The John Wayne Pioneer Trail follows the former roadbed of the Chicago-Milwaukee-St. Paul-Pacific Railroad two-thirds of the way across Washington, from the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains to the border with Idaho. The 100-mile portion from Cedar Falls (near North Bend) to the Columbia River near Vantage is managed as
Iron Horse State Park. It is open to hikers, bikers, equestrians and horse-drawn wagons in summer, and to snowmobiles, dog sleds and cross-country skiers in winter.
Trail users report the surface is ballast and gravel, which can be challenging for bicycles.
Park at Olallie State Park, Hyak Lodge or Lake Easton State Park. The trailhead is accessible off I-90 at Cedar Falls exit 32, Twin Falls exit 34 or Hyak exit 54. In winter usere need a Snow Park Permit to park in the Hyak lot. You buy annual and day passes from the USFS Information Center on Snoqualmie Pass or in Easton at Exit 71.
I toured Washington from East to West on the John Wayne Pioneer Trail in June of this year. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for me. The trail is a magnificent resource and I feel that we are so privileged to have it as part of the public domain ...
Riding this trail from Cedar Falls to Ellensburg recently, 2012,we found the trail has a variety of surfaces, non of which are suitable for 25c tires and seldom suitable for 1.25 in. tires. I would suggest the trail be ridden with tires larger than 1.5 ...