Coal Creek Trail — Thursday, Apr. 16, 1998

Issaquah Alps > Cougar Mountain

I've hiked this trail at least 20 times in the past 4 years, but I have never seen it this beautiful before. The trailhead is off of Coal Creek Pkwy about 1 mi from I-405 (bottom of the dip). Even though this park is surrounded by homes it has a distinctly remote and wild feeling about it. The understory vegitation is incredible. The young plants are tightly packed and in perfect form. Lots of flowers including Trillium dot the landscape. It almost looks like the place is tended to by millions of finicky gardeners. A nice loop can be made by decending the Primrose trail. Someone has recently built a beautiful bridge across Coal Ck (thank you). In fact the entire trail is in great condition thanks to lots of volunteer work done over the last 2 yrs. Check it out, the place is at it's best right now.