An interesting side road will take you up into the small town of Mineral. It’s a far more twisty road than SR7 with very short sightlines. The north end of the road is particularly aggressive with the road making a nearly continuous climb up the north face of the ridge the village of Mineral it… Continue reading Mineral Hill Road
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South Skagit Highway / Concrete – Sauk Valley Road
Update: 2021-May — As of January 2021, this road is temporarily closed at Mile post 13 due to the shoulder of the road collapsing and carrying away part of a lane. —- South Skagit Highway and Concrete-Sauk Valley Road provide a very scenic back way from Sedro Wooley to the Mountain Loop Highway and south… Continue reading South Skagit Highway / Concrete – Sauk Valley Road
US Route 2 (Monroe – Leavenworth)
There’s a sweet little piece of tarmac up over the Cascades that offers a much better route for the corner-loving sport-touring rider. US2 is this road, the interesting part running between Monroe and Leavenworth. US2 runs up over Stevens Pass and has some very nice mid-speed sweepers, marked at 50mph including a very nice hairpin… Continue reading US Route 2 (Monroe – Leavenworth)
Washington State Route 504 ‘Spirit Lake Highway’
Washington State Route 504 is the primary route into the St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. A very nice, smooth road that is made up almost entirely of wide sweepers and bridges leaping across various canyons. As there’s no industry inside the National Monument, there’s little tractor-trailer traffic to worry about or break up the pavement.… Continue reading Washington State Route 504 ‘Spirit Lake Highway’
Gifford-Pinchot Forest Service Road 52 (National – Packwood)
Are you looking for twisty? Yes? Well, we have that. Are you looking for a spot to camp alongside the road next to an alpine stream? Yes, we have that too. Are you looking for a tight, technical road with 25-30mph corners and little in the way of traffic and enforcement? Yes, we even have… Continue reading Gifford-Pinchot Forest Service Road 52 (National – Packwood)