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
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!
How to Find It
Spring Lake
Typical Conditions
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!
Advocacy & Stewardship
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.
Turn by Turn
Spring Lake/Lake Desire 1. Follow the trail thru McGarvey Park and across the beaver pond bridge. The new bridge was built to deter motobikes. Climb for 5-10 minutes and then take the first main left and climb up to the summit and rip down the backside.
2. When you hit an access road, turn around and backtrack back to the summit, ignoring the left turn you pass on the climb. On the descent stay left and ignore the spur you climbed up. At the bottom stay left and go out to the main gravel path.
3. Follow the gravel path downhill until you spot a small clearing on the left with multiple trail options. Take the right option (tight techy singletrack) and ride until you hit the gravel road again.
4. Go left (downhill) on gravel and take the first main right turn. This trail is wide and fast and it loops around the southern tip of the park. You will come out on a road but the trail goes back into the wood 50ft away on the right. Follow that and stay right and climb up to a big intersection. Take a left up the gravel road and climb that to the top. when you reach the peak trail sign (no bikes) take a left. About 100ft up the road flattens out and look for a trail on your left.
5. The trail on the left drops into a steep ravine (purple line) that is full of large rocks you can ride around or drop off. Its a short but fun section.At the bottom stay left and follow the purple line.Its a long slow climb back up, but you are rewarded with a great descent back down to the beaver pond crossing. follow this trail back thru McGarvey park and to your car.
Its around 9 miles and has roughly 1200ft of climbing. The descents vary from fast smooth singletrack to twisty singletrack to steep techy stuff. There isnt a lot of trails right now, but it is a great mix of terrain.
The map shows lots of trails to the north in Mcgarvey park, but in reality it is a large clearing under the powerlines with a gravel road and small walking paths all over. Not much in the way of fun riding...yet.
