Memorial Day Weekend Ride Over the North Cascades Hwy.

[Bill_Anderson]

Today (Sunday 5/25) several members of my regional riding group met for brunch and a ride over Washington Hwy. 20, the North Cascades Highway. The highway is not plowed during the winter and just reopended the first of this month.

We stopped at the Diablo Lake Overlook above Diablo Dam and turned around at the summit of Washington Pass. The melting snow has created lots of waterfalls along the cliffs on the canyon sides. Some of the falls are quite close to the road. Our group rides are not conducive to stopping for photos, so I am tempted to return by myself during a weekday to take more photos.

[Bill_Anderson]

Three more of the Diablo Lake and Dam Overlook and one more of the summit of Washington Pass.

[stimacsays]

Cool Bill. Thanks.

[flynfink]

Originally Posted by stimacsays

Cool Bill. Thanks.

Actually, me thinks cold... LOL

[Koop]

Looks like a diverse group of bikes and riders. I've ridden up there many times - used to be a Snohomish County resident. Beautiful country but I don't miss the wet and cold.

[Bill_Anderson]

Originally Posted by Koop

Looks like a diverse group of bikes and riders. I've ridden up there many times - used to be a Snohomish County resident. Beautiful country but I don't miss the wet and cold.

We are not really that diverse a group. Although the group officially numbers 454, there are probably no more than 30 of us who are active in some way, which includes posting on the group site, participating in day rides or multi day tours, and attending group events such as the monthly Second Saturday Night dinner. Most of us are in our 50's and ride sport touring type bikes of some sort.

I am attaching two photos of the bikes outside the restaurant where the ride started. Italy was well represented by two ST4s-es (on the far right) and a Moto Guzzi California "Metal" cruiser (on the far left) .

It was not not as cold as it looks. I had to shed an inner layer of clothing. The open areas were warm althought it cooled off in some shaded spots at the higher elevations. There were cross country skiers at the summit who were wearing shorts and tank tops.

I lived in Phoenix for a year and I don't miss the heat.