Seattle Stair Walkers Meetup Group

🖊 Description:
This 4.4 mile loop goes up 391 steps and down 539 steps. The walk looks over Lake Washington and goes along nice residential areas with a flat stretch through the Genesee Meadow. Coffee at Cafe Vita. There are lots of ups and downs, but the walk can be shortened by skipping any of the loops (of course, then you’ll miss some of the stairs).

⤵️ Route:
Distance: 4.4 miles
Stairs: 391 Steps Up / 537 Steps Down
Difficulty: Medium

⤵️ Route:
228 Steps Up
419 Steps Down
5 Miles
Moderate Difficulty

🖊 Description:
This 5 mile walks takes you to two totally different parks, and of course includes stairs up and down the lower edge of Lake Washington. The trip can easily be shortened by eliminating the side trip to Kubota Gardens (1.5 Miles) or Lakeridge Park (1 mile) or skipping the most southern stair (1/2 mile). No coffee shops along this route, but you could have a nice picnic at the Hutchinson Playground. The route is mostly through residential areas. Rainier Ave South is an unpleasant busy street, but the stairs up from it have great views over the lake.

THIS WALK WILL NOT BE CONDUCTED LIKE OUR NORMAL WALKS!!!
Usually we wait for the slowest walker so he/she will not be left behind (Our Group Motto: No Walker Left Behind) This is not the case for the Wednesday walks.

These Wednesday walks will be vastly different.
THESE WALKS WILL BE TIMED FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL. EVERYONE WALKS AT HIS/HER OWN SPEED TO ACHIEVE A PERSONAL RECORD FOR THE WALK.
PLEASE FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE ROUTE BEFORE THE WALK SO YOU CAN LEAD YOURSELF (if need be)
Results for the Competition Walks will be published monthly.

NOTE: PARKING IS CHALLENGING SO LEAVE EARLY!!!!

⤵️ Route:
Distance: 4 miles
Stairs: 830 Steps Up / 994 Steps Down
Difficulty: Hard
https://faculty.washington.edu/smott/QAguide.pdf

🖊 Description:
THIS IS A MUST-NOT-MISS walk. My very favorite and a little tiny park on the walk has THE BEST VIEW OF SEATTLE (the pic above is NOT 'the' view). Gorgeous architecture and amazing view, plus lots of "secret" stairs

This 4 mile loop goes up and down the most beautiful stairs in Seattle, past lovely homes, and great views over downtown, Puget Sound, Mt. Rainier and the Olympics. Some of these stairs were built a century ago.

Please use a map-tracking app (Strava/Apple Fitness, etc...) to verify your route and time.

🖊 Description:
Come join us as we explore upper Magnolia and the lower Ballard area.
We will discover some lovely Seattle city parks, Magnolia Manor Park and Lawton Park before we go through the Kiwanis Memorial Park Preserve Park, which, by the way, was Seattle's first wildlife sanctuary and once the largest nesting colony of Great Blue Herons.
Leaving the preserve, we will explore the fish ladders at the Chittenden locks. There should be some good fish viewing as the salmon run is in full swing. Departing the locks we will enjoy the Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Garden.
Afterwards, we will visit a few of the many wonderful free exchanges in Ballard. (feel free to bring a toy or craft to donate to the cause)

⤵️ Route:
Distance: 6.84 miles
Stairs: uncounted Steps Up / uncounted Steps Down
Difficulty: Medium-Hard