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I have to admit that I worked from home on Monday so I didn’t get a chance to see what the BGT was like until today (does it count that all ways out of my area in Bothell were closed off due to flooding? ).

I figured that the portion between Matthews beach and about 145th would have some interesting bits and I wasn’t disappointed. I counted three separate slides, the first of which you could walk around/through, the second two you had to get off the trail and use the road that parallels the trail. As of tonight, I think that just two areas are still being cleared.

Here are some pictures of the fun. There is one of a backhoe clearing off the trail, a generic “Trail Closed” picture, and then a shot of a landslide that is covering the trail. I didn’t get a picture of the first one, but I was chatting with another cyclist as we walked through it about the home above (they had a detached deck that was looking dangerously close to the edge of the slide zone.

I can’t say as though I’d wanna buy a home in this area either above or below the trail. I know the view is great but the risk of sliding down the hill seems a bit high.

I’ll of course end by saying that there are quick and easy detours for all sections that are closed, and a huge thumbs up to the City of Seattle/ King County for being out there so soon to clean up the mess.

Actually, this would be just as good of a time to give them a shout out for all of the BGT improvements that have been going on since this summer, thank you.