Grand Ridge Park
Nettles encroaching the trail
26 reports
Issaquah Alps
The trails in Soaring Eagle Regional Park are generally in good condition, with some reports of muddy spots and a recent blowdown that partially obstructs one trail as of April 17. Wildflowers, including salmonberry, are blooming, adding to the spring scenery, May 14. The main parking lot is free but can fill on nice weekends, with additional street parking available at a second trailhead. Signage is helpful throughout the park, which features a tangled network of trails suitable for running and biking.
Generated from 15 trip reports. Trails change faster than reports do, so check anything you’d turn around for.
Generated from the most recent trip reports, newest 4 months ago. Check anything you’d turn around for.
No trip reports on this trail in 4 months, so everything below is at least that old.
Trail traffic appears to be light to moderate. One report from January 10 found the park less crowded than expected, and another on February 9 described it as very quiet. On May 14, only a couple of runners and a few mountain bikers were encountered.
Nettles encroaching the trail
26 reports
Face full of spiderwebs, bring a stick
10 reports
Fall colors are starting to show
Tiger Mountain · 5 this month · 76 reports
Fall color beginning to show, mushrooms popping up
Squak Mountain · 5 this month · 32 reports
Fall color starting to appear
Tiger Mountain · 4 this month · 190 reports
Erosion and fallen trees are recent concerns
Squak Mountain · 4 this month · 58 reports
Trail notes generated from recent reports. Conditions change fast.
Did a 4 mile evening trail run in light rain with Mountaineers folks. The parking lot was mostly empty and we met only a couple runners and a few mountain bikers on the trail. Overall conditions were ...
From the E Main Dr lot, 6.5 miles clockwise around the outer trails. I included an unintended 0.8 mile spur through the Kipper Preserve to Beaver Lake. It helps to read the signs. :\
Walked the Soaring Eagle park trails Friday morning in the scattered sunshine. Parking at the main lot is free though can fill up on a nice weekend. There is a second smaller trailhead at the north ...
2/9/26 • Beaver Lake to Soaring Eagle Perimeter LoopParking:The parking lot at Beaver Lake Preserve has roughly 8 spots available, when we arrived no one was there.Route:Simply put, we walked from bea...
Hiked a little over 3 miles this morning. It was a beautiful morning with the sun peaking out a couple times. Ran into a few people, but was less crowded than we were expecting. There is a porta-potty...
A short walk (about 3.5 miles) in Soaring Eagle Park which we started at Beaver Lake Park through Steven and Rosina Kipper Preserve and into Soaring Eagle. Once in Soaring Eagle we stumbled around a ...
Great day out in the park! Trails are in great condition and choose your own adventure.
We did a 3 to 3.5 mile loop in Soaring Eagle Park using the Pipe Line, Sleigh Ride, Do Loop, Iron Gate, Lighting, Bone and Horse trails. The route was dry and in trees.The first thing I will note is ...
Walked the Soaring Eagle trails Wednesday morning in the sunshine. Parking at the main lot is free though somewhat limited, however there is additional street parking outside the lot, plus a second s...
Beautiful day on the trail! We arrived around 10:15 AM to find the parking lot nearly full, but the trail itself remained fairly quiet overall.As we hiked, light snow began to fall, leaving a stunning...