The Pike Street Hill Climb, also known as Pike Street Hillclimb, is a pathway consisting of steps and
escalators
An escalator is a moving staircase which carries people between floors of a building or structure. It consists of a motor-driven chain of individually linked steps on a track which cycle on a pair of tracks which keep the step tread horizo ...
/
elevators that connect
Seattle's
Alaskan Way
Alaskan Way, originally Railroad Avenue, is a street in Seattle, Washington, that runs along the Elliott Bay waterfront from just north of S. Holgate Street in the Industrial District—south of which it becomes East Marginal Way S.— to Broad S ...
and
Central Waterfront along
Elliott Bay to
Pike Place Market in the
U.S. state of
Washington. The climb has been described by ''
The Seattle Times'' as a "glute-burning short cut".
Features
A series of cluster lights are installed along the climb.
Businesses along the climb have included the cocktail bar
Zig Zag Café
Zig Zag Café is a craft cocktail bar and restaurant in Seattle, Washington. Established in 1999, the bar is considered one of the best in the United States, helping lead the craft cocktail movement. From 2002 to 2011, noted bartender Murray Sten ...
, the Mexican restaurant El Puerco Lloron, Procopio Gelateria, and other "chic shops and ethnic restaurants".
See also
*
Yesler Hillclimb
References
External links
Pike Street Hill Climbat Downtown Seattle Association
{{Pike Place Market
Central Waterfront, Seattle
Downtown Seattle
Pike Place Market
Stairways in the United States