Cascade Mountains, Crater Lake, Mt. Ranier
Hi--we are trying to plan a trip from Minnesota to Mt. Ranier, through the Cascades and down to Crater Lake NP. and home again. I've heard that the Cascades are beautiful and the area around Bend OR i...
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Going down from the top westbound,you have two "hairpin" turns,actually real switchbacks,where you'll be cutting across the center line on the first one to the left and then you'll have to swing out to the left across the line on the right turn one. I did see a guy with a p/u and a 24' TT not swing wide enuff and put it up on the corner and held up traffic for about an hour till they were able to get him off. The intersection at the bottom is easy.
I was suggesting that the OP stay in Packwood or Randle and take a day trip loop to the mountain w/o their rvs. From either one of those places they can take FS 47,Skate Creek rd, north and come out near Ashford and then to Longmire,Paradise,Stevens Canyon rd,etc. They could even possibly fit in a run to Chinook and back to US 12 in a long awesome day.
I was suggesting that the OP stay in Packwood or Randle and take a day trip loop to the mountain w/o their rvs. From either one of those places they can take FS 47,Skate Creek rd, north and come out near Ashford and then to Longmire,Paradise,Stevens Canyon rd,etc. They could even possibly fit in a run to Chinook and back to US 12 in a long awesome day.
