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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: Adirondack Park Loop - 2011

« on: September 05, 2011, 12:36:23 pm »

Hans,

Great info - thanks. So from what you say in your last post it looks open if one comes up along Champlain on the official route. I received this info from Planet Placid bike shop: We took quite a hit from Irene. Getting to Lake Placid from the north is fine. The problems are South and East.
86 is open to Jay. 9N to Ausable Forks is being repaired. I think it is passable. 9N to Keene is being repaired. Much of it is gone from Jay to Keene. Passable but ugly especially near Styles Brook. 73 from Keene Valley to the Northway is closed altogether and unpassable. 9N from “malfunction junction” to Elizabethtown is also closed. A google search of closed roads in Essex and Clinton Counties will find a pretty good up to the minute site with what is open.

It seems to contradict that one can use 9N from Elizabethtown but this I got yesterday (9.4.11). So please correct me if wrong.

As posted elsewhere - I was going to do the VT loop but decided to switch to this one starting out with the ferry across Champlain from Burlington. So I'm now trying to figure out if I can get from Port Kent down to Elizabethtown to then turn for Placid. (Ausable seems closed for the immediate future.)

For those worried about further south toward Schenectady, I got this from Freemans Bridge Sports across the river there: Thank you for your email, yes we got hit pretty hard the locks were jammed and were flooding the roads. However crews got everything back in running order and most roads are now open I know amsterdam, scotia, up in the adirondacks are all up and running again. Kinda dirty from the river overflowing but other then that everything is back to normal. If there is anything else please let me know thanks and have a great evening!

Thanks much
Ian

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: Green Mountains Loop, maps 7 & 8, 2011

« on: September 05, 2011, 12:12:44 pm »

Just found this thread after posting similar discussion under Routes. Sorry about that but here is what I found from a bike shop in Middlebury regarding the 125. They suggest skirting around the north of the Green Mt. Forest using the following routes. Notice the comment about Route 17.

There are some big holes in 100 and 125, which will take time to repair.  Try 302 to Montpelier, and from Montpelier take Route 2 west.

You have the option of taking Appalachian Gap (Route 17), but I would not recommend this on a loaded bike.  The descent on the west side of the Gap is too steep and too technical.  The first half mile is like sky-diving on a bicycle.

I found this map helpful: http://crisislanding.appspot.com/?crisis=2011_flooding_vermont

I am due to start the loop on September 15. If anyone has ridden it by then and reads this, it would be great if you might post an update. I had basically decided to switch to the Adirondack loop, just taking the ferry across Champlain at the start,  in the hope of better conditions but the eastern side is also patchy as other threads reveal.

Thank you.

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: Adirondack Loop after Irene

« on: September 05, 2011, 10:59:53 am »

Thanks guys. Got this from a Lake Placid Bike Shop - in case anyone else is wondering.

We took quite a hit from Irene.
Getting to Lake Placid from the north is fine. The problems are South and East.
86 is open to Jay. 9N to Ausable Forks is being repaired. I think it is passable. 9N to Keene is being repaired. Much of it is gone from Jay to Keene. Passable but ugly especially near Styles Brook.
73 from Keene Valley to the Northway is closed altogether and unpassable.
9N from “malfunction junction” to Elizabethtown is also closed.
A google search of closed roads in Essex and Clinton Counties will find a pretty good up to the minute site with what is open.

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Adirondack Loop after Irene

« on: September 04, 2011, 11:04:14 am »

Anyone have any info on road closures? Considering changing my plans to do the Green Mt. loop to this one because of a tricky road closure on that, but can't find any info. www.511ny.org only has a statement about closures not a map of actual roads closed. Also, seems many campgrounds close by Sept 5 to 10. I am booked to fly in to Burlington on Sept. 14. Any ideas/advice would be welcome.

Thanks

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Routes / Re: Bicycle travel after Irene in VT

« on: September 03, 2011, 04:30:27 pm »

I have found this link to be the most helpful. http://crisislanding.appspot.com/?crisis=2011_flooding_vermont
The ACA Green Mts Loop is basically shut down on map 9 - after Rochester where one would cross the Green mt Forest on highway 125 to Middlebury. That seems to be the only place the loop is affected but it cuts out the whole southern portion because options further south are also closed. I have emailed a bike shop in Rochester and one in Middlebury in the hopes of getting e feel for 'how closed' 125 is but in the meantime planning to cross from St. Johnsbury through Montpelier to Bristol and then Middlebury. If anyone knows this road it would great to hear what kind of a leg it is - busy/quiet etc.

Thank you

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Routes / Re: Bicycle travel after Irene in VT

« on: September 01, 2011, 01:30:07 am »

Thanks for this thread guys. I'm from southern California and planning to do a long anticipated Green Mt.s Loop tour - flights booked etc for last two weeks in September. Wasn't sure what to do but sounds like I might be okay by then. I'll check back in case anyone can add some info but I have that DOT page linked. From what I can see it seems some of the northern road closures effect the southern tip of the loop - have to match the maps to closures still to be sure. Cheers.

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Routes / Re: San Diego to Portland

« on: September 01, 2011, 01:27:01 am »

I rode from Port Angeles WA to Santa Barbara, CA in 2002 without any maps or the guidebook. As I recall it was fairly hassle-free except for three or four particular days - mostly city related. I had to stop and ask directions through the Bay area a number of times, doing Point Reyes to Half Moon Bay that day. I had particular trouble getting across Santa Cruz because I kept hitting the 101 and couldn't find the 1. A number of turns between SC and Monterey Bay also gave me trouble - the kind you don't want when you're tired. As someone else suggested, a couple printouts of the cities from Google maps should be the fix. (I see people heading north every summer but it is very different to heading south.) Hope this helps.

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Routes / Re: Gt Divide Basin

« on: August 02, 2011, 04:57:11 pm »

Hi there,

Sorry, I can't help with your request but if you have a mo I thought I'd ask for a bit of info ...

I'm planning on doing just the Whitefish - Helena section in 2 weeks time. Were there any significant route issues (closures/water/etc) that I might need to know? Also, how are things looking with the snow, mozzies et al? Thanks if you can get to it.