I drove a semi and a 28 foot pup up that hill. Arizona is chickenshit for not shoving those rocks over the side so I can ride my dirt bike there again. Great video on this silly problem. Open the 88.

That was always one of my favorite drives . Never imagined the damage was that bad. Thanks so much for sharing this!

Wowza. Haven't driven this since around 2000 & never dreamed it was this bad. Impressed with both your dronesmanship and the range on that drone in those mountains. Seems we've lost one of the most stunning drives in America. It was terrifyingly beautiful.

Thank you for this great video. I didn't realize how bad it was. I used to ride my motorcycle on the Apache Trail from Roosevelt Lake to Tortilla Flats and then on to Apache Junction. I hope they can repair and make it safe once again. It is a beautiful part of our state. Be well!

That's Fish Creek (and Fish Creek Hill and Bridge). Did you notice the water coming down the falls? We used to drive and ride our thumpers on that road back in the 80's and 90's and even in the early 2000's. I wish I could go back in time and do it all again. There was room for a few vehicles to pull off the road and park just downhill of Fish Creek Bridge, so you could hike around in Fish Creek. That's the most scenic (cool and shady) area on the entire route, and a real oasis in the middle of summer. We have seen some big-ass boats and RVs making it up and down Fish Creek Hill (which was quite impressive, given the narrow single road and the protruding cliff faces). I'm glad you captured this footage (I had no idea that the road had been closed and blocked by those huge boulders). Today's indoor-sequestered, cell-phone-entranced, sexually-confused, woke, youthful halfwits have no idea what life is really about.

Lived in Arizona since 1972 drove that route hundreds of times to Apache Lake cannot understand why the state is giving up on fish creek hill. So sad

Amazing footage, thank you! I ride to tortilla flat all the time, and many people that go there are pissed that the road is closed because there is no info posted. Obviously this road would be super dangerous to even work on, never mind fix fully and drive on. I would love to ride to the dam that way, but this footage makes me not have to think about it.

Top footage 👌

I really thank you for showing all of us exactly what it looks like. The boulders and the surrounding debris are the easiest things to deal with. The boulders can be drilled and split into rubble in place. No explosives are even required. Once split down into rubble, the material can be used to fill in washed out areas. The hard part is building up the outside edge of the road that has fallen down the cliff. A group of grunts with time on their hands and some common equipment could break up the boulders and move that debris pile. They could also fill in a lot of the erosion damage on the side of the road against the upward cliff. But the down facing side of the road needs new retaining wall. Some of that might possibly be done by average laborers where there is existing bedrock located below to support it. The place where real engineering, and massive equipment is needed, are in those places where no bedrock is seen below.

I did Scottsdale to Scottsdale via the TR dam, this & TF in 2014. Great but sad footage. Looks impossible to rebuild but ... they built it once! Thanks for the great show.

Very helpful, thank you!

Dang... What I'd give to ride that road again.... thanks for sharing. Wanted to take that trail for my birthday this year but doesn't look like that will ever happen. We used to go a couple times every summer and enjoy the journey. This is really sad.. :(

@Enlighten1640

Жыл бұрын

So mad, I planned a trip today not knowing about the damage. Got my trip planned on GPS and find out it's closed 😑😑😑😑

Damn, as an Arizona resident who has travelled that road it's sad to see the condition of it. 😢

Thanks for sharing this video. Went there today not knowing it was closed wanted to know what the road looked like.

Been down there a dozen times in the last 25 years. Can't believe how it looks now.

Went up to Tortilla Flats and I if I remember right Apache Lake 08", Nasty road and Drive but Beautiful Country.

Incredible! I am an avid off-roader and drone pilot. Even with FPV, how did you get connectivity so far in? Was it all line of sight?

@cerealeverymeal

6 ай бұрын

Yes, mostly, started on a rock outcome that hung out into the canyon a bit.

I have taken this trip a handful of times over the years, it's a scary one, not for the faint of heart.

That isnt bad at all...Why are they keeping that road closed...They could move those big rocks in a day and then build a retaining wall there and grade the rest of that road .... I think the government doesn't want traffic going thru there anym0re...Environmentalists ! They cut the road from Strawberry to Fossil creek off also just like this . They just stopped doing maintenance on it and then it gets bad after a rain storm and they just block it off for ever

What i don't understand is they say no entry to walk the road here but on the other end its permitted.

What is that noise!!!??

fix road like how they built it

It’s hard for me to comprehend that this road was ever passable. Looks like a pig trail. Was it just for dirt bikes? Surely it wasn’t ever wide enough for automobiles. Great video

@SonoraSlinger

Жыл бұрын

It's a trail. Not a road.

@gaylandbarney2231

7 ай бұрын

i drove it around 2005 ,. it was actually a little scary , not knowing if some fool driving too fast on a blind corner might show....it's funny to see it now , it DOES look too narrow , but it was drivable back then ; and i HOPE will be again before i die

@gaylandbarney2231

7 ай бұрын

@@SonoraSlinger 100 yrs.ago....but now it's a road that needs fixing

@cerealeverymeal

7 ай бұрын

It is actually a state highway.

How the HECK do you get that range?

@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a drone.

@len9483

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825 Yes, I know it's a drone. I've been flying DJI drones for about 12 years. But how is he able to go around corners. Transmission to the drone obviously will not go through rock. Is he on top of the canyon pointing the receiver down?

@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825

2 жыл бұрын

@@len9483 I would think that the drone also has a program that makes it see solid objects and to go around them. Worth checking out.

@cerealeverymeal

Жыл бұрын

Launched from a point on the road that protrudes the farthest out into the canyon, it gives near line of sight for the entire road. The DJI FPV also does have incredible transmission range.

@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825

Жыл бұрын

@@cerealeverymeal That technology of drones is so interesting.

It’s too bad they didn’t keep this road up “Fish Creek Road”. It was an exciting drive when I was there in 1990.

@sndvls

2 жыл бұрын

Road was washed out in a big monsoon storm a few years ago.

@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825

2 жыл бұрын

@@sndvls I didn’t know that. Thx

@frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825

2 жыл бұрын

@@sndvls thx for sharing that info

Thanks, great to see him he condition, wish state would spend money and reopen, heard no plans of fixing, shame, send all the money 💰 to Ukrainian govt pockets.

@risecarter

Жыл бұрын

If only you knew what you were talking about. We had a HUGE fire and then a monsoon flood that washed out the road. Would you volunteer to go down that road right now to fix it? They are letting nature rebuild itself. They have also said that the state plans on working on it in about 5 years after the ground is stabilized.

I remember that hill as a little scary before..... maybe next time turn the mic off ? thanks

@arizonausa1664

3 ай бұрын

Same

It's a trail. Not a road.

@gaylandbarney2231

7 ай бұрын

know of what you speak before speaking....or look at other comments to learn

You could have kept that annoying audio out. Let the video tell the story. Ok I get it… it’s a disaster. So sad.