Originally Posted by
kahn
And if that's not a top secret ride, would you mind mentioning the road or area? (asking from urban Seattle)
That's the Oso/Cavanaugh area. It's on a gravel road network accessible by riding North from Oso on N Brooks Creek Road. That day, I actually parked right off of highway 530: there's a bit of a parking lot on the Whitehorse Trail where it crosses N Brooks Creek Road. The photo was taken at coordinates
48.354260, -121.885069, on an unnamed(?) foothill. The zigzagged triangular foothill that dominates the photo is Big Deer Peak.