The Northwest’s Scariest Road Trip Is Perfect for Early Fall

Don’t close your eyes and don’t look down. On the most dramatic mile of Harts Pass Road—more officially known as U.S. Forest Service Road 5400—the driver should focus on the dirt and gravel surface as it contours the side of a mountain like a wiggly ramen noodle. There are no guardrails between this one-at-a-time car lane and a long tumble into a North Cascades valley. But yeah, it’s totally worth it.

Welcome to the highest road in the state, an unpaved byway that begins north of Mazama in the Methow Valley. From the end of the Lost River Road blacktop, Harts Pass itself is about nine

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