Whitehorse Trail Tour~

Good turn-out of trail users & committee memebers

What a perfect day to walk the trail!  Sunshine & +60 degrees.  We probably started with at least twenty people in attendance, when we met at the Old School Park in Darrington.  We followed Railroad Ave. from the park, north through town, past the IGA store & down to where the signage is in place for what will be a very nice trail head.  Next we carpooled on to the next stop, down a road just east of the Rodeo Grounds.

Section of trail open for use

I turned on my GPS to log both locations.  The Google Earth images aren't very up to date, but you can still get the idea by the little lines of black/white squares.

The trail parallels Hwy 530

By the time we were done at this second location, Butch & I had to leave to visit our new Granddaughter, so were sorry to have missed the remaining stops -- though I am familiar with the one's closest to Arlington.  The first six six miles of the trail is passable/useable as you leave Darrington, going towards the 27 miles of trail that will eventually take you to Arlington.  Amazingly -- there are 16 old Railroad bridges that will need to be planked before the trail can open the entire distance.

A section where the hillside is sliding into the river~

Darrington is working hard to attract more tourists to the area.  The development of this trail should certainly help to support that goal!  http://www.darringtonwatourism.com/