On September 6, a working crew had already completed grading the road on most of its length. For me, that day, it was the smoothest it has ever been in years, with fresh, small-size gravel at places. Washboard pattern was starting to form on the steep sections at low altitude, where the gravel was c...

Since you asked me for a timing information about riding down by bicycle, here is a figure that is far more accurate than I actually told you. Today, with a cyclo-cross bike without suspensions, it took me about one hour to ride down from the lookout to Highway 153, divided as: ~ 23 mn riding time f...