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Seattle Forrest
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Jack Mountain above the saddle, I bet you can guess which one is Snowfield Peak.
This ride turned out to be so much harder than I expected. I got back to my car an hour after dark, in midsummer.
We have some maples and aspens too, but larches are where it's at. Every fall I travel hundreds of miles to hike and ride with them.
Washington Pass. Bit of a climb from the Mazama Store. Nothing like Haleakala though.
I don't want to give the impression it's only good for gravel, that's just where a lot of our best scenery is. I used to ride purely for fun and fitness, and then I realized I can drive my bike out of the city and ride with pretty backdrops, and often less traffic. Or at least less obnoxious traffic.