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Thanks! I especially like that I happened to catch that one fish flopping to get back in the water. 🐟

Glad you like this version better. 😀 We wanted to give an idea of the entire route without missing sections, while also not creating a 5-hour video. So we think this speed is a good balance of that. 🙂

Thanks for watching and checking out the longer version of this video and that it's a better watch for you.

Great information. Thanks! A place like this would be great to have historical plaques describing events like those.

It's a little over 40 miles going that route and I think I remember it taking about 4 or 5 hours, but we spent time going up the side ride along the Green River, as well as getting out to explore areas.

Thanks for watching and subscribing! Really appreciate the support! 🤘🏻

Thanks for watching! At the time, we thought the music appealed more to the audience for a video like this, but since then we created a slowed down version of it with different music that we like better. 😀

Yeah! Time to break out the chainsaws. Right there at the trail split-off to the falls was the worst of it, but still manageable to go under those trees. The bridges are all in great shape, but closer to Ranger Creek there's a slight washout with loose rocks, but hikable.

Right? It was still small when we'd go through it in the 90's heading out on hunting trips and would always stop for a meal at The Cottage Cafe, which is still there. 🙂 Not so small these days.

We download maps, take screenshots, use a hardcopy Washington gazette, and track our routes so we know where we plan to go, where we've been, and what our options might be if we need to backtrack and find our way out. We (my brother, that is) have an app that we use to plan routes on backroads, but you're right that not all of them show up. I'm more of the resources I mentioned above. 😀 Hope you're still able to get out there and explore! There are a lot of main forest roads that are pretty reliable, such as the single- and double-digit ones (NF-9, NF-41, NF-23, et cetera).

Awesome! Sounds like a couple trips we need to take. Thanks for letting us know. 🤘🏻

@@northwestexplorers We’re doing the Wenatchee to Ellensburg in June and the Leavenworth to Chelan in July. Also in July a friend of mine knows of some back roads up Blewitt Pass (up be the ski resort) that has spectacular views, hiking trails and a couple of lakes for fishing. Have fun this summer exploring the roads mentioned above.

That sounds awesome!

Ah! Thanks! 👍🏻Will need to get used to saying that now, and not confuse it with saying it like the Tetons. 😅

You should go...again! 🤘🏻 That outdoor pool is awesome in the summer sun! 😎

I want to say about 4 hours or more, but that's with us stopping to explore areas, such as our trip up the Green River and where wash-outs and such were at.

Ah! That makes sense about a water pipe. Thanks! I wonder if there's a way to contact the owners and help clean up the cemetery and maybe get some signs in there. Eagle Scout project for someone, perhaps? 🤔

That ride was way more fun than we expected! Not just the speed, but those spins and getting soaked were a blast.

@@northwestexplorersi have been there before

There weren't any gates on the roads that we took, but a lot of gates to spur roads seemed to be closed, possibly year-round. I *think* that Tacoma Pass stays accessible, because of the Pacific Crest Trail there, at least I'm guessing in the Spring and Summer months. However, there's naturally this time of year when snow will start to be the real road blocker until it melts off in the Spring in a lot of places up there. Does that help?

@casedoumasr656 That's amazing! It's awesome that you even got to drive to it! I would love to have seen and experienced such a resort deep in the mountains like that when it was flourishing. I'm sure the meals out of that oven were fantastic at that time. 😀 Thanks for watching!

...or hot! 🥵 Like it was the day we hiked that. 😅

Thanks for watching and for the feedback. This hike was more of a "discovery" one where we looked up dog-friendly ones and headed out to see what it was like and what we'd find.

You know it! Incredible handling on those corners and the suspension is like a cushion! 😅😂🤣 It was like riding on a cloud. 😎 Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it. 😀

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It's not quite a "National Park" area, rather it's just outside the Alpine Lakes Wilderness on the west side of the Cascade Mountain Range. The closest national parks are Mt. Rainier to the south and North Cascades to the north. In any case, North Bend, is a gateway into the mountains here. ⛰️🗻

@@northwestexplorers Ok, thank you very much for the information, very useful...👌👍

Awesome! Any problems fitting anywhere between trees or under fallen ones? Were you able to do the entire thing?

Awesome! Thanks, man! Anything particular that helped? We're making more videos and would like to focus on what's best for people.

Thanks! Appreciate the feedback. 🙂 It's tough to know what to expect at some of these lesser-known places like this, so we're trying to help people know how to prepare trips to them.

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@@northwestexplorers Your welcome!

From where we parked at West Fenwick and then walked down the road, it was about 15 minutes to the actual lake. From the Disc Golf parking lot it's only a few minutes up the street and across it. From the parking lot we show in the video in Lake Fenwick Park itself, that one is right next to the lake. Does that help answer your question? Let us know if not.

When we got a ways up there, we saw a bit of snow that was eventually too much to go through, but it looks like it's disappearing fast.

I doubt they'll ever repair any of that area. I don't know how long, but I think that washout has been around for a while, and I don't think the forest service or anyone else has any incentive to fix the road around there.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. There are so many backroads out there that you don't really know what to expect, so we hope to help give an idea to others.

You got it, dude! 👍🏻

Sure thing! Hope it's helpful to get out there adventuring.

Yeah, that's a much more stable way to go.

Yeah, not what we were expecting, but we made it. 👍🏻

Oh, man! Yeah, that section sure is a tire-gripping adventure. Hope it was still a good trip overall. Did you head back to Greenwater or go out to I-90?

@@northwestexplorers haha for sure! It was a good learning experience and a nice day out in the woods for an adventure. I went out to I-90 to drive back home.