CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 630 km one-way ride from near Sequim, about 12 h 28 of riding. On the way it passes Seattle / Pacific Northwest, near Gold Bar and Manchester. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,600 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Sequim sits on the north side of the Olympic Peninsula, on a broad plain between the Olympic Mountains and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It is famous for its climate: lying in the rain shadow of the Olympics, it receives far less rain than Seattle or the rainforests on the west side of the peninsula. That dry, sunny microclimate made it a farming centre, and today it is known for its lavender fields, which bloom in July and fill the air with fragrance.
Read the complete Photo stop near Sequim write-up.
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Photo stop near Sequim is where the day begins. Next is Seattle / Pacific Northwest return.
Beyond the map there is only forest. No bike can go there, and it is part of the appeal of the region that the surrounding tarmac skirts it.
Read the complete Seattle / Pacific Northwest return write-up.
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Seattle / Pacific Northwest return comes up 123 km in. Next is Food stop near Gold Bar.
A break here. Next is Mount St Helens Windy Ridge checkpoint 8.
Across Puget Sound from Seattle, on the eastern shore of the Kitsap Peninsula, the little community of Manchester looks back at the city skyline from a beach of pebbles and driftwood. On a clear evening the view is remarkable: the towers of downtown Seattle across the water, the Space Needle, ferries crossing in the dusk and, on a good day, Mount Rainier floating above it all. It is a quiet, unassuming place, with houses scattered along the shore and in the woods behind.
Read the complete Near Manchester write-up.
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Mount St Helens Windy Ridge checkpoint 8 closes the day. Next is Back to Mount St.
Bonney Lake sits on a plateau east of Puget Sound, at the edge of the suburban sprawl that spreads out from Tacoma and Seattle, and on a clear day Mount Rainier fills the horizon as a vast white wall. The mountain, at over four thousand metres, is such a presence that it seems closer than it is, and locals check it each morning the way other people check the weather. It is a very large volcano, officially active, and the city is built in the path of its mudflows, a fact that the county takes seriously.
Read the complete Mount St write-up.
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Finish at Back to Mount St. That is the ride.
Photo stop near Sequim → Seattle / Pacific Northwest return is 238 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Seattle / Pacific Northwest return → Food stop near Gold Bar is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Food stop near Gold Bar → Near Manchester is 164 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.