Three Lakes Hill
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This is a dirt road up to a forested, 1200ft hill with a communications tower just northeast of Snohomish. It is analogus to a mini Rattlesnake Mountain road ride. The total vertical climb is 1200 feet from the west parking and 1900 feet from the eastern, Woods Creek parking.
Trail map: https://www.gaiagps.com/datasummary/track/a555e161-9a8c-4712-96a6-8617d48e2166/
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Left the house with the gravel bike this morning heading to Snohomish and took the Centennial Trail up to Dubuque Road. I climbed Dubuque to Woods Creek Road and then to the DNR gated road that gets you to the top of Three Lakes Hill. I began the climb and went up to the towers and then back down...
Had a great ride with the dog again. But upon returning to the car, there were 8 hunters' SUVs (there for target practice in the nearby Barrow pit) that were disabled by some vandal who removed the valve stems instead of tire slashing. My Subaru was collateral damage in the "noise protest"....
Started off of Woods Creek Road and after the borrow pit at the entry way I let the dog loose while I climbed to the tower. After reaching the tower and during the return, I found a trail along the buried power routing to the site that ties two roads together for a nice loop and avoids the climb...
Rode this on my cyclocross/gravel bike and man, what a workout. Pretty rocky roads with some overgrowth spilling over, nothing terrible though.
Nobody out on the trails but some shooters in the distance, which was nice. The east side has a really nice view of the mountains (Index, Baring,...
I saw this hill's tower from a distance and went to Google Earth to plan the ride. The road climbs lightly at the begining and then goes down to a small gravel pit and then to a bridge over Woods Creek. After the bridge, you climb 900 feet to the summit and clearcut areas. There are several old a...