Highland Way PM 3.23 C Slide Road Closed Indefinitely Due to Unstable Conditions
Does anybody know if Highland is really closed, and if so, whether it is passable on foot? Or is that to be interpreted to mean that it is too dangerous to pass due to the "unstable conditions", i.e. a critical risk of a slide?
Highland Way PM 3.23 C Slide Road Closed Indefinitely Due to Unstable Conditions
Does anybody know if Highland is really closed, and if so, whether it is passable on foot? Or is that to be interpreted to mean that it is too dangerous to pass due to the "unstable conditions", i.e. a critical risk of a slide?
Thanks, Frank
If skiers get killed by snow avalanches just think about being buried in a mud avalanche. Kind of makes you want an alternative. You might be able to carry the bike up the hill and over the avalanche area, but that could be some serious foot work. Your call. Bill Baka
Highland Way PM 3.23 C Slide Road Closed Indefinitely Due to Unstable Conditions
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Does anybody know if Highland is really closed, and if so, whether it is passable on foot? Or is that to be interpreted to mean that it is too dangerous to pass due to the "unstable conditions", i.e. a critical risk of a slide?
It is not closed but if you tried you could fall a few hundred feet into Aptos Creek from riding at the edge of pavement. The place is wide enough and still paved for cars to traverse.
The nice part is that outsiders avoid the road so you have it mostly to yourself, especially from four corners (Buzzard Lagoon) north.
Highland Way PM 3.23 C Slide Road Closed Indefinitely Due to Unstable Conditions
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Does anybody know if Highland is really closed, and if so, whether it is passable on foot? Or is that to be interpreted to mean that it is too dangerous to pass due to the "unstable conditions", i.e. a critical risk of a slide?
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If skiers get killed by snow avalanches just think about being buried in a mud avalanche.
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Kind of makes you want an alternative. You might be able to carry the bike up the hill and over the avalanche area, but that could be some serious foot work. Your call.
Cut it out Bill. You know not of what you write. Highland Way has three old slides, the most recent on many thousands of cubic feet of earth that are still running with ground water. None of these slides over the past 20 years has moved again. It is always in another place as the one farther up that has the "Road Closed" sign.
The road is stable but I wouldn't drive a loaded Ready-mix truck over it. It drops of at about a 70° angle from the edge of pavement down 800ft to Soquel Creek at the red cursor in this map:
Highland Way PM 3.23 C Slide Road Closed Indefinitely Due to Unstable Conditions
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Does anybody know if Highland is really closed, and if so, whether it is passable on foot? Or is that to be interpreted to mean that it is too dangerous to pass due to the "unstable conditions", i.e. a critical risk of a slide?
It is not closed but if you tried you could fall eight hundred feet into Soquel Creek from riding at the edge of pavement. The place is wide enough and still paved for cars to traverse.
The nice part is that outsiders avoid the road so you have it mostly to yourself, especially from four corners (Buzzard Lagoon) north.
Highland Way has three old slides, the most recent on many thousands of cubic feet of earth that are still running with ground water. None of these slides over the past 20 years has moved again. It is always in another place as the one farther up that has the "Road Closed" sign.
The road is stable but I wouldn't drive a loaded Ready-mix truck over it. It drops of at about a 70° angle from the edge of pavement down 800ft to Soquel Creek at the red cursor in this map:
Cut it out Bill. You know not of what you write. Highland Way has three old slides, the most recent on many thousands of cubic feet of earth that are still running with ground water. None of these slides over the past 20 years has moved again. It is always in another place as the one farther up that has the "Road Closed" sign.
Get off your high horse or I will not be on your side. I have ridden most of the areas around Big Basin and summit road and know that carrying around a bike can be a hassle in some of the thicker (but still nice) woods. That is still a favorite area with me unless I want to pack a bike all the way to B.C. Canada, which is nicer in the summer. Maybe if the poster had given a bit more information I could have responded more to your liking or just ignored it. I would NOT try to drag a recumbent through the woods, but would do it with a standard mountain bike. Bill Baka
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The road is stable but I wouldn't drive a loaded Ready-mix truck over it. It drops of at about a 70° angle from the edge of pavement down 800ft to Soquel Creek at the red cursor in this map:
