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Climbing Rock Walls
The most popular indoor location for rock climbers is Recreational Equipment Incorporated (REI,
which has a huge practice wall in the atrium of their flagship store on
Eastlake Avenue. Stone Gardens also offers classes and practice walls
for members and walk-ins.Stone Gardens
Rock climbing walls, Stone Gardens
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Kayaking
Lake
Union is the most convenient point, being so close to downtown and its
Ship Canal links to Lake Washington and Shilshole. When there’s no wind,
the currents are barely an issue even for novices. More adventurous
river-runners find their rapid transit in challenging whitewater courses
closer to the mountains.
Sea kayaks, Lake Union
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Skiing & Snowboarding
Seattleites
wait anxiously for the first large snowfall that carpets ski runs in
the Cascades. Crystal Mountain, Alpental, Snoqualmie Pass, and Stevens
Pass attract faithful downhill and crosscountry skiers, and boarders who
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Burke-Gilman Trail
The
legacy of two of Seattle’s earliest railroad men, Judge Thomas Burke
and Daniel Gilman, this disused railroad track is a paved trail
that stretches for about 22 miles (35 km) from the western edge of
Fremont to the north end of Lake Washington. Cyclists and pedestrians
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Highland Ice Arena
There’s
only one open-all-year ice rink that serves Seattle. It entertains
legions of loyal customers including graceful figure skaters, daredevil
hockey skaters, and families with young children just starting to learn
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18005 Aurora Ave N
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206 546 2431
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Adult/teen (13–64) $6; child/senior (6–12, 65+) $5.50
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Scuba Diving
For
an adventurous sport opt for scuba diving in Puget Sound to discover
undersea creatures such as wolf eels, octopus, sea stars, and urchins
with amazing ranges of size and color. Divers embark solo or as part of
chartered excursions to take advantage of the coastline that’s never
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Windsurfing
For
one of the country’s premier windsurfing meccas, you’ll have to go to
Hood River, Oregon, in the Columbia River Gorge. If extreme sports are
not your style, Seattle has two prime locations for all who want to let
the wind sweep them away — along the west shores of Lake Washington,
between Magnuson Beach and Seward Park; and at Golden Gardens Park where
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Cycling Tolt-MacDonald Park & Campground
Many
of Seattle’s in-city parks have decent single tracks for
casual-mountain biking. But for intermediate-level cyclists looking for
small challenges in a great riverside setting, head east across Lake
Washington for Carnation, in the Snoqualmie River valley, east of
Redmond.-
31020 NE 4th St
A cyclist on Alki Beach
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