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QuoteLooking at a detour that would leave the coast around Moss Landing, go south through King City, then rejoin the coast at Morrow Bay. Not ideal, but is more direct than many of the alternates. Anyone have thoughts on good roads to use cycling? Thanks.
Have you seen our detour? https://ridewithgps.com/routes/19189649
It begins in Marina and rejoins the route near Cambria.
Amy Lippus
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If anyone's interested in an adventurous alternative, I just scouted another detour option that involves some fire roads out of Gorda, which allowed me to (legally and freely) get around the landslide in a day. Because these forums were so helpful in my research, I wanted to post the info in case it could be of help to anyone making plans around the landslide.
The detour broke down into three segments:
1. Willow Creek Road (also: Los Burros Rd 23S01), a fire road just north of Gorda that starts at the Treebones Resort turnoff. ~8 miles
2. South Coast Ridge Road (SCRR), a dirt road that runs the ridge above Big Sur. ~4 miles
3. Salmon Creek Trail (SCT), a half-abandoned hiking trail that connects SCRR to HWY 1, JUST south of the southern landslide road block. ~6 miles
#1 and #2 were great, well maintained fire roads. The climb up to the ridge was steep, probably a bit steeper than Naciemento-Fergusson, but there was virtually no traffic, so it was really enjoyable. I don't recommend part #3 (we did it so you don't have to!), but once you're on the ridge, you can connect up to the top of N-F Rd. Basically, you could ride all of (open) Big Sur, then get back to the detour while avoiding retracing your steps to N-F.
I posted a journal entry about this in great detail with photos here:https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?o=1mr&page_id=525959&v=1J#pic_3175093
Hope this helps!