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Originally posted by Skinwrangler
Hey all
I'd vote for a scenic race to Mt. St. Helen's.
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Scenic RACE?
Sounds fun!
Mt. St. Helens is a great drive if I recall. There are actually two routes, a north one and a south one, I think separated by about 50 miles of I-5. I forget which one I've been on before, but it is a LONG, windy, nicely paved (it was built after the eruption of course) highway right up to where you are staring almost into the crater. Some great scenery the whole way with a big pay off at the top. Great place for some photos of the cars, there is actually a shot of 3 or 4 SVXes at the top floating around somewhere on the web. And if we got all lined up on the road up it would be quite an impressive sight, it's one of those mountain roads with lots of switchbacks where you can see the cars coming from down below, know what I mean?
Now that I've got everyone hyped up for this drive though, I should add that I believe the highway is only open in summer months and also the scenery and drive would be much nicer in summer weather.
Any one have an idea for a good 'winter' driving route?