On 1/28/08 5:55 AM, in article 59lnj.21784$vp3.17229@edtnps90, "sharx35"
wrote:
>
> "Jochen Kriegerowski" wrote in message
> news:fnkh1e$125$03$2@news.t-online.com...
>> "sharx35" schrieb
>>
>>> Well, I've done the hairy route, through Seton Portage which runs along
>>> the hydro lines and the BC Rail Line, also that Duffy lake Route.
>>
>> The Seton Portage route is the one I referred to as Birkenhead. The Duffy
>> Lake route ist Hwy 99 along Cayoosh Creek. The Highway is just as good
>> as any - like the ones from Lillooet to Lytton or to Cache Creek. The
>> standard two lane, paved road.
>>
>>> Never done the northern route through Birkenhead. Is it as interesting as
>>> the Highliner Route through Seton Portage?
>>
>> There are two stretches on the Seton Portage route that can be a bit
>> awkward or washed out. I never got stuck with a 2WD, but I wouldn't
>> drive it in spring or after a heavy rainfall without 4WD.
>> But then again, I know someone who did just that with a 1978
>> Chrysler New Yorker about 25 years ago, and the car is still in one
>> piece today ;-)
>
> We went through the Highliner (Seton Portage to Pemberton) about 1990
> (whatever year it was that the Indians blocked the Duffy Lake Road) in a
> 1972 Dodge Dart..from east to west, so we were next to the mountain, rather
> than the edge. It took a long time to go just a few miles, however. And,
> yes, we chose that route, rather than the Gold Bridge route, because of the
> longer distance of the Gold Bridge route. Still would like to try it,
> though.
>
>>
>> The northern route through Gold Bridge is more or less the same,
>> maybe even easier to drive, but significantly longer. As with all back-
>> roads it depends very much on weather and maintenance.
>> Very scenic in parts, especially along Carpenter Lake.
>>
>> I you just want to get from A to B, stay on the Highway; for the other
>> routes you have to be a backroading enthusiast like me, I guess
>>
>> Jochen from Germany
>
>
One thing we all have to remember. This is an Englishman who drives on the
left side of the road. He will not be familiar with any of the roads we are
talking about and in a tight situation could turn the wheel the wrong way.
Unless he has been here before he really wont understand our mountain
passes. When you think about some of them even on our highways they can be
pretty hairy. The Stag Leap Pass I mention on one post for example.
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