The Pilchuck Tree Farm is a huge chunk of private land north of Arlington and near the small community of Bryant that is used for logging. The company/land owners have allowed trails and public recreation on their land for over 20 years. Of course patches of trail are going to go away from time to time as various segments gets logged over the years. Despite the obvious bummage of this, the up side is the place is ever changing. There are several tracts to the tree farm; Victoria, Armstrong and the Pilchuck tracts. The Pilchuck and the Victoria tracts are closed during the winter (November 1st - April 30th) due to the wet conditions. Since the Armstrong tract is open year that was were I headed after work one day. |
Directions: From I-5 take exit 212 for WA-532. Turn east and travel 4.1 miles. WA-532 turns into Granview Rd at the junction of Hwy 9. Continue for 1.0 miles and turn right onto 272nd street NE. After about 1/10th of a mile turn right into the trailhead/staging areas. |
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