Once we reached the car we headed back into town and called Ariele to let her know about change of plans. We decided to head to Mt. Pilchuck and get an early start and climb it around dawn. My atlas showed that the quickest way from Darrington to Granite falls was via a “Mountain Loop Scenic Highway”. I had heard of the road and so we headed down it to camp for the night at the base of Mt. Pilchuck. About 9 miles out from Darrington, the road suddenly turned from being paved to dirt. We spent 5-10 minutes trying to figure out where I had made the wrong turn, and then it dawned on me that Mt. loop scenic highway is another anomaly of Washington State. Despite it’s name, it’s not actually a highway, and most of it is not even paved. Since my Xterra performs very well off road we kept going. Another 12 miles of dirt later I realized that not only was Mt. Loop scenic Highway not a highway, but it wasn’t a loop either. The road was closed and there was nowhere to go but back the way we came. It was already 1030pm, so we stopped to spend the night at a campground at the end of the road.
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