This week's Bike Overnight, written by Kevin MacLachlin, is about a family trip over (and through) the Cascades of Washington State on the Iron Horse Trail. Their Over the Cascades ride took place, obviously, at a time of year when there wasn't quite as much snow in that mountain range as there is right now.
The Iron Horse Trail, formally known as Iron Horse State Park, follows the former route of the Chicago-Milwaukee-St. Paul-Pacific Railroad, aka the Milwaukee Road, for more than 100 miles, from Cedar Falls to the Columbia River.
For a large share of its route between Harlowton, Montana, and Tacoma, Washington, the Milwaukee Road utilized electric rather than steam locomotives, and during the early 20th century it was the largest -- in terms of distance, at 656 miles -- electrified railroad in the country. Other popular rail-trails following its former right-of-way include the spectacular Route of the Hiawatha, spanning the Montana-Idaho border, and the Kim Williams Trail, located in Adventure Cycling's hometown of Missoula, Montana.
You might also want to have a look at the Gear Review (BOB IBEX trailer) that posted on BikeOvernights.org last Wednesday.
Top photo by Kevin MacLachlin. Bottom photo by Peter Rhodes, from the BikeOvernights.org post Testing Out the Bikepacking Setup. This photo appeared as the Photo of the Week on 01.20.12.
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BIKE OVERNIGHTS is posted every Monday by Michael McCoy, Adventure Cycling?s media specialist, and highlights content from BikeOvernights.org. Mac also compiles the organization's twice-monthly e-newsletter Bike Bits, which goes free-of-charge to more than 43,000 readers worldwide.
Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/01/bike-overnight-over-cascades.html
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