IATC Voices Support for State Parks Acquisition of Mt. Washington Trail Property

Many of you may be familiar with the popular Mt. Washington Trail located in Ollalie State Park. What you may not know is that a section of the trail is currently in private ownership (see map below). Washington State Parks has the opportunity to secure access to this trail permanently through the purchase of this last parcel of privately owned land. The land would become part of Ollalie State Park, and therefore publicly owned. Washington State Parks needs to secure grant funding in order to purchase this important piece of land. To help make this happen, the Issaquah Alps Trails Club sent a letter of support (see letter below) to the grant evaluation committee, and we’re asking members of our community to please consider doing the same. You can send your individual letter of support to Washington State Parks Planner Melinda Posner at melinda.posner@parks.wa.gov. Please feel free to use the IATC letter below as an example, and thank you to those who will join us in advocating for public ownership of this property!

Section in red shows where the Mt. Washington Trail passes through public land. Purchase of this parcel by Washington State Parks would ensure public access through this section permanently. Map provided by Washington State Parks.