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We took a trip to do a little hiking nearby to Kittitas, WA and unfortunately all of the entrances to our destination were blocked by a variety of fences and gates but we accidentally stumble on a newly completed rails-to-trails bridge along the Palouse to Cascades Trail - formerly known as the John Wayne Trail .
Newly completed as in just opened YESTERDAY! We didn't even know that at the time, or I would have violated the fence and signs to at least climb up and take a peek at it. I'm not actually sure how it's both "open, as of yesterday" and also closed functionally by gates.. maybe if you got onto the trail somewhere else you're allowed to stay on the trail.. whatever.
Anyway it looks like an awesome route! https://palousetocascadestrail.org/
Unfortunately this is the only photo we got, and my wife's phone apparently was focused on the bug guts on the windshield.. ah well.
We'll have to revisit on bikes, maybe set aside a four day weekend to get some pedal powered adventure in!
Does that go along a river most of the way!? I will have to check that out. Is it a multi-day trip? As in, could you bike pack it?
It doesn't really follow a river, it crosses a few of them - the western part of it goes from the Western Cascades (near Seattle) across the range, through a 2.3 mile long tunnel (!) and over to the Columbia river, 135ish miles. Then from there it crosses to the eastern part of the trail which continues another 150+ miles to the Idaho border.
I don't know how long it takes to ride but surely enough to get a lot of thinking time!