White Pass, Cayuse Pass, Chinook Pass

 Rimrock Lake, starting point for White Pass.

 Site of the glorious Clear Lake/White Pass XC Camp!

 ki areas in the summer are sort of like wet cats.

 Mt. Rainier with her head in the clouds.

 Not bad for views!

 Looking back up at Chinook Pass. Apparently there used to be a ski area in that bowl! Also the Nat'l Park Service doesn't do elevation signs.

 Cayuse Pass. Scenic.

Snoqualmie, Sherman, Wauconda, & Disautel

Pretty unpleasant.  Long, boring, and I got a flat tire.  Boo.

No elevation sign at the top so I took this from my car.

Top of Sherman Pass - nearly 20 miles of climbing.

 Wauconda, on Hwy 20 near Sherman. I parked the car in Republic (between the two) and did them both in a hard afternoon.

 Looking back toward Omak on my way out to Disautel.  I don't think I can recommend the fairgrounds RV park in Omak either... yikes.

 Nice pass, bad dogs in Disautel (the "town"/group of Arky-style houses a few miles downhill from the summit).  And no people in sight to call them off.  I was so scared of the dogs that I hitched a ride back down the pass with a really nice Canadian family on vacation in Washinton.  They even gave me melon pieces!  I like Canadians.

Coming back down from Disautel.

Southern WA Passes

Knocked off Manastash (why is this even on the DOT's list, I wonder...) on my way down 97 to Satus.  I had wanted to hit the Greek Pastry shop while riding Satus after seeing it in passing (closed) this summer, and was not disappointed.  Baklava & coffee!! 

I stayed the night at a State Park along the Columbia Gorge in Hood River, OR with the intent of going mountain bike shopping the next day.  

Loup Loup Pass

Loup Loup was an easy check-off: only 2:15 total, and I got to pass a gravel truck on the way down.  The weather was lovely coming back into Twisp as well!