Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures

Photo by Brian (aka Photog)

Over on the forum, Jerry provided us with another fantastic, well written, detailed trip report (Jerry - did you ever write professionally?) on the Clemen Mountain trip on October 4, 2008 just off SR410 near Cliffdell, Washington.

They had a great turnout despite a rainy Friday night and a very foggy Saturday.

You can read the trip report at Clemen Mountain Tour (10-04-08).

And thanks to Brian and Brandon for posting up some nice photos of the trip.

Photo courtesy of Ceg

On Saturday, October 4, 2008, the folks from the All Wheelers Off Road Club got together in the Little Naches area just outside Clifdell, Washington for a 4×4 run over Naches Pass.

Ceg posted up his trip report and some great photos at All Wheelers “Wagons East!” Naches Pass Run (Oct 4th, 2008)

After nearly a year of lurking on the Backroad Drivers Northwest group mail list, last Saturday (June 9, 2007), I was finally able to attend one of the organized gatherings of the group.

The planned destination was the Clover Springs and Little Bald Mountain areas off SR 410, near Cliffdell, Washington. I had been to this area before, during the 2005 Pacific Northwest Four Wheel Drive Association (PNW4WDA) annual trail jamboree, but never from the direction we were coming in from. Also, this time of year, there was bound to be snow, which places a whole new twist on the adventure.

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With an actual weekend off, and knowing that I would probably soon be selling my Jeep Wrangler to buy a larger adventure vehicle, it was time for a three day Jeep adventure.

Our first goal (my son Steven and myself) was to travel from I-90 near Cle Elum, Washington to Highway 410 near Cliffdell, Washington via logging roads. I heard people talk about such a road in the past, but have never attempted to locate it.

Our second goal was to travel from Highway 410 to Highway 12 over logging roads. We would then travel Highway 12 over White Pass to Packwood. From Packwood, we would head South on logging roads towards Mt. Adams and locate a campsite for the night.

As in previous adventures, I turned to the book Washington Byways: Backcountry Drives For The Whole Family by Tony Huegel for some of my planning. The most likely route was to use Tour 43 - Quartz Mountain as a starting point for our weekend adventure.

Cascade Overland Adventure: Intro | Day One | Day Two | Day Three