Spring Lake / Lake Desire Park
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Spring Lake / Lake Desire Park is a 390-acre forested site with a bald rocky outcrop, a bog and many trails situated between. Lowlands can be soggy in the winter and spring, upper system has wet spots as well. All trails are dry and solid during the summer and fall. The trails are mostly fast, smooth single track with a mix of rooted sections that will challenge riders and provide a nice change of pace!
Park and trails are all on King County land. The system is considered a passive use park and is open to the public. All trails are "triple use" (equestrian, pedestrian, bicycle) and are built to those standards. This area is not well know to many mountain bikers, but offers a great getaway into a thick forest with an old growth feel.
Ride Reports
Great trails, well marked and some flowy bits to keep that manic grin on your face. The only black trail has been closed off by King County since it was unauthorized to begin with. Fresh gravel has been applied to several areas, otherwise trails are in good shape. Saw several hikers. Everyone I m...
It was a nice laid back 7 mile ride, but it was damp and lots of foliage.
The ground was bone dry. Only saw 3 hikers. There must have been a very busy trail gnome at work because all the vegetation was cut back resulting in some fast singletrack. My usual spot (when I ride with my wife) is Grand Ridge in Issaquah. I would say that this ride is just a tiny bit more tech...
Rode the McGarvey Trail out to the ridge trail this last weekend and it's overgrown with blackberries and grass. Some of the spots it was hard to see the trail. Classic mountain bike bushwacking, but a good ride. Lots of exposed roots from all the rain this last spring — Moreso than last year. Th...
I rode the route FrancisL published in such great detail but opted to go in reverse. Quiet setting and trails have few roots/rocks and generally drain well. The large puddles were limited to the powerline portion. One note to add is the trail that goes to the "Peak" near the water tower has signs...
My daughter (16) and I rode these trails for the first time today and had a great time. The trails are not marked at all so remember to print and bring the trail map. We did a loop as shown in the picture attached. It took us 90 minutes but we took our time and had several stops. If you ride it w...
Fun night on the trails up at Lake Desire park, there were a few cars at the trailhead but not to many, encountered less than 10 people, all hikers on the main road, only saw one other biker. I don't know why but I was a little concerned about seeing a bear, I know they are seen around Black Diam...
I'd never ridden here before, it was a nice mix of fast wider trails with some gems of singletrack. Definitely take the map, and keep a lookout for turns as some trails are overgrown a bit and others are wide/obvious. This was a good place to SS as it was generally low tech with few s...
Rode Spring Lake trails for the first time. Some observations:
- Park at the State fish boat launch - but you will need a permit to park there. A few spots to park at the trail head which is just opposite the launch, but wonder about security.
- Trails are easy, almost no tec...