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Raging River's final two trails open near Snoqualmie

Evergreen MTB and DNR opened Over & Out and Wild Waves on October 10, completing a 49-mile, all-difficulty trail network 11 years in the making.

<h6>Seattle Fitness Magazine · 25 Oct 2026</h6><ul><li><strong>49</strong>miles</li><li><strong>11</strong>years</li><li><strong>2.6</strong>miles, Over &amp; Out</li></ul><h2>Raging River is done</h2> <p>Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance and Washington DNR opened two final trails at Raging River State Forest on October 10, 2026, closing out an 11-year construction project that built 49 miles of singletrack near Snoqualmie.</p><p>The two new trails, Over &amp; Out (2.6 miles) and Wild Waves (2.5 miles), are intermediate descents that bring the system to full difficulty range: green, blue, black, and double-black. Construction began in late 2015 on land DNR acquired in 2009, about 11 years before the final trails opened.</p> <h2>What the builders made</h2> <p><b>Over &amp; Out runs 2.6 miles and offers an intermediate alternative to the Poppin&#x27; Tops descent.</b></p><p>Wild Waves, at 2.5 miles, was built with a 3.5-ton excavator but kept deliberately tight. Scott Miller and Michael Fischer described the trail in field notes published before the October opening: &quot;Topsy-turvy / curvy-swervy is how we would describe Trail C. If you look up topsy-turvy in the dictionary (it&#x27;s actually a word) it means unpredictable changes and reversals. It is a flow trail, but it isn&#x27;t as straight forward as some others in the trail system. It will take you more than a couple laps to learn/master it, no matter who you are.&quot;</p><p>Large rocks and tree roots stayed in place. &quot;Large rocks, tree roots and logs were not removed but instead had tread built up to them to create unique features,&quot; Miller and Fischer wrote. One optional black-diamond line called Last Call, paralleling the middle of Over &amp; Out, was not open at the October 10 event; no reopening date has been announced.</p> <h2>17 years from logged land to finished trails</h2> <p>The land was commercial timberland, owned by Fruit Growers Supply Company before DNR purchased roughly 7,000 acres (later expanded to about 11,200 acres) in 2009 in partnership with King County and the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust. The goal was to protect Chinook salmon habitat and close a gap in public land along I-90 between Rattlesnake Mountain, the Cedar River Watershed, and Tiger Mountain State Forest.</p><p>The first trails opened in May 2018. A second phase added Canyon Creek Downhill and Physical Therapy, opening in 2021. The final phase added trails in two rounds: Executive Decision, Ferdinand, Reverence, and PCT debuted at the Evergreen Mountain Bike Festival in June 2024, and Over &amp; Out and Wild Waves finished the job on October 10, 2026. Dave Hutton, the lead volunteer on the Reverence trail alone, coordinated 107 work parties and engaged 115 volunteers for over 2,700 hours.</p> <h2>Getting there from Seattle</h2> <p><b>The trailhead is Snoqualmie Point Trailhead at 37580 Winery Rd, Snoqualmie, off I-90 Exit 27.</b></p><p>A Discover Pass is required for parking on DNR land. The November 7, 2026 trail maintenance work party is the next scheduled event on the Raging River system for anyone who wants to give back.</p>
Seattle Fitness Magazine · 25 Oct 2026
  • 49miles
  • 11years
  • 2.6miles, Over & Out

Raging River is done

Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance and Washington DNR opened two final trails at Raging River State Forest on October 10, 2026, closing out an 11-year construction project that built 49 miles of singletrack near Snoqualmie.

The two new trails, Over & Out (2.6 miles) and Wild Waves (2.5 miles), are intermediate descents that bring the system to full difficulty range: green, blue, black, and double-black. Construction began in late 2015 on land DNR acquired in 2009, about 11 years before the final trails opened.

What the builders made

Over & Out runs 2.6 miles and offers an intermediate alternative to the Poppin' Tops descent.

Wild Waves, at 2.5 miles, was built with a 3.5-ton excavator but kept deliberately tight. Scott Miller and Michael Fischer described the trail in field notes published before the October opening: "Topsy-turvy / curvy-swervy is how we would describe Trail C. If you look up topsy-turvy in the dictionary (it's actually a word) it means unpredictable changes and reversals. It is a flow trail, but it isn't as straight forward as some others in the trail system. It will take you more than a couple laps to learn/master it, no matter who you are."

Large rocks and tree roots stayed in place. "Large rocks, tree roots and logs were not removed but instead had tread built up to them to create unique features," Miller and Fischer wrote. One optional black-diamond line called Last Call, paralleling the middle of Over & Out, was not open at the October 10 event; no reopening date has been announced.

17 years from logged land to finished trails

The land was commercial timberland, owned by Fruit Growers Supply Company before DNR purchased roughly 7,000 acres (later expanded to about 11,200 acres) in 2009 in partnership with King County and the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust. The goal was to protect Chinook salmon habitat and close a gap in public land along I-90 between Rattlesnake Mountain, the Cedar River Watershed, and Tiger Mountain State Forest.

The first trails opened in May 2018. A second phase added Canyon Creek Downhill and Physical Therapy, opening in 2021. The final phase added trails in two rounds: Executive Decision, Ferdinand, Reverence, and PCT debuted at the Evergreen Mountain Bike Festival in June 2024, and Over & Out and Wild Waves finished the job on October 10, 2026. Dave Hutton, the lead volunteer on the Reverence trail alone, coordinated 107 work parties and engaged 115 volunteers for over 2,700 hours.

Getting there from Seattle

The trailhead is Snoqualmie Point Trailhead at 37580 Winery Rd, Snoqualmie, off I-90 Exit 27.

A Discover Pass is required for parking on DNR land. The November 7, 2026 trail maintenance work party is the next scheduled event on the Raging River system for anyone who wants to give back.

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