The long ride to forever -- Mark on the north side of Sumas Mt. at dusk. The view is northwest towards Vancouver, B.C.
After an afternoon in which my daughter, Laurel, screamed and threw things across the room because my wife, Lane, tried to get her up at 1 in the afternoon -- and Lane collapsed in tears in my arms twice -- Mark and I got away after dinner to explore the north side of Sumas Mt. a little.
We first visited the two old growth trees on the P1000 Rd, and then just as the sun was setting behind the summit of Sumas Mt., we sprinted north to the ridge above Mark the electrician's place on Paradise Valley Rd., where the sun still had an hour before setting over the islands to the west.
We followed the first fork to the left after the junction with the road to where the
DNR took the bridge out. There are a number of stunningly wide vista points on this road
as it descents and traverses around the ridge above the Paradise Valley Rd.
Didn't have time this evening to follow the road all the way to the end, but I'd like
to come back and do that.
Approximately 1900 verts.
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