The Horsethief 99, day 6

The fantastic Entiat Summit road is a Washington DualSport essential. Spectacular views make up for the easy ride. There's access to many challenging trails if you get tired of the view (unlikely). Here the road passes thru the recent Mad river burn.

Found an abandoned train tunnel. Solo. Hear that you buncha weenies? I'd been searching for some kind of punishment for the rest of the crew (for desertion). This should be sufficient.

.....hmmmm what to do?  I went into the pitch black, eyes could not adjust to the darkness.  My pitiful 35w headlight was like a candle.  I turned around and rode out.

I removed my Spare-tube Fenderbag and stuffed it behind my headlight cowling to point the light more downward, and plunged back into the abyss.  I stopped and waited a few minutes for my eyes to adjust.

The GPS screen said "poor coverage - ENTER to acknowledge".  Sounds good to me!

There was some kind of wood and corrugated steel structure built on the other side, but it was burned and torn apart too with lots of debris on the ground

I opened it and went thru.  No bears but the sound of lots of water pouring into the tunnel.

But it's not over yet.  This railroad bed has degraded into a running stream.  Following the railroad is not an option as it's covered with tangled trees and running water. It's a fairly difficult hillclimb up the bank to get out of here.

P.S. To see some R1100GSs in this tunnel see Tourtrek.