North Cascades Scenic Highway (Route 20)
Is the North Cascades Scenic Highway (Route 20) a suitable road for towing a 34-ft fifth wheel? We want to travel it next July going from east to west. We are planning to camp in Winthrop first, then...
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You'll enjoy the trip. Just take it slow and use your transmission going down. We usually avoid the Loup Loup and drive through Pateros and Carlton to get to Twisp and Winthrop from Brewster..
We also like Pine Near RV Park in Winthrop. It's close to town, and across the street from the Schaffer Mining Museum which is great.
There is also River Bend RV Park a few miles East of Winthrop which looks nice, and we will try next season.
We recently stayed at Lone Fir FS CG a few miles West of Winthrop and Mazama. Sunset Magazine rated it as one of the best 50 CG's in the West. We were the only campers there, and it is very nice with interpretive trails, although it did unexpectedly freeze that night at 3,800 ft.
Early Winters FS CG near Mazama is also nice, and you can walk to the Freestone Inn for a great meal.
Stop at Washington Pass for a short walk out to the viewpoint. We were recently there and talked with a "hotshot" firefighting team from TX/OK that were relieved to have just put out a remote fire started by a plane crash the killed the grandparents of a girl that walked for several days to get help. The opening scene for "Ice Road Truckers" was filmed just below there.
Stop at Rainy Pass for a nice walk to Rainy Lake where you can often find icebergs throughout the summer.
Visit the North Cascades NP Visitor Center in Nehalem for a good description of the NP
As you drive West on WA 20 after you cross the Columbia River, you will start to see fire damage form the last 2 years of catastrophic fires.
We also like Pine Near RV Park in Winthrop. It's close to town, and across the street from the Schaffer Mining Museum which is great.
There is also River Bend RV Park a few miles East of Winthrop which looks nice, and we will try next season.
We recently stayed at Lone Fir FS CG a few miles West of Winthrop and Mazama. Sunset Magazine rated it as one of the best 50 CG's in the West. We were the only campers there, and it is very nice with interpretive trails, although it did unexpectedly freeze that night at 3,800 ft.
Early Winters FS CG near Mazama is also nice, and you can walk to the Freestone Inn for a great meal.
Stop at Washington Pass for a short walk out to the viewpoint. We were recently there and talked with a "hotshot" firefighting team from TX/OK that were relieved to have just put out a remote fire started by a plane crash the killed the grandparents of a girl that walked for several days to get help. The opening scene for "Ice Road Truckers" was filmed just below there.
Stop at Rainy Pass for a nice walk to Rainy Lake where you can often find icebergs throughout the summer.
Visit the North Cascades NP Visitor Center in Nehalem for a good description of the NP
As you drive West on WA 20 after you cross the Columbia River, you will start to see fire damage form the last 2 years of catastrophic fires.
