Trip
Day Hike - Coal Creek
Join the Tacoma Hiking and Backpacking Committee on a great lowlands winter hike in thew middle of Bellevue. Fun hike in which most of the time you do not even know you are in a city!
- Info
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Contacts
- Fri, Mar 15, 2019
- Tacoma Hiking & Backpacking Committee
- Day Hiking
- Adults
- Easy
- Easy
- Mileage: 8.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 800 ft
- 4 (8 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
For those living in the South Sound, I can meet you at the South Federal Way Park and ride at 830 am. All others meet at the Coal Creek Family YMCA at 9:30 am. There is a nice bathroom at the YMCA that we can use prior to the hike if needed.
PARKING PASS: none required.
This is a fun urban hike in the middle of Bellevue. We will enjoy a lunch break on Lake Washington and then hike back. For most of this hike you do not even know you are in the middle of a city but there is a short part of the hike on intercity roads for the purpose of going under I-405 to get from Coal Creek Park to Newcastle Beach Park located on Lake Washington.
I usually hike in almost all weather conditions but, for safety purposes, the hike may be cancelled if there is a prediction of heavy snow conditions on this day.
Required Equipment
The Ten Essentials + #11.
- Navigation
- Sun protection
- Insulation (extra clothing)
- Illumination
- First aid supplies
- Fire
- Repair kit and tools, including knife
- Nutrition (extra food)
- Hydration (extra water)
- Emergency shelter
- Additional items via hike leader email sent out about 2 days prior to the hike.