[Jimbo]

Well the last bridge has been out for a long time but the on in the 5 mile trek has been good. This one is the mystery ?

[puzzlr]

I don't think that's the crossing they're talking about. Two years ago (May 2007) I rode a bike up the Kromona mine road and except for a couple washouts it was in decent shape for a bike. The South Fork bridge was intact, but well before that bridge and WAY before the spot you mark was this huge washout. At the the time there was one other washed out section.

This is the biggest of the 2 completely washed out sections along road 6110. Something really big came down here. it's just a trickle of a creek ...

but it cleared out a swath of trees all the way to the bottom of the valley.

More photos from that trip on flickr

[H. Hound]

Well, the missing bridge is at the 2.6 mile mark. My previous guess up thread was way off.

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Getting across on foot wasn't bad, but I wouldn't want to do it if that gorge was raging.

[Scrooge]

South Fork of South Fork. Yep. I had the impression everything else was culverts (lots of culverts*). * Puts DNR in pig heaven. ......... And that's a mine to market road. It's been there a hundred years. Chopping it up will be criminal!

[Highwalker's Daughter]

Thanks for checking and reporting on the area.

[puzzlr]

It's a shame what happened to that bridge. It was situated fairly high over the gorge so that must have been a serious amount of water and mud that took it out. How hard is it to cross with a bike? It looks like you were able to get down to the bottom.

[H. Hound]

Getting a bike across - I suppose it could be done, but it looked like too much of a pain in the arse to me (Steep\brush). I'd rather walk the last 2 miles.

[Sultan Guy]

New washout on the trail-one of many

I shaved this morning. Can you tell?

Pictures from January 2009. Second one is washed out bridge over South Fork, South Fork. I did not cross on snowshoes!

[Jimbo]

Thanks H.H. Idono, they had plans of nuking this road. I bet it was tampered with in hopes this would happen, I don't trust the man at all any more Just me

[Sultan Guy]

I called one of my guys at the that PUD this morning and he said "most likely about three more weeks to get the South Shore Road open. We are fixing the road down to Culmback Dam first by hauling rock from our quarry on the South Shore Road." Another stay tuned report. So first it was mid July at the latest and now mid August. Might not want to hold your breath

[Scrooge]

[Hulksmash]

Well i ended up at Olney pass today. I did not plan on doing any walking, since i rolled my ankle yesterday.

Yea...i temporary gate, that is open, but the two gates fifty yards away are closed. Aren't we a little gate happy?

Well i was intrigued by the obvious heavy traffic leading to the dam, and south shore road. Could it be that the south shore road is already repaired? So i went for a walk.

Blow out #1

Blow out #1

Not much has been done, since Geohikers original post I agree with GH's assessment that there is no reason the road needs to be closed right now. They could easily put some big rocks at the narrow spots to prevent cars from going over the edge. The only thing i can add is that the "repair" at blow out #1 was so hastily "repaired" that it will certainly wash away again in the first moderate rain shower

[Slim]

Anybody have any updated info on the road condition ?

[Hulksmash]

Contractor is dragging feet. The PUD web site said the west gate was open (toward the dam) on the weekend's only. When i did a recon check...it was closed. Latest word, is October. But typically the area get's closed off in October any way.

[Hulksmash]

Did another recon trip. To my surprise the gate to the S shore road was open But....

Olney Pass

Olney Pass

Looks like it's only open a few days a week. As for the contractor dragging there feet.

S fork sultan river, and road

It looks to me like they did big over haul on the road base here, a big job. However still work to do. The bridge approaches are repaired. I was shocked and surprised to see an family with young children having a picnic at the rec sites

Spada Lake

Spada Lake

Just beyond the last boat launch, is this.

Road

Big whoop! Right? Well around the corner.

Road wash out

It's trashed big time, to bad the only repair this spot will see is to remove the road. Another surprise this time a good one regarding the road. The slump toward the river has stopped. The main river channel has also changed again, away from the road.

NF Sultan river and road

NF Sultan River

What i was not expecting, is how fast the brush begins to take hold. This is the section road between Greider and Boulder lake trail heads.

Road between Boulder and Greider Th

Road between Boulder and Greider TH

This is barely a year after the road was decommissioned!