Chinook Scenic Byway SR - 410 Mather Memorial Parkway … · 2013-08-13 · • Mt. Rainier...
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Greenwater pop. 67 (47.6 mi from Tacoma) Enumclaw pop. 10,669 (28.4 mi from Tacoma) Mount Rainier Nat’l Park (65.6 mi from Tacoma) Suburban Zone Backcountry/ Summer Hiking Zone Backcountry/ Summer Hiking Zone Small town/ Rural Zone Backcountry/ Ski Resort Zone LIMITED T o Y a k i m a To Buckley, Auburn, Tacoma, and I-5 Forest Road 70 Federation Forest State Park To Mud Mountain Dam Rec. Area Crystal (65.6 mi Mountain from Tacoma) Crystal Mountain Ski Resort Season: October to mid-July (2011) Average annual skiers: 305,000 Origin of skiers: Seattle and south Parking capacity: 3,500 Capacity limitations: Parking Use by non-skiers Summer activities: Gondola (2011) Mountain biking (no lift access) Ranger Creek Campground/Airport Silver Springs Campground/ Guard Station Dalles Campground Private bus Current public service center Proposed public service center SR - 410 Chinook Scenic Byway Mather Memorial Parkway MBS Ranger District Snoqualmie WSDOT Districts King; Southwest; Olympic; South Central MPO/RTPO Puget Sound Regional Council County King; Pierce Documents • Crystal Mountain Ski Resort Expansion Master Plan and FEIS (2006) • Mt. Rainier Transport Study (1997) • Chinook Byways Corridors Planning and Management Guidebook (1999) • Mt. Rainier Sect. 3029 Field Report (2001) • Chinook Scenic Byway Charrette (2000) • Carbon River Corridor Charrette (2003) • Nisqually Rural Transit Feasibility Study (2007) Visitor Center • Enumclaw Public Service Center: 20,000 annual visitors • Silver Creek Guard Station: 7,818 visitors in 2011 season Average Daily Traffic Volume (ADT) 1,800 at milepost 47.41 (2010) SR - 410 Alternative Transportation Facilities/Services • Four foot shoulders; no other signage or infrastructure • Annual “Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day” (RAMROD) event • Foothills Trail in Enumclaw • King County Metro: limited service to Enumclaw • Private bus tours from downtown Seattle - Grayline of Seattle Mount Rainier Vista Tours - Evergreen Escapes Ultimate Rainier Tour • Employee shuttle ($100 per season) with service to Enumclaw and Greenwater on weekends only; 56-passenger vehicle usually operates at full capacity • Several private shuttles and charters • 15-20 school buses for ski school • Mount Rainier Paradise Shuttle i • MBSNF road/trail condition information • WSDOT Chinook Pass conditions website and Crystal to Greenwater conditions report Source: Volpe Center Source: Volpe Center PUGET SOUND Bellingham Everett Monroe Issaquah Mt. Baker Leavenworth Mount Baker- Snoqualmie National Forest Okanogan- Wenatchee National Forest Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest North Cascades National Park Easton Crystal Mountain Enumclaw Seattle Tacoma W A - 4 1 0 Mount Rainier National Park Source: City of Enumclaw
Transcript of Chinook Scenic Byway SR - 410 Mather Memorial Parkway … · 2013-08-13 · • Mt. Rainier...
Greenwaterpop. 67
(47.6 mi from Tacoma)
Enumclawpop. 10,669
(28.4 mi from Tacoma)
Mount Rainier Nat’l Park(65.6 mi from Tacoma)
Suburban ZoneBackcountry/
Summer Hiking ZoneBackcountry/
Summer Hiking ZoneSmall town/Rural Zone
Backcountry/Ski Resort Zone
LIMITED
To YakimaTo Buckley, Auburn, Tacoma, and I-5
Forest
Road 70Federation Forest State Park
To MudMountainDamRec. Area
Crystal (65.6 mi
Mountainfrom Tacoma)
Crystal Mountain Ski Resort
Season: October to mid-July (2011)Average annual skiers: 305,000Origin of skiers: Seattle and southParking capacity: 3,500Capacity limitations: Parking Use by non-skiersSummer activities: Gondola (2011) Mountain biking (no lift access)
Ranger CreekCampground/Airport
Silver SpringsCampground/Guard Station
DallesCampground
Private bus
Current public service center Proposed public service center
SR - 410 Chinook Scenic BywayMather Memorial Parkway
MBS Ranger DistrictSnoqualmie
WSDOT DistrictsKing; Southwest; Olympic; South Central
MPO/RTPOPuget Sound Regional Council
CountyKing; Pierce
Documents• Crystal Mountain Ski Resort Expansion Master Plan and FEIS (2006)• Mt. Rainier Transport Study (1997)• Chinook Byways Corridors Planning and Management Guidebook (1999)• Mt. Rainier Sect. 3029 Field Report (2001)• Chinook Scenic Byway Charrette (2000)• Carbon River Corridor Charrette (2003)• Nisqually Rural Transit Feasibility Study (2007)
Visitor Center• Enumclaw Public Service Center: 20,000 annual visitors• Silver Creek Guard Station: 7,818 visitors in 2011 season
Average Daily Tra�c Volume (ADT)1,800 at milepost 47.41 (2010)
SR - 410Alternative Transportation Facilities/Services
• Four foot shoulders; no other signage or infrastructure• Annual “Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day”
(RAMROD) event
• Foothills Trail in Enumclaw
• King County Metro: limited service to Enumclaw• Private bus tours from downtown Seattle - Grayline of Seattle Mount Rainier Vista Tours - Evergreen Escapes Ultimate Rainier Tour• Employee shuttle ($100 per season) with service to
Enumclaw and Greenwater on weekends only; 56-passenger vehicle usually operates at full capacity
• Several private shuttles and charters• 15-20 school buses for ski school• Mount Rainier Paradise Shuttle
i • MBSNF road/trail condition information• WSDOT Chinook Pass conditions website and Crystal to
Greenwater conditions report
Source: Volpe Center
Source: Volpe Center
PUGETSOUND
Bellingham
Everett
Monroe
Issaquah
Mt. Baker
Leavenworth
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie
National Forest
Okanogan-Wenatchee
National Forest
Okanogan-WenatcheeNational Forest
North CascadesNational Park
Easton
CrystalMountain
Enumclaw
Seattle
Tacoma
WA - 410
Mount RainierNational Park
Source: City of Enumclaw
