Type of Hike
Day hikeTrail Conditions
Minor obstacles posing few problemsRoad
Road suitable for all vehiclesBugs
No bugsSnow
Snow free
Walked the Coal Creek trail Sunday morning. We drove past the parking area on Coal Creek Parkway as it still looked closed due to the ongoing construction and took the left on 60th up to the Lakemont trail head. One item of note - the Lakemont trail head only has three parking spaces. Starting at Lakemont adds about a mile each way, (for a total of 3.5 rather than 2.5 for a total of 7 total.) The trail is passable through the construction and under the new overpass.
The entire trail is in decent shape. There are some blow down but nothing that isn't easily negotiated. The Primrose loop trail is still closed as Bellevue Parks continues to work on the new bridge. The section climbing up out of the lower area just before the first bench has been very nicely regraded and makes it much less slippery in the wet. The falls just west of Redtown offers quite a show with all the recent rain. Lastly, we were treated to a special treat coming back - a half dozen bright red salmon making their way up the creek just east of Coal Creek Parkway.
Comments
Salmon in Coal Creek
I live less than a mile from there and have never seen salmon there before. I've probably hiked there over a hundred times in the last 20 years. I wonder if I've not been observant or the new culvert under Coal Creek Pkwy is allowing the fish to make their way up stream. I will have to check it out next week. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by:
Maddy on Nov 02, 2014 07:43 PM