Vashon, Blake, and Bainbridge Island as the sun continued to drop. I then skirted past Alki Point and onto the trail that took me all the way to the West Seattle Water Taxi terminal, with a brief stop at the always surprising public restroom at the Alki Beach Bathhouse. I reached Marination Ma Kai at the water taxi terminal just shy of 13 miles into my hike. I ate a hearty meal while waiting for the next departure. The view from the boat ride across Elliott Bay came up in the clutch as always, and upon landing on the downtown waterfront I was right across Alaskan Way from a RapidRide C and H stop. This turned my one-way hike into a highly convenient loop.

The cold temperature kept me from sweating too much and inspired a brisk pace, but I recommend that my fellow winter hikers bring gloves and scarves to thwart the merciless wind blowing in from the sound.