Northwest road and cruise directory.
 

Since there were quite a few people asking about fun roads to drive on. i figure i'd start this thread for information purpose.
If you know any great roads around, please follow the same format and try to post only roads you've driven on.

- Road name/course name
Risk Level: Low, Intermediate, High
Attraction: Tell us about the road
Area: Residential, highway, national park, wasteland, etc.
Traffic: usual traffic pattern. seasonal?
Road Closures: does it open all year round?

Add pictures of road course on google map.
Add additional picture of road(optional)



1 - Mt. Baker HWY to Artist Point.
Risk Level: High. No guard rails, sheer cliffs, tight hairpins.
Attraction: Great scenery, tight corners and hair pins all the way to the top.
Area: Mt Baker National Park / Highways.
Traffic: Low at the beginning of Spring and end of Fall. High during summer.
Road Closure: Seasonal (Closed Winters)
http://i.imgur.com/rRxzxq1.png
http://i.imgur.com/9HxLPig.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ivnZscn.jpg


2 - Sunrise Point/Mt Rainier
Risk Level: Intermediate. Sheer Cliffs.
Attraction: Mt Rainier scenery, curvy roads with a few tight corners. Swing by Chinook Pass after.
Area: Mt Rainier National Park / Highways.
Traffic: Low at the beginning of Spring and end of Fall. High during summer.
Road Closure: Seasonal (Closed Winters)
http://i.imgur.com/t5prsQu.png
http://i.imgur.com/lagLhFN.jpg
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSh1h74Z0rk"]NWDE Group - Mt Rainier Cruise - Chinook Pass - YouTube[/ame]


3 - Stevens Canyon Road
Risk Level: Intermediate. Tight hairpins and corners
Attraction: Many curves and many corners.
Area: Mt Rainier National Park / Highways.
Traffic: Medium
Road Closure: Road leading to it from north side is closed during winter.
http://i.imgur.com/N8s8MmP.png


4 - Mt St. Helens
Risk Level: Intermediate. Sheer Cliffs, hairpins
Attraction: Many bends and curves, a few hairpins.
Area: St. Helens National Park / Highways.
Traffic: Medium (seasonal)
Road Closure: Closed winter.
http://i.imgur.com/p02L3kc.png


5 - Hwy 2, Monroe - Leavenworth
Risk Level: Low. Open highway with a few corners.
Attraction: Nice cruise with some nice curves and bends. (also good food and beer in leavenworth), take detour at Old Cascade Hwy.
Area: Highway
Traffic: Medium (depending on season)
Road Closure: None
http://i.imgur.com/66EWSZn.png
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=014owJL83ZU"]NWDE - Leavenworth Run - In The Trees - YouTube[/ame]


6 - North Cascade Highway, Sedro-Woolley to Winthrop
Risk Level: Low. Open highway with few corners
Attraction: A nice cruise with curvy roads. stop by Diablo Dam.
Area: Highway
Traffic: medium (depending on season)
Road Closure: Closed Winter
(google map being dumb, just go all the way down rd 20)
http://i.imgur.com/ZxfeYmI.png
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuADFpbfcHk"]NWDE - North Cascade highway - YouTube[/ame]


7 - Lake Crescent Loop - Port Angeles
Risk Level: Low. Open highway with few corners
Area: Lake Crescent, Highway
Attraction: A nice cruise with curvy roads.
Traffic: medium (depending on season)
Road Closure: Open all year long.
http://i.imgur.com/BzjOyRM.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/u4ZKuAS.jpg
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--0Ry9Rielw"]Lake Crescent Rally - Stop N Go Launch - YouTube[/ame]

I love this idea! I'm still new to NW roads so this will help out!

From the Bird Phone! (X_x)@==(','@)

there are some more gorgeous road and sceneries out there. I'll post more later.

others doing a similar guide for their own roads would be awesome. then we could sticky it!

Not to the exact specification, but I've been trying to do this for a while.
Link to an aggregate view
If you use google maps to look up the roads, you can zoom all over to see other roads as well.


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Used this guide to go on a little solo cruise this morning to Sunrise Point, fun road!
Started from 410 East and once you get about 4000ft or so the road gets less bumpy, road surface is still a bit inconsistent but some of the banked turns and quick change in direction turns were awesome. Caution to those with lowered 86's, I'm stock height/suspension and didn't notice any scraping but it seems anything more than an inch of drop you might need to be careful in some areas. Traffic was great to, besides blind corners I was able to push my car, and myself more than I abbr before.

Thanks for the guide!

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glad you enjoyed the drive. yah the road is bumpy at the bottom of the mountain, but it gets better once you are closer to the top.

gonna update Lake Crescent and Mountain Loop soon.