SEATTLE — As I ride through the heart of the mountain, a tiny fear takes hold. I should’ve anticipated it, considering all the warnings I’d heard at the old Hyak train station moments before I entered ...

We pull over and do that, and soon are riding together. Here, between Cle Elum and the Snoqualmie Tunnel, the trail is dirt and packed gravel. Easy to ride on and watch the countryside go by. The ...