The best motorcycle roads in Washington

Washington's best roads are mountain roads, and mountain roads here have short seasons. The North Cascades Highway and the passes around Mount Rainier close every winter, and Mount Baker's top section is only open for a few months in summer. Meanwhile, the dry country east of the crest is at its best in spring and fall, and the west side's water roads work any dry day of the year.

Check the WSDOT pass reports before every mountain ride, and the National Park Service for roads inside Mount Rainier and Olympic. For the overview of the state, start at the Washington motorcycle rides hub. For when each region rides best, see the best time to ride in Washington, and for rider-added roads on a map, the Pacific Northwest ride guide.

Rippin' started in Southern California, and Washington is early, so most of these roads are still waiting for a rider to add them. The live list right after this section shows the Washington roads on the map today.

To add one, ride it with Rippin' recording, open Segments and tap Create a Segment: set a start gate and a finish gate and trace the line. A person on our team checks it before it goes live, and your name stays on it. After that, every rider who rides through it is timed automatically and lands on its board. Rippin' never rewards speed on public roads, so the board is about who owns the road, not a race. Read about segments and leaderboards.

Loops claim turf too. The Cascade Loop, or a ferry-and-island loop around Whidbey, closes on itself and the land inside becomes yours on the live map. See how Turf Wars works.