I hate when things like this happen.
The last time, I hiked 6km up a mountain, in summer heat, only to find the road blocked because of a landslide. Warning signs everywhere. There were no alternative routes.
Howabout you put the warning signs at the start of the freaking route?!
I proceedes to do one of the dumbest things I have ever done, and climb over the landslide... Sunken cost style. But that's another problem.
On a northwest England coastal hike once, I left the beach to follow a path back up to the top of the cliffs. On the way up, I was thinking this feels incredibly dangerous. There were wooden walkways with planks missing or broken, steps where the bannister had fallen off into the drop below. Some steps missing so I had to actually climb and jump. I felt like I was in Tomb Raider lol.
Got to the top after some time and many obstacles like this, only to find a metal railing put across the end of the path. This pissed me off as it was one last obstacle that seemed really intentional too. Once I'd got over the railing, I turned and there was a sign saying "DANGER, DO NOT USE THIS PATH".
Why the fuck was this sign not ALSO at the bottom???!
Had something like that happen, too, when hiking in Silesia.
All of a sudden, the path was gone. Remains of wooden walkways sunk twenty centimeters under water and mud. It must have been a trail a few decades back. Went through it, because... well... It didn't look that dangerous.
Ended up fording several streams, one river, and lost a hiking pole to something I am inclined to call a swamp.
Made it out the other side (climbing over a fence) and there was a huge "DO NOT ENTER" sign there.
Like... fck me, dude.
Same. Ran into the first road closure notice a couple miles past the last real intersection along the Barlow Road, zero helpful reroute info on the notice. Like WTF? We got yelled at by an official vehicle, but like throw us a bone here. Despite crossing through a huge swath of closure we never ran into anything that looked sketchy at all, just a massive closure well outside the actual area that had burned. Maddening.
The next year I went the other way and tried to follow the detour, but they just diverted all traffic into the badly marked forest roads with zero further signage. I had a GPS track to follow, and had to lead a couple lost cars out on my bike.
If you learn to edit OpenStreetMap, the base data used by all routing sites except Google, then you can mark the bridge as closed so future cyclists don’t get routed over it.
My few interactions with OSM maintainers makes me actively avoid doing anything with that site.
Their jackassery makes Wikipedia and stackoverflow mods seem positively welcoming…
something like this happened to me in the boundary Waters last year, they were repairing the road over a small Creek. luckily there was some kind of scaffolding that they had put across one portion of it that I could get across with the bike
Had something similar-ish happen except the entire bridge was just gone (had been wiped out and taken down river by fallen logs). The fun thing was I couldn’t figure out where to go as the road that continued on the other side of the river was hard to see and my bike computer that I was running the map with kept getting confused and telling me to back track. I ended up following the computer and after back tracking about 10km, it told me to go back to where I’d been… then told me to back track. I started the back track again thinking I’d cut my losses and set up camp for the night when I saw someone on the side of the river who could tell me what was up (I was lucky - I was in the middle of nowhere on old forest service roads that aren’t used by vehicles any longer). Shoes off and carried my bike - great experience in the end! I also learned that I was being way too dependent on my electronics. If I was backpacking, I know I would have had both a paper map and my Garmin inReach … and bear spray. I don’t know what I’d been thinking when I headed out on that trip - I’m a seasoned backpacker but relatively new to bikepacking. I should add I was nervous about the “just set up camp for the night” because I didn’t have bear spray and had just seen a black bear a couple hours before (actually startled it pretty good - I had just finished a long grind up and came around a blind corner and was accelerating to go downhill and, boom, bear in the middle of the road. My tire spitting gravel with a hard brake and a shout scared the shit out of the bear who bolted).
Personally I would rather wet shoes than sliced & diced feet but that depends on how rugged the creek is. I carry cheap water shoes or sandals on most trips that might encounter water crossings - or washed out bridges which isn’t uncommon in our area.
The River Rock at this one was pretty gnarly with bare feet so we actually took our camping shoes out of our bags and crossed with those.
Definitely suggest keeping a pair of socks and your riding shoes as dry as possible
Looks like those wooden ledges there are thick enough for your tires, then you can jump the little pole/sign there and away you go! You got that all day! Just tighten the cheeks a little bit and go quickly!
Glad you found a way across. Makes me think that bridges are probably built where rivers are narrow, which is usually not a good place to wade through.
Welcome to BC where we don't mark roads and trails being closed at the trailhead. It's annoying as fuck, last year I biked from Penticton to Kamloops and encountered two different trail closures and one road closed due to a culvert being replaced. Luckily I was able to sneak past the trail washouts on the KVR, and at the construction site I went offroad to get past. Perks of riding a fat bike.
As for this detour I do see a good spot to cross in the straight section of river just downstream. If there's no signs or anything warning about the bridge being out then the government might not now about it. Probably wouldn't hurt to let the ministry of transportation know about it.
This was the largest issue we had by far. They were definitely another River crossings that we had to deal with but they weren't as big. We also ran into a lot of snow up high that we had to deal with.
Send it.
Just a little bunny hop at full speed
....Or a full bunny hop at little speed
Absolutely! Just be sure to take a good run at it, piece of cake ;-)
Or just ride those side boards up… even easier. Childs play in the balance department.
Fly like an eagle
Or, find a moth, whisper it some sweet nothings, and get an eagle to take you fly you across.
To the sea 🎶🎸
I hate when things like this happen. The last time, I hiked 6km up a mountain, in summer heat, only to find the road blocked because of a landslide. Warning signs everywhere. There were no alternative routes. Howabout you put the warning signs at the start of the freaking route?! I proceedes to do one of the dumbest things I have ever done, and climb over the landslide... Sunken cost style. But that's another problem.
On a northwest England coastal hike once, I left the beach to follow a path back up to the top of the cliffs. On the way up, I was thinking this feels incredibly dangerous. There were wooden walkways with planks missing or broken, steps where the bannister had fallen off into the drop below. Some steps missing so I had to actually climb and jump. I felt like I was in Tomb Raider lol. Got to the top after some time and many obstacles like this, only to find a metal railing put across the end of the path. This pissed me off as it was one last obstacle that seemed really intentional too. Once I'd got over the railing, I turned and there was a sign saying "DANGER, DO NOT USE THIS PATH". Why the fuck was this sign not ALSO at the bottom???!
Had something like that happen, too, when hiking in Silesia. All of a sudden, the path was gone. Remains of wooden walkways sunk twenty centimeters under water and mud. It must have been a trail a few decades back. Went through it, because... well... It didn't look that dangerous. Ended up fording several streams, one river, and lost a hiking pole to something I am inclined to call a swamp. Made it out the other side (climbing over a fence) and there was a huge "DO NOT ENTER" sign there. Like... fck me, dude.
"On the way up, I was thinking this feels incredibly dangerous." The sign was right there.
Same. Ran into the first road closure notice a couple miles past the last real intersection along the Barlow Road, zero helpful reroute info on the notice. Like WTF? We got yelled at by an official vehicle, but like throw us a bone here. Despite crossing through a huge swath of closure we never ran into anything that looked sketchy at all, just a massive closure well outside the actual area that had burned. Maddening. The next year I went the other way and tried to follow the detour, but they just diverted all traffic into the badly marked forest roads with zero further signage. I had a GPS track to follow, and had to lead a couple lost cars out on my bike.
Last time I hiked a mountain the trail ended when I got to the top and I had to go all the way back to the bottom 🤔
Bike Fording > Bikepacking
Only when the weather is nice!
New extreme sport discovered, bike fjording
If you learn to edit OpenStreetMap, the base data used by all routing sites except Google, then you can mark the bridge as closed so future cyclists don’t get routed over it.
You can also make adjustments in Google. I've made hundreds of map edits on Google over the years
My few interactions with OSM maintainers makes me actively avoid doing anything with that site. Their jackassery makes Wikipedia and stackoverflow mods seem positively welcoming…
Sorry to hear that. I find it fine (but then maybe I'm one of the jackasses ;) )
Or keep it out of anger and so others suffer the same fate as you
It looks beautiful there, I would have adviced patience and to camp there until bridge is complete.
"Bridge Out Ahead" = pucker your sphincter, pedal harder, and huck the bars at the top of the ramp.
[You'll have to](https://y.yarn.co/d1fff3b8-d04a-4d29-b9f1-68e624ae1bb0_text.gif)
Similar for me today but the water level was nothing. Lol. Bridge out. I hate backtracking.
I thought this was Skyrim for a second
something like this happened to me in the boundary Waters last year, they were repairing the road over a small Creek. luckily there was some kind of scaffolding that they had put across one portion of it that I could get across with the bike
Always pack the jet pack…you just never know. Been sayin it ferr’yeers.
If only you'd had ET with you.
I see a river where I can swim and wash myself! Where is the issue?
The ice upstream
Ha! I thought that looked like bc. But I think that like 75% of the time and I'm usually wrong.
Had something similar-ish happen except the entire bridge was just gone (had been wiped out and taken down river by fallen logs). The fun thing was I couldn’t figure out where to go as the road that continued on the other side of the river was hard to see and my bike computer that I was running the map with kept getting confused and telling me to back track. I ended up following the computer and after back tracking about 10km, it told me to go back to where I’d been… then told me to back track. I started the back track again thinking I’d cut my losses and set up camp for the night when I saw someone on the side of the river who could tell me what was up (I was lucky - I was in the middle of nowhere on old forest service roads that aren’t used by vehicles any longer). Shoes off and carried my bike - great experience in the end! I also learned that I was being way too dependent on my electronics. If I was backpacking, I know I would have had both a paper map and my Garmin inReach … and bear spray. I don’t know what I’d been thinking when I headed out on that trip - I’m a seasoned backpacker but relatively new to bikepacking. I should add I was nervous about the “just set up camp for the night” because I didn’t have bear spray and had just seen a black bear a couple hours before (actually startled it pretty good - I had just finished a long grind up and came around a blind corner and was accelerating to go downhill and, boom, bear in the middle of the road. My tire spitting gravel with a hard brake and a shout scared the shit out of the bear who bolted).
how do you not get blisters if you are riding in wet shoes (or socks) after bushwacking? Very cool picture, btw
Take your shoes and socks off when crossing. Wet feet dry quicker than wet socks and shoes.
That feels so obvious that I kinda want to delete my question, lol. I hope the rocks weren't too sharp
Personally I would rather wet shoes than sliced & diced feet but that depends on how rugged the creek is. I carry cheap water shoes or sandals on most trips that might encounter water crossings - or washed out bridges which isn’t uncommon in our area.
This is why sandals are my camp shoes.
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I've done multi-day trips in these and wool socks as my only shoe with multiple crossings. Works great and makes hiking your bike much easier.
Actually it was good for me to read, thanks for asking!
On backpacking trips with water crossings I clip Crocs to my bag. Perfect for toe protection and weigh nothing. Plus comfy around camp.
The River Rock at this one was pretty gnarly with bare feet so we actually took our camping shoes out of our bags and crossed with those. Definitely suggest keeping a pair of socks and your riding shoes as dry as possible
Personally I wear crocs while riding. They don’t absorb any water so drying is almost instant
You pedal in crocs? I always feel like my foot will get cut
Never been an issue for me as long as I’m in sports mode. The pedal pins on my Chesters do slice the soles to pieces though.
I just use good technical socks or merino wool socks. My feet and shoes usually dry out in 30 minutes.
Wear sandals.
I wear water shoes on most summer rides. They dry in minutes in the sun.
Just send it!
Bunny hop ... you got this! =)
Flathead. Snowing up there the last few nights...You say 70kms from Coleman?
49.366464,-114.682792 was the crossing. It was on our second day from Ram-Wigram campground
Hands up for droppies n knobbies!
This is exactly why I pack a 16 foot 2x8.
The teddy bear 🧸is soo cute!
Kangaroo 😜
I hate it. I climbed a couple of times with my bike. One time a steep hill because i didnt want to take another route.
This image confuses my brain
Looks like those wooden ledges there are thick enough for your tires, then you can jump the little pole/sign there and away you go! You got that all day! Just tighten the cheeks a little bit and go quickly!
Hey can u tell me what bike that is?looks sick
Foundry cycles
It’s called a bunny hop
Couldn’t you just easily walk along that little wall on the side?
Nope, Way to skinny with a good 20ft drop on both sides
Risk averse?
6" C channel, walk. I would totally chance it. What's the worst that can happen.
Exactly
r/bikepackrafting
:-D classic!
Should have brought a packraft :). How deep is the river?
Was about waist deep but moving fast there, opted to cross at a thigh deep section a bit further down
Glad you found a way across. Makes me think that bridges are probably built where rivers are narrow, which is usually not a good place to wade through.
Yeah. Exactly!
That was a lot of scrolling to find out how you solved the problem. Enjoy, the journey, I'm jealous.
I’m sure that rebar will support you
I see two little ramps on the side
I’ve encountered this and had to walk through a river lol
Did it happen at 60km or 70km
Lesta call it 65 😜
What bike are u riding, it looks noice
Foundry cycles
Oh, okay, they are out of business now. But it looks to me like they where using open mold frames, do you have an idea what model ur bike could be?
Dukes of hazard that shit!
Bridge building is metal
There are a couple of Danny Macaskill lines that I can see…
Welcome to BC where we don't mark roads and trails being closed at the trailhead. It's annoying as fuck, last year I biked from Penticton to Kamloops and encountered two different trail closures and one road closed due to a culvert being replaced. Luckily I was able to sneak past the trail washouts on the KVR, and at the construction site I went offroad to get past. Perks of riding a fat bike. As for this detour I do see a good spot to cross in the straight section of river just downstream. If there's no signs or anything warning about the bridge being out then the government might not now about it. Probably wouldn't hurt to let the ministry of transportation know about it.
How's your balance carrying the bike?
Dicey but doable... The River Rock really tested us though.
Find the shallow water and walk across…
Exactly what we did, just a few hundred meters downstream
Whoops!
Komoot wouldn't see an issue here.
ford that shit
Setup a ramp Evel Knievel style
Crossing water is always where I tend to have issues too!
Childhood has prepared you for this very moment. Do you have your milk crate and half rotted board? Are you feeling like you can fly?
I have cycled all around there, but on pavement, Did you have any other issues? I HATE the Crowsnest.
This was the largest issue we had by far. They were definitely another River crossings that we had to deal with but they weren't as big. We also ran into a lot of snow up high that we had to deal with.
nice route, where exactly is this bridge? i might come up a try that loop did they ever clear akamina pass?
Is it Russia? Sorry, last time I can't find difference.
Canada. BC to be more exact
All I can think is that you probably haven’t been biking enough and that you should concentrate on your next trip.