In the Alsea district of the Siuslaw National Forest, here in Oregon, there is a large network of logging roads between highway 34 and 126. A few of them are paved, including two through routes from 34 to 126. When I say they are logging roads that are paved, I mean it. They remind me of roads I've seen in Ireland. I had to crawl my Rabbit over slash piles on top of chips protecting the pavement in active logging operations (I was last out there on Thanksgiving) -- 'bout a car-and-a-half wide, very tight and twisty.
There's at least 50 miles and probably more of these tiny little roads. The road density in the area is such that for a gravel rally, you could use the pavement for transits/spectator-worker access, and for a pavement rally, the reverse.
Haven't been brave enough to walk into the Siuslaw Forest main office, sad since I live about a quarter mile from it.
The Oregon Rally Group is establishing a relationship with the Mt. Hood NF, so national forest isn't impossible to get into. Given the road repair and fire-season stress the group deals with normally, a tarmac rally in the cool months should be an easy addition, organization-wise. It's mostly a nut check for walking into the forester office. They shrivel up so small. Like raisins.
If I lived closer to Goldendale WA, I'd be talking to them already. Goldendale is desperate for an event, we just need someone to organize it. There might be some hillclimb-like tarmac in that area.
andy
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