Landslide closes King County’s Burke Gilman Trail in Lake Forest Park

Unstable ground means delay in clearing debris from popular route

Persistent rain has caused a landslide to flow across a portion of King County’s Burke Gilman Trail in Lake Forest Park. The trail is closed from roughly Northeast 155th Street and Northeast 142nd Street.

King County Parks staff say the ground along this portion of the trail remains unstable, and the threat of additional landslides remains high.

Damage assessment, clean up of the estimated 60 yards of debris that cover the trail and any necessary emergency repairs will have to wait until these dangerous conditions have eased. The trail is expected to remain closed at least through the weekend.

There is no designated detour around the closed portion of the trail.

The Burke-Gilman Trail runs more than 18 miles from Shilshole Bay in the City of Seattle to the City of Bothell where it intersects the Sammamish River Trail. Part of the "Locks to Lakes Corridor," the trail crosses Ballard, Fremont, Wallingford, the University District and View Ridge within the City of Seattle, as well as the cities of Lake Forest Park, Kenmore and Bothell.

The trail is managed by Seattle within the city limits south of Northeast 145th Street and by King County outside Seattle. More information is available at http://www.kingcounty.gov/parks/trails/burkegilman.html.

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