OLD BLEWETT ROAD TOURE Saturday Aug 18, 2012
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OLD BLEWETT ROAD TOURE Saturday Aug 18, 2012
2012 TOURE De OLD BLEWETT ROAD
Audi Club NW introduces a new event for the 2012 Tour Season. The Toure De Old Blewett Road will be held Saturday July 28. The tour combines scenic and photographic opportunities, as well as a unique challenge of spending most of the day driving on an old section of mountain pass highway crossing the Wenatchee Mountains between Cle Elum and Leavenworth. You don’t have to own an Audi to participate, all auto enthusiasts are invited to attend.
The Old Blewett Highway is a 10 mile portion of the original highway between Cle Elum and Leavenworth/Wenatchee. This little gem of a highway has over 57 turns, including hairpin turns, and is a very challenging and enjoyable route. The highway now consists of FR7320 and FR9715, and is maintained by the USFS.
The route of the original highway followed ridge lines high above the current highway, and is quite twisty. The road is still the original 1925 pavement, and in places the highway is now only 1 ½ lanes wide. The pavement surface is not always smooth, it has potholes and bumps in places, and loose gravel, and was built before all the current highway regulations were in effect. This means the road has narrow width, minimal guard rails, and lots of turns. It will definitely challenge your driving skills.
This road will be open to all traffic, but very little traffic actually uses this road, as almost no one knows about it, nor how to find it. While this road will NOT be closed for our tour, traffic can be expected to be from nil to very light. Drivers who have enjoyed FR25 on the group drive to Maryhill, as well as those who have driven the Maryhill Loops Road itself, think of those roads, but with older pavement and 3 ½ times as long, and you have an example of what Old Blewett Road is like. This road was also featured on a portion of the 2011 Autumn Colors Toure.
The event is not an instruction event, but it is an opportunity to learn driving skills in a fun yet challenging and scenic mountain road environment. You might even see more deer than cars on this road.
Drivers will have the option of either driving to Cle Elum Friday, or meeting the group drive Saturday morning in Cle Elum at 9:00am, at a location TBD. Driving on Old Blewett Road will be in groups between about 10:00am and 5:00pm. Lunch will be at Old Blewett Pass about noon. This event will be a Bring Your Own Lunch event, please plan to bring your own lunch and drinks.
After a fun day of driving on mountain pass roads, optional dinner will be in Cle Elum
The event will be limited to 20 attendees, this will enhance the driving experience for all. A waiting list will be made for those who are late registering.
For further information please contact event leader Mark Yonker 253-670-8575 or stratocruiserb377@yahoo.com
To register for this event and more information please visit the following link.
http://www.audiclubnw.motorsportreg.com/
Audi Club NW introduces a new event for the 2012 Tour Season. The Toure De Old Blewett Road will be held Saturday July 28. The tour combines scenic and photographic opportunities, as well as a unique challenge of spending most of the day driving on an old section of mountain pass highway crossing the Wenatchee Mountains between Cle Elum and Leavenworth. You don’t have to own an Audi to participate, all auto enthusiasts are invited to attend.
The Old Blewett Highway is a 10 mile portion of the original highway between Cle Elum and Leavenworth/Wenatchee. This little gem of a highway has over 57 turns, including hairpin turns, and is a very challenging and enjoyable route. The highway now consists of FR7320 and FR9715, and is maintained by the USFS.
The route of the original highway followed ridge lines high above the current highway, and is quite twisty. The road is still the original 1925 pavement, and in places the highway is now only 1 ½ lanes wide. The pavement surface is not always smooth, it has potholes and bumps in places, and loose gravel, and was built before all the current highway regulations were in effect. This means the road has narrow width, minimal guard rails, and lots of turns. It will definitely challenge your driving skills.
This road will be open to all traffic, but very little traffic actually uses this road, as almost no one knows about it, nor how to find it. While this road will NOT be closed for our tour, traffic can be expected to be from nil to very light. Drivers who have enjoyed FR25 on the group drive to Maryhill, as well as those who have driven the Maryhill Loops Road itself, think of those roads, but with older pavement and 3 ½ times as long, and you have an example of what Old Blewett Road is like. This road was also featured on a portion of the 2011 Autumn Colors Toure.
The event is not an instruction event, but it is an opportunity to learn driving skills in a fun yet challenging and scenic mountain road environment. You might even see more deer than cars on this road.
Drivers will have the option of either driving to Cle Elum Friday, or meeting the group drive Saturday morning in Cle Elum at 9:00am, at a location TBD. Driving on Old Blewett Road will be in groups between about 10:00am and 5:00pm. Lunch will be at Old Blewett Pass about noon. This event will be a Bring Your Own Lunch event, please plan to bring your own lunch and drinks.
After a fun day of driving on mountain pass roads, optional dinner will be in Cle Elum
The event will be limited to 20 attendees, this will enhance the driving experience for all. A waiting list will be made for those who are late registering.
For further information please contact event leader Mark Yonker 253-670-8575 or stratocruiserb377@yahoo.com
To register for this event and more information please visit the following link.
http://www.audiclubnw.motorsportreg.com/
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