Forget whatever you are doing and come celebrate one of the greatest things to happen to the Seattle area bike scene.
Thanks to years of hard work, over 12,000 volunteer hours, and the welcoming spirit of the neighbors, Colonnade is almost done. And now it’s time to party! Please join the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance (formerly BBTC) for the Grand Opening of I-5 Colonnade, Saturday, September 13th from 10am to 2pm.
It looks like there is a ton of good raffle prizes, food, and good times for all. For full details and directions follow the link:
Try your luck in the raffle drawing. Prizes include a Shimano Saint Component Group, a Weekend at Whistler, a Specialized mountain bike, Transition wheel set, REI gear pack, gift packs from FSA, Nuun, and much more. All proceeds benefit Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance. Tickets are $5/1; $10/3; $20/8; drawing is at 12:00 noon, must be present to win.
Check out booths and collect schwag from Shimano, Intense, REI, FSA, Clif Bar, Nuun, Cascade Bicycle Club, Trips for Kids , Seattle LunaChix and many more.
Enjoy an end-of-summer BBQ (small donation requested).
Find your Colonnade Rock and check out trails sponsored by Shimano, Clif Bar and Cascade Bicycle Club.
See you there!
More Info:
Thanks to Major Sponsor Shimano Saint and Sponsors Platypus, SealLine, Whistler, REI, Gregg’s Cycles/Specialized, Fluidride, Transition, & Clif Bar, for making this event possible.Special thanks to Mayor Nickels, Councilman Rasmussen, the Seattle Parks Department, the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, King County Parks, Urban Sparks, and the visionaries, volunteers and contributors within the mountain bike community who made this park possible!
This is a free event for all ages. Parking is limited so biking is the recommended mode of transportation.
How To Find It:
Colonnade is located between the Capitol Hill and Eastlake neighborhoods, under the I-5 freeway, more or less below St Mark’s Cathedral. It’s where Lakeview Blvd turns underneath the freeway and turns into Boylston Ave. For a Google/Yahoo map, use 1800 Lakeview Blvd E, Seattle, WA 98102.If you’re headed north on I-5, take exit 168A for Lakeview Blvd. Take a left onto Lakeview and immediately park on your left. The bike trails are on the west side of Lakeview.
If you’re headed south on I-5, take exit 168A for Boylston Ave / Roanoke St. Merge onto Boylston and go straight at the light. Follow Boylston south, paralleling I-5, veer left under the freeway, and then park on your right.
Map for lower Franklin Ave entrance.
Map for upper Lakeview Blvd entrance.
See also: http://bbtc.org/recreation/calendar.php?event_id=6974
