Nitinat Road Reports 2017
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Nitinat Road Reports 2017
Here's the first (partial) one!
Today the North Shore was 9/10 and freshly graded to the end of the lake where the grader broke down near the little shaw main. No idea what it's like past there. I guess people will find out this weekend!
Today the North Shore was 9/10 and freshly graded to the end of the lake where the grader broke down near the little shaw main. No idea what it's like past there. I guess people will find out this weekend!
Don't forget to bring a towel!
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Thurs may 4
Road was graded down youbou side. Was good about 10km past end of lake. By good I mean smooth yet tons of mud. Some of it pretty deep. No problems with truck and small SUV. After the logging mud turns to old ungraded Rd. Averaged 40km/hr past this point. Better once you hit nitnaht/portalbeni intersection but not amazing. Honda civics would take time but could make it maybe.
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I drove over one of the bridges at 60 mph one time. Got that Moho airborne. Fun, my passenger was mad though,the ceiling was hard.
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I'm not the only one traveling with a family along this road and if people want to travel and arrive alive people need to slow down on this road.. sure its graded and its a nice drive but its not your own personal highway. the road prior is 100km/hr and is designed for safe travel at that speed.. a logging road with loose surface and blind corners / crests is not..
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There are several long straight sections of the road where its perfectly safe to do 90 when its well graded. I noted exactly same speeds as Tony but don't count the tight corners, bridge approaches, Red Rock, etc. where 30 or less is the safe speed as I'm sure he didn't. The trip out was way slower than in, as in I passed no-one either direction coming in the entire way; but out was much heavier traffic and the resulting dust required slowing way down even on straight sections.
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For the most part the road is dramatically worse than a month ago.
First section to just past the Cottages on the North Shore is as good as its been with a fresh seal coat (so it seems), then it just gets annoying for the final 3/4. Potholes are not massive, but large enough to rattle you and they are everywhere.
Plan for some extra time.
First section to just past the Cottages on the North Shore is as good as its been with a fresh seal coat (so it seems), then it just gets annoying for the final 3/4. Potholes are not massive, but large enough to rattle you and they are everywhere.
Plan for some extra time.
Don't forget to bring a towel!
yup, much worse than may long. first third is bad, only one random section near the middle that is decent. some larger rock starting to get exposed.
Also if anyone finds a big chrome hubcap, it's probably mine.
Also if anyone finds a big chrome hubcap, it's probably mine.
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