Hwy 20... good or bad?

[Blake]

Like most you you, I wasn't around before hwy 20 was put in, back when the upper Bridge creek area would have been REALLY remote. Atop Liberty Bell one day I was wishing that I could have seen it like that, without a ribbon of asphalt below my feet. If you could make the choice, would you be in favor or HWY20, or wish that it were never put in and you had to make longer approaches for more scenic remoteness??

 

I guess I'd be in favor of not having the hwy there.

[DirtyHarry]

Its nice to have just one high pass in the North Cascades that accesses good climbing and skiing. Maybe it should just be a dirt road though - good access, less traffic.

[G-spotter]

or a narrow path traversed only by mule trains.

[Blake]

Think if it dead-ended at rainy pass... no thru traffic, just a climber/access road, and not visible from the peaks of WA Pass.

[Alpinfox]

Blake,

Why are you pining for Hwy20 when you got stuff like this:

I'm jealous as hell of where you are, so quit jawin' about Washington and go do some more climbing and share more pictures with us!