Preston-Snoqualmie Trail

The Preston-Snoqualmie Trail (PST) is a 6.5 mile-long paved regional trail through steep terrain within the Mountains-to-Sound Greenway. The trail presently runs east from SE 79th Street at High Point Way near the I-90 Preston Park-and-Ride to just west of Snoqualmie Falls. The PST retraces a historic railroad route with generally gentle grades ideal for walking, running, and bicycling. The historic demolition of a railroad trestle in Preston provides one exception, however, where the route detours down into the Raging River Valley before climbing back again to the north side of Snoqualmie Ridge. The trail continues along the ridge through a secluded wooded landscape offering exceptional views of the Lower Snoqualmie River Valley. The PST continues east past Lake Alice Road to terminate with a viewpoint overlooking Snoqualmie Falls near the Snoqualmie Ridge community in the City of Snoqualmie. Eventually, the trail will be extended to link with downtown Snoqualmie and offer regional connections east over the Cascades and north toward the City of Carnation via the Snoqualmie Valley Trail. The trail is also currently linked to Snoqualmie Ridge via City of Snoqualmie soft-surface community trails. PST parking and access is provided at Preston near the park-and ride and the new Preston Ball Fields and at Lake Alice Road. The PST is an important component of the developing Mountains-to-Sound regional trail system that will eventually link Issaquah and Seattle with the Cascades and beyond.