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Sunrise Park Road, Mount Rainier National ParkSunrise Park Road The Road to Sunrise Ampitheatre is extrememly twisty and challenging. Unfortunately, being a road cared for by the National Park Service, the quality of the paving is rather abysmal. We all expect a certain degree of this from the Park Service, but this road is ridiculous. At 25-30mph (35mph speed limit) I was bottoming out the suspension on my 82 Sabre even with the preload cranked up. A sportbike rider probably would’ve been checking his fillings. However, where the paving is smooth, you’ll find a technically-challenging road with several sharp switchbacks and lovely tight curves. The curves are fairly well-planned, but the road has been sorrowfully neglected recently, and doesn’t appear to have had any maintenance done to it in recent seasons. The Road up to Sunrise Ampitheater
Do be careful of the turns, as there are rather large drop-offs and no shoulder or guide rails in much of the area.
Below: A General Map of Mount Rainier National Park
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