2009 Mt. St. Helens Tour Official Thread

All are welcome, meet for the whole trip or join in at a specific point.

This is just a heads up, there's a more planning in the works. kingsley and chomper are in charge :wink:

WHEN: June 12-14, with July 24-26 being the bad weather backup.

Meet Points:

START: Tim Hortons, 1255 Sumas Way Abbotsford BC (SOUTH OF HWY 1).
US MEET POINTS: TBA
SLEEP OVER: Yakima... maybe...

Route:



CANCELED DUE TO POOR ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHERN AREA.

Please join us for the new revised trip on June 13/14. http://vfrworld.com/forums/usa-paci...te-mt-rainier-official-thread.html#post177226


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"The List"

CANADA

kingsley
chomper
jasonsmith

USA

BenzTech
powderrecon
R.W.

 

I'm in! Should be fun.

 

Count me in.

 

I'll do my best to make at least the Southern Washington to Olympia portion, I'd most likely meet you in Carson and ride the St. Helen's region and then spend the night at RVFR's...





P.S. I know it's in the early part of planning but approxamently where is your night stopped planned?

 

Assuming that all the roads are decent riding which I have no clue then maybe Woodland or Yakima. kingsley is our "map guy" / "navigator" / "planner" / and anything else I can think of. chomper is our "point man" / "group leader" / etc...

R.W. you know area better than us CDN's, any suggestions for the proposed routes? Do they look decent, any great roads that are being missed? It'll be great seeing ya again if ya make it. Drag NCB up with you too!

 

932 miles ! Shit, that sounds like 2 nights on the road. 6 or 7 hours in the saddle and I'm looking to get off the bike and choke back a few beers.

Randy..RANDY..where are you???

 

I know I know, I'm a little concerned about that. I know we want it all but we may have to sacrifice somewhere...

Ya Randy, where are you. Your coming this time...

 

How about this one... it cuts it down to:

Total Distance: 861.6 mi
Total Estimated Time: 18 h 22 mins

It'll leave Yakima as the sleep over unless we find a little place in a smaller town.

"Map adopted above"

 

No worries JS ! I'm game for whatever. I'm looking forward to Chelan and the east side of the Cascades and a little desert action for a change of scenery. I've only ever been to Mission Ridge (skiing) once.

Thanks for your hard work.

 

Ya should be two completely different days if we split it in Yakima. I adopted the shorter one cause my rear was starting to hurt already. :baby:

New map above to show the green and the desert.

 

looks like a great rout JS! 13-14 of June or July 18-19 sounds good. late Aug date wont work for me riding to Colorado.

 

Oh My.. looks like you need some help..??? :biggrin: :wink:

 

Just a quick note, if you are going to go that far, you might as well make the trip worthy. Once in Yakima head south on 97 to 14 head west to Carson up Wind river Rd. Curly Creek and #25 it's only the best route in Wa.

Google Maps

 

Here' s a taste of Wind river Rd. not the best video, gee thanks You tube, but you should get the idea.

YouTube - Wind River Rd.

 

Here's the section of Curly Creek Rd.

Curly Creek Rd. on Vimeo

 

I think that's a great idea if the road rocks. Something however will need to give cause it will increase our mileage and time resulting in...

Total Distance: 990.2 mi
Total Estimated Time: 21 h 38 mins

The new map would look like this without backtracking...

map removed

Day 1 - to Yakima would be 600miles/960km
Day 2 - Through Winthrop would be 390miles/630km

I think it's a bit too much IMO, at least for me anyways.

 

RVF is that the RD to Windy ridge (FRS 99) off of #25 from Randal ?

 

JS i think you missed the rd to windy ridge (frs99 about 16 miles of rd) off #25 between Carson and Randal ....I think

 

Yes Chomper, well I think that's if I understand what you are revering too. but yes 99 is off #25. Still say head south out of Yakima work your way back to Carson then head north from there, and forget going north on I5, you can back road it all the way back to Tacoma or Olympia for another over nighter.

 

Ok I think I got it now... edited it. #18



that makes it...

Total Distance: 1023.5 mi
Total Estimated Time: 22 h 49 mins