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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Pangaea Ron wrote:
Tom/Barb are correct, watch your speed going through the company "town" of Nehalem. I've seen 4 police motorcycles and a cruiser monitoring that short stretch of highway. There is also a Visitor Center in Town that describes the Seattle City Light operations with information about tours to their facilities.
There is a great place to pull out and rest at Newhalem, you can always tell who is going west and who is going east, by the smell of their brakes.
As has been posted, use the gears to stay slow coming off the mountain, it's a 5-6 % grade in most places. the worst is marked so watch the signs.
Most every pull out on the highway is a trail head parking lot. you can stay overnight. The State patrol checks about every 2 hours. but most are small and not very level.
