This spectacular road bike climb up the Mount Baker Highway from Glacier, culminating at Artist Point is a truly memorable ascent in the North Cascades. The highway is excellent for your road bike, although the final few miles to Artist Point are narrow and winding and typically only open from summer through early autumn depending on snowpack. Over approximately 22 to 24 miles, you'll gain around 4,400 to 4,700 feet at a relatively gentle average gradient of 3.2-3.5%, a long but steady effort. As you climb, the scenery is breathtaking, transitioning from dense forests alongside the Nooksack River to open alpine meadows with increasingly incredible, close-up views of the majestic Mt. Baker and dramatic Mt. Shuksan peaks, making the effort to reach the stunning Artist Point vista well worth it.