Just a quick heads up in case anyone else decides to play hookey from work today, ACH was closed as of about an hour ago with a lot of trucks que'd up and a less than friendly CHP officer waving everyone off. I have no idea if it is an all day thing.
ACH was closed as of 1 hour ago
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olice:Didn't get karati's post until now.
Just returned from ACH. Although the sign board at the foot hill says closed at 39 miles (just north of Azusa/San Gabriel Canyon Road), you can actually ride another 11 miles beyond the gate, which was left open tonight. You can actually see the lights at the ski resorts (off Hwy 138), which were probably another 2-3 miles away. However, you will need to deal with ice, snow, dirt, gravel, and crosswind. And on the return trip, after the intersection of that road to Palmdale, I had to negotiate through some serious fog.
Not exactly a pleasant experience but was kinda interesting nonetheless.
Just returned from ACH. Although the sign board at the foot hill says closed at 39 miles (just north of Azusa/San Gabriel Canyon Road), you can actually ride another 11 miles beyond the gate, which was left open tonight. You can actually see the lights at the ski resorts (off Hwy 138), which were probably another 2-3 miles away. However, you will need to deal with ice, snow, dirt, gravel, and crosswind. And on the return trip, after the intersection of that road to Palmdale, I had to negotiate through some serious fog.
Not exactly a pleasant experience but was kinda interesting nonetheless.
It's actually not that bad doing it at night. Traffic is relatively light, and you can actually see the headlight reflection of incoming traffic from opposing direction around blind corners. The only thing is that you need to look well beyond the turn even though there's nothing to see. Just gotta get into the habit of doing that; otherwise, you will run right into the cliff wall or fall into the canyons.
I must apologize for having not properly introduced myself.
I am a Ducati-wanna be, meaning I don't have a Ducati yet, even though I have ridden several Ducati already, 749S, 999S, Supersport 800 etc. all borrowed from my friends or Tom Hicks of Southern California Ducati in Brea. I initially joined this board because back in March, I had thought about getting a used monster 620 for commuting purpose.
I currently ride Jap bikes, a V-twin and also a liter bike. I started riding in April of last year and so far, have accumulated about 30,000 miles under the belt.
I would love to do track day some time, although most of my time are spent in various canyons in SoCal (just did a Palomar mountain run this morning).
So there you have it, a lunatic who loves to run canyons at night.
I must apologize for having not properly introduced myself.
I am a Ducati-wanna be, meaning I don't have a Ducati yet, even though I have ridden several Ducati already, 749S, 999S, Supersport 800 etc. all borrowed from my friends or Tom Hicks of Southern California Ducati in Brea. I initially joined this board because back in March, I had thought about getting a used monster 620 for commuting purpose.
I currently ride Jap bikes, a V-twin and also a liter bike. I started riding in April of last year and so far, have accumulated about 30,000 miles under the belt.
I would love to do track day some time, although most of my time are spent in various canyons in SoCal (just did a Palomar mountain run this morning).
So there you have it, a lunatic who loves to run canyons at night.
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