Please print out this course description (scroll down for a printer-friendly version) and bring it with you in a plastic baggie to the start.
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Time |
Description |
Mile |
| 8:30ish | Meet at the North Chuckanut Trailhead off of Chuckanut Dr (Hwy 11) in south Bellingham. |
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9:00 AM |
This year's course will feature the new Raptor Ridge Connector Trail! |
total: |
| From the parking lot, run up the trail 0.2 mile to Junction #1 (J1). Turn LEFT |
0.2 |
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| In 0.3 mile, turn RIGHT at J2 up the Hemlock Trail. | 0.5 | |
| After 0.7 mile, continue LEFT on the Hemlock Trail. | 1.2 | |
| Follow the Hemlock trail another 2.1 miles to J4, turn RIGHT | 3.3 | |
| In another 0.3 mile, you will be at the Raptor Ridge lookout | 3.6 | |
| Stop here for a while to enjoy the view! | ||
| Retrace your steps to J4 - 0.3 mile. | 3.9 | |
| Take the NEW Raptor Ridge connector trail down to the North Lost Lake Trail (1.1 miles) J5 | 5.0 | |
| Turn RIGHT on NLL Trail, follow for about 2 miles back to J3 | 7.0 | |
| Retrace your steps to the parking lot - LEFT at J3, LEFT at J2, RIGHT at J1 (1.2 miles) | 8.2 | |
| Have a cold beer, you earned it! | ||
| Please note: MAPS WILL BE PROVIDED. Don't worry if you can't find the new Raptor Ridge connector trail on a map, it really is new as of 2011! |