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- pauljExplorer IIhttp://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2016/12/19/big-french-creek/
A geology landslide blog highlighted this slide. - slickest1ExplorerWe traveled that road a couple years back with our coach and toad and were not impressed. I will take the heavy traffic further south to get to the coast.
- korbeExplorer
coolbreeze01 wrote:
In the past, unstable slides have been bypassed on 299. This one looks like a candidate.
Yes. Two bridges to go around. Very expensive. I bet Cal Trans wishes they could just get rid of that road. :) - coolbreeze01ExplorerIn the past, unstable slides have been bypassed on 299. This one looks like a candidate.
- profdant139Explorer IIWow! Great footage. That hillside is a geologist's nightmare -- a mix of badly-faulted and shattered sedimentary and metamorphic junk. It's what they call "incompetent rock." If we get a wet winter up near Redding, that whole hill is going to be a problem for a long time to come. And 299 is practically the only way over to the coast when towing an RV.
I am betting that this summer, 299 will be one-lane each way through the slide area, with traffic control. Long delays. - ramyankeeExplorerSorry, I didn't realize the link was a dead one...
Thanks for the CLICKY. - korbeExplorerBeen using that road for over 40 years and that video right there was very impressive. That last boulder was a dandy.
I would detour to the north on hwy 199 and on the south at hwy 20. - dons2346Explorer
- RVcrazyExplorerDo NOT take 36 to the coast as an alternate
- Roy_LynneExplorerThanks for posting. It looks as if stabilizing that hill might take some doing
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