road to the motherload.

[BigRed]

maybe the county just needs to grate the road again. This seems like a pretty normal cycle for that road. Try to rememeber its a steep, dirt and gravel road. I think we all do what we can.

[captain static]

maybe the county just needs to grate the road again. This seems like a pretty normal cycle for that road. Try to rememeber its a steep, dirt and gravel road. I think we all do what we can.

FYI it is our understanding that Lee Co. does not maintain Bald Rock Fork Rd. per se. Charmane borrows a grader from the County and then provides their own operator to do the work. The alternate access continuing on BRFR past the Drive By/Bob Marley parking eventually ends up on Fixer Rd. and is good for dry weather (The road is the creek bed in some portions).

[dmw]

keep in mind that the fixer road way out can be spicy if it has been raining, in that the creek gets kind of high for driving a car through..... plus it kind of sucks for the water quality to be driving through creeks all the time. (not that I haven't gone that way before, bc I have....)

[Spragwa]

Why don't dog owners just drive their car and take non-dog owners? People who don't own dogs, don't for a reason: hair, slobber all over the windows, scratched up interior, excrement, etc.

That's why I always drive. I generally won't ask people to have Dakota in their car. But it's kewl if they offer or insist (Stephy G likes nose prints on the windows of her car)

As for the Lode, everyone whines about it every year. Why blame people who cannot afford a vehicle with 4-wheel or all-wheel drive? Good grief. Instead, let's look for a solution like assisting Charmane in maintaining the road. Can anyone help find gravel? someone with construction contacts to help grade? Let's be less whiney and more solution-oriented. Just my two cents.

[krampus]

I agree spragwa, when my '91 POS finally dies I will be looking for something with AWD, after all the bitching I have done in the past about SUV's I won't likely get one. Either way my '91 POS is still trucking but won't make it down the hill as is. I carpool now but could donate to help with road maintenance. (set up a toll booth maybe) For now, it is what it is, quit complaining. Then again, I can deal with the complaining cus it was quite amusing to watch the low clearance vehicles in front of us scrapping up the hill.

[Meadows]

This wasn't a personal attack on anyone, just a general suggestion in response to dmw's suggestion.

[Wes]

My 94 Subaru doesn't have a lot of clearance, and it does better going up the hill then my xterra (4X4, V6) did. I have been looking at getting a newer car, but it is tough to think about something that isn't 4 x 4, just because I love to climb down that way so much.

[moonbeam]

I'm not sure how long it would last, but I always thought that it might help if that one small section of the hill was dug up and filled with a few inches of concrete.

Another option: Has anyone mt. biked at S-Tree? There is a really long and super steep hill there that has some sort of interlocking cinder blocks things which are filled with dirt and gravel. If they can stand up to the constant abuse of the four wheelers, then they might be an option. Come to think of it, I have seen them used on roads somewhere...maybe Colorado at stream crossings.

http://www.contech-cpi.com/ess/products ... morloc/221

http://www.forester.net/ec_0004_building.html

http://www.gradingandexcavation.com/ecm ... mance.html

[Andrew]

Solar collector, I drove the back way last weekend and its a lot worse than it used to be. I usually go that way, but only if I take my wifes car.

[dmw]

yep, the last bit of uphill before you get to the parking is getting super shitty at Solar Collector... I would say it is maybe a bigger problem for me, and I have AWD rally mobile....