Thinking of doing the N. Cascades Hwy the first week of June. Looking for any information on camping spots or things to see or do or how long to spend doing this trip.Thanks John

check the opening date. I used to drive over it all the time. Great place to view NW forests and the effects of glaciation. We had a reallly dry winter back in around 1974. I drove over the North Cascades Highway at night in Feb in a 2wd VW bug. We passed 2 other cars in several hours.

ppine wrote:check the opening date. I used to drive over it all the time. Great place to view NW forests and the effects of glaciation. We had a reallly dry winter back in around 1974. I drove over the North Cascades Highway at night in Feb in a 2wd VW bug. We passed 2 other cars in several hours.The Highway opened 2 weeks ago. But many of the pull outs may not be cleared. Camping between Mazama and Newhalem is non existent except for 1 camp ground at Lake Diablo. (colonial Creek) There are trail head parking at several places that you can dry camp over night, and there is a dry camp above Mazama called Early winters, but no services. After Newhalem there are several.

I stayed at a GREAT family owned campground in Winthrop, called Pine Near RV Park right next door to Shafer Museum (which is pretty cool). You need to make Winthrop a stop - it's an old west town motif.

Pine Near RV park looks good. Think we will spend a couple of nights there for sure. Now to find a some other places to stay for a few nights maybe on a lake or river.

The North Cascades are fun to look at, but for camping and hanging around I would head for the Methow Valley. It dries out a lot by Early Winters. You can make some day trips to Rainy Pass, Slate Peak and Hart Pass and come back to a warm and dry camp site.

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whizbang
Explorer II
May 26, 2018
Another vote for Pine Near CG and winthrop.

Also, Howard Miller Steelhead Park.

Be sure to stop at the Washington Pass overlook.
profdant139
Explorer II
May 26, 2018
If the snow is sufficiently melted, there are so many great hikes in that area -- Maple Pass is one of our favorites.
S_Davis
Explorer
May 26, 2018
profdant139 wrote:
If the snow is sufficiently melted, there are so many great hikes in that area -- Maple Pass is one of our favorites.

Yep one of our favorites Blue Lake/ Dock Butte can still have snow on the trail in July.
Eric_Lisa
Explorer II
May 26, 2018
Tom/Barb wrote:
....and west bound we fuel up at the reservation on 20 east of Anacorties. and again in South Dakota

Duh, huh?? That's one heck of a fuel tank! Even if you really mean going east from Anacortes. :B

My map tool has that at a minimum 1140 miles going over North Cascades and then picking up I-90 near Spokane. That's gotta be great MPG + a huge fuel tank.

-Eric
Travels_with_Yo
Explorer
Jun 05, 2018
We covered that route several years ago and found it absolutely beautiful. This was a Passport America park we stayed at in Marblemount.

Alpine RV Park

And this shows some of the scenery along the way ....

North Cascades National Park

We stayed at the KOA in Winthrop ... if you'd like that video as well, let me know
:)

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