Ende Juni 2005 wird erstmals ein 1200 km Brevet von den Seattle - Randonneurs in Washington organisiert:
Cascade 1200

Kleine Einschätzung von Ken Bonner:

I've ridden most of the route as part of two SIR 1000s. If the weather is clear, the 1st 300k to the Columbia Gorge is very scenic, including a very nice, paved climb & long descent to the check-point in the Columbia Gorge. The climb back up onto the Washington desert from the Gorge is also interesting. I did this ride in the Fall and it was hovering around 85 degrees F. in the interior of Washington. On another 1000k, I rode up Rainy Pass --- fortunately it was cloudy .... it is very exposed to the hot sun if one climbs it during the late morning or into the afternoon.
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If you visit the SIR website and look up Kent Peterson's web page, he has a number of great descriptions of rides he has completed, including the SIR Fall 1000k (2003). I think we all agreed this was a classic course .... we crossed over at Stevens Pass, but I imagine Rainy Pass was chosen to get the extra 200k and hopefully in anticipation of a little less traffic. The traffic is quite horrendous around the general Seattle area, and certainly over Stevens Pass. I was just about wiped out by a travel trailer (I was in the "pull-off" lane!), and on another ride in 2003, Ken Carter, a SIR rider, was w>iped out by a camper truck on one of the passes around Mt. Rainier --- fortunately, only broken ribs .... and he rested and mended in time for PBP.

... Ken
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Im Unterschied zu den üblichen Brevets wird Cascade 1200 gruppen-orientiert durchgeführt (Fahren im Verband) mit festen Übernachtungen - also sozusagen eine schnelle "Radfernreise" in Etappen (für alle, die sich wieder fragen, was das alles hier im Forum zu suchen hat

Gruss Juergen