The Ipsut Creek Road was once driveable its entire 5 miles, with the Ipsut Creek campground a drive in akin to Cougar Rock or Ohanapecosh. After two major flooding events the road has been converted to trail status, open to hiking and biking. This video was recorded on April 29, 2012. As of this writing (June, 2016) the trail has suffered more damage and some parts will be more difficult to transit on bike.

The 5 mile road from Mt. Rainier National Park's Carbon River entrance to the Ipsut Creek campground is forever closed to vehicular traffic but remains open as a bike/hike trail. Biking this trail is the fastest way to do the 17 mile round trip to the Carbon Glacier, plus the easy grade makes for a very pleasant ride. This tour shows all the different parts of the trail in a descent ride, edited for time by cutting out some of the cruising sections where the prior road is still in good shape. This was filmed on April 29, 2012. Filmed with a Contour Plus at 60 FPS mounted to the frame.

5 years later with mother nature keeping things in flux, this update (filmed on May 26, 2017) shows the entire trail with no time editing......23 minutes to cover the entire 5 miles.

This short video highlights some of the biking opportunities at Mt. Rainier National Park.