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Last week I traversed section 2 of the Washington BDR and a 40 mile loop in the Washington scab lands my pal and his GX470. We did 90-100 miles off road over 3 days — my biggest trip so far. We started in the lush apline of Mt. Rainier and finished in the arid desert along the Columbia river. While we didn't do any epic tripod stands across obstacles like the golden crack in MOAB - the terrain was difficult. My buddy and I, and our trucks were tested in a way that we had yet to experience.
Section 2 starts with an easy forest road that climbs 3k feet up to Bethel Ridge:
Up top we were surprised to find so much color—as it's very dry and rocky:
The ridge itself is what steals the show. Hero photos from every angle:
Before leaving the ridge, we found some shenanigans:
(I fits, barely)
Before leaving the ridge we stopped to checkout Bear Lake:
This is where the environment changes dramatically. We left the alpine and traversed through the rain shadow east of the Cascades. This is where things got dry. So dry that we sat for an hour to watch an active forest fire:
Riding the ridge of Cleman mountain was just bonkers—it's like a prairie 6K feet up:
The smoke from the fire went right over the last 20 miles of our route so we opted to bypass it and headed for food and fuel. Next, we made our way to central Washington to camp along the Columbia river.
Section 2 starts with an easy forest road that climbs 3k feet up to Bethel Ridge:
Up top we were surprised to find so much color—as it's very dry and rocky:
The ridge itself is what steals the show. Hero photos from every angle:
Before leaving the ridge, we found some shenanigans:
(I fits, barely)
Before leaving the ridge we stopped to checkout Bear Lake:
This is where the environment changes dramatically. We left the alpine and traversed through the rain shadow east of the Cascades. This is where things got dry. So dry that we sat for an hour to watch an active forest fire:
Riding the ridge of Cleman mountain was just bonkers—it's like a prairie 6K feet up:
The smoke from the fire went right over the last 20 miles of our route so we opted to bypass it and headed for food and fuel. Next, we made our way to central Washington to camp along the Columbia river.
