These motorized users are seasonal, and if you time your bike-packing exploits carefully, you can access these steep and challenging routes and have the route all to yourself. In summary, there are a network of back-country routes in the Western US that a frequented by ORV riders.
WABDR GPS TRACKS FULL
The full WABDR route (adapted for bike-packing by me) can be found here. I'll try it this summer - you're all welcome to join ! My plan is to continue exploring this route - the segment between Twisp and Chelan looks inviting and could be done at a reasonable pace in two days, its about 52 miles and maybe 7500 ft of climbing. On Sunday, I jumped on the highway at Twisp and rolled down to Methow another 20 miles before summoning my wife for extrication back to Cle Elum. The second night I camped in the forest about 10 miles from highway 153 which leads over to Twisp. I camped the first night in the saddle just before Lone Frank Pass at mile 41 of my route.
I ran out of bourbon after night #2, which was probably a good thing.
I got a cheese pizza to-go and wrapped it in foil and somehow stuffed it into my overloaded frame bag.
WABDR GPS TRACKS FREE
I downloaded the GPS tracks and a free GPS app for my phone. I stopped in Conconully at the Red Rooster Tavern on day # 2 and had an AMAZING burger, fries, chocolate shake and more fries. The WABDR is a mixture of challenging fire service roads as well as the easier and more. Food planning was straightforward, I brought dehydrated stuff for three days worth of meals. The Loomis and Okanagan Complex forest fires of 2015 had completely stripped the terrain of green trees, but the wildflowers were in full-bloom for the entire route. Not the case on the ground for me - my route tackled the highest pass on the entire BDR (Lone Frank Pass at over 6750 ft) and it was basically snow-free the entire way. While planning my trip, I chatted online with a few dual-sport moto and ATV riders about the route, and the feeling was that there was too much snow on the route this time of year. On the route, with the exception of near the towns, I did not see a single moto or ATV. The downhill sections were typically long, swoopy forest roads and I really enjoyed these sections.
The climbs were insane - beyond knarly with a loaded, rigid 'drop' 29er. The track was a rough, stony dual-track road for most of the trip, with a few paved sections that rolled through Conconully and into Twisp. Here is my GPS track.īy Sunday May 29th, I had made it to Twisp, about 114 miles and 14,000 ft of climbing. I only had a three days to ride and I decided on a North to South route on the WABDR, starting at Nighthawk. The steepest sections are in the northern part of the route (Lone Frank Pass, 6750 ft). My bike was a fully loaded 333Fab Ti 29er with full set of bags and a dyno hub. I took off Friday May 27th 2016 from Nighthawk WA at the official terminus of the Washington Backcountry Discovery Route (WABDR), which is an established off-road motorcycle route that crosses South to North (official route) from OR to Canada through the Washington Cascades. I starting thinking about a 'Washington Outback' and stumbled across the WABDR ORV route that crosses our great state. WAOB 'Washington Outback' brief bike-packing trip reportĪ year after completing the Oregon Outback, I was looking for another epic route to tackle.
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