Road Biking in the Methow Valley
The Methow Valley is in North Central Washington, if you take Highway 20 over the Cascade Mountains, you’re in for a stunning drive. If your purpose in checking out Windthrop (and it’s well-known Blues Festival), you might also consider poping your bike in the car.
Last summer, a friend and I stopped in Windthrop en route to Spokane for the night. With no forknoweldge of the area, we were able to take our bikes out for a nice, leisurely ride on paved roads with very little traffic on them. If we’d been more prepared, we could have taken any number of the routes offered here by the Methow Valley Sport Trails Association. Most of these range from 30 to 100+ mile rides (if you put several loops together) and range from easy, to much more difficult if you choose to climb Washington Pass.