Friends of Cheasty Greenspace/Mt. View

10/21/2025

Friends, come join this moment to mark the completion of a long-held dream! The northern loop is complete and ready to ride and walk!

Cheasty My View trails are getting some love too—get out and enjoy the freshly maintained trails!

Into the woods! 💚💚

You’re invited to join our partners with Friends of Cheasty Greenspace/Mt. View as they celebrate the grand opening of the Cheasty North Loop Trail! 🎊

The North Loop marks the completion of Seattle’s first forested mountain biking and pedestrian trail pilot project, a community-initiated vision that has been more than a decade in the making. 🚲

📅: Saturday, October 25, 12-2pm
📍: View Point Park, 28th Ave S, in Seattle, WA 98108

Learn more: https://www.seattleparksfoundation.org/event/cheasty-north-loop-grand-opening/

05/17/2024

Cheasty Mt/View is stoked to have schools returning to the woods to participate in eco-system connection and place-based learning and restoration! Bright Water Waldorf School recently sent their Grade School Environmental Education class to Cheasty Trails and Bike Park.

Students were introduced to native plants and trees within the greenspace, and also helped remove ivy and blackberry, freeing up areas to be planted in the coming fall. We are so grateful for their laughter, curiosity, wonder, and hard work! Thank you, Bright Water students!

The Duwamish Tribe call the hill "Greenish-Yellow Spine" (Lushootseed: qWátSéécH, pronounced QWAH-tseech, and in many ways, our hope is that the restoration work we do on these lands is co-participating in restoring this forest-scape to its original name.

09/15/2023

It's time to gather together to help take care of Cheasty Greenspace!

Monthly Third Saturday work parties are kicking off this month with the first restoration work party tomorrow, Saturday, September 16 from 9:30am-12:30pm. We meet at View Point Park in New Rainier Vista at 9:30am to kick things off.

Tomorrow we will return to the "Sprucelands" for continued restoration work. This is a largish seasonal wetland we transformed from a huge blackberry thicket to a more functional habitat for critters. This month we will remove older compost piles and get new areas ready for winter planting.

Restoration and recreation go hand in hand!

Please register in advance:

If you are under 18 and attending the event without a parent or guardian, please come to the event with the waiver below signed by a parent or guardian.

11/02/2022

Work party in the woods this SATURDAY, November 5 from 9:00am-12:00pm. We'll be giving the Hazelnut Trail some trail-maintenance love; removing non-native plants from the interior of the trail loop; and doing some much needed garbage clean up.

Wear smart and warm layers; bring your own gloves if you have them. We'll provide some coffee and doughnuts to get you moving!

Meet at the main trailhead kiosk on Mt. View Drive at 9:00am for tool distribution and task delegation.

Please register in advance HERE so we can properly prepare for this volunteer event-thank you!

If you are under 18 and attending the event without a parent or guardian, please come to the event with the waiver below signed by a parent or guardian.

10/12/2022

A small fire was reported this morning in Cheasty MtView by a neighbor walking their dog. Grateful that SFD was able to quickly attend to the situation. The conditions are SO DRY out there! This could have been a really bad situation. A reminder that there is a fire ban within King County and fires are not allowed within Seattle Parks. Thanks for keeping your eyes up, community!

09/20/2022

You are invited to come celebrate the Grand Opening of the Cheasty Trails & Bike Park! Saturday, October 1 from 10am-12pm. Come cut the ribbon with us and try out the new mountain bike trails!

12/01/2021

Planting Party in Cheasty Greenspace/MtView this Saturday, December 4 from 10am-2pm! Come participate in planting the forest of the future in our neighborhood woods.

Meet at 10:00am at the Mt View Drive kiosk at the jobox where we will distribute gloves, tools, and know-how about planting best practices. Access on foot via the Cheasty Stairs at the west end of S. Alaska Place or turn south off of Columbian onto Mt. View Drive. Bring your own water and mid-day lunch.

PLEASE RSVP through the link below so we can be sure we are keeping our group at the Covid-requisite size.

Thank you and see you in the woods!

09/03/2021

Happy Ten Year Anniversary to our trailhead in Cheasty/MtView! In the past decade these stairs truly have become the threshold crossing into all that we hoped. It has been beautiful to witness to many people enjoy these woods because of safe and welcoming access.

05/22/2021

Been a long time coming...more trails to increase access to the natural world and positive recreation opportunities in Cheasty Greenspace.

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02/18/2020