Originally Posted by
merlinman
Blewett Pass is fine for riding as described - but the afternoon headwinds going back toward south are tough. The best thing in my judgment to do is take 97 and then take the Old Blewett Pass cutoff (it is marked) which goes up and over into the Leavenworth area. A great ride - 30 minutes or so up to the top from 97 - bit longer on the return.
You know, I've only been on Old Blewett Pass cutoff once (it's a GREAT area for owls--one of the best places for finding almost all of Washington's species of owls in one place), and I remember the cutoff as being rather narrow and um, frightening in spots because there were no guardrails. Am I remembering the wrong road, or is it still narrow and steep?
East Hill