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Road conditions - Loreto - Mulege???

ncampion - 8-15-2012 at 04:33 PM

Anybody know if the road is open between Loreto and Mulege and beyond (North)?? Hoping to head North tomorrow.

David K - 8-15-2012 at 06:26 PM

Somebody posted today it was closed north of the Punta Chivato turnoff... However that is the new (2009) long, multi bridge they built just north of there???

bigmike58 - 8-15-2012 at 07:26 PM

i'm sure the water is gone by now... south of the bridge..

Pescador - 8-15-2012 at 07:33 PM

We just crossed at 4 o'clock and there is still lots of water coming down. The road to Punta Chivato was not doable in my opinion with four wheel drive, but I suspect we can get in there tomorrow. This was a heavy rainstorm but the dry desert sucks this stuff up pretty quickly.

DaliDali - 8-15-2012 at 07:40 PM

I was going to leave Thursday morning early.....but another day won't hurt.....let the road clearing get a day ahead.

ledge - 8-16-2012 at 07:48 AM

Where was that picture taken? And is the road to punta chivato out or hwy near punta chivato?

bigmike58 - 8-16-2012 at 08:20 AM

the pic was taken on hwy 1 about 2km north of the punta chivato turn off.

Pescador - 8-16-2012 at 08:27 AM

We could not get into Chivato yesterday due to the wash just past the cement repaired wash (first wash) was running too much water to cross. We were going to try it this morning but we have new rain and it is raining like crazy right now. A couple of residents report heavy washouts on the road even before the guard shack. So it will probably be a few days before it is open.

DaliDali - 8-16-2012 at 10:50 AM

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Originally posted by Pescador
We could not get into Chivato yesterday due to the wash just past the cement repaired wash (first wash) was running too much water to cross. We were going to try it this morning but we have new rain and it is raining like crazy right now. A couple of residents report heavy washouts on the road even before the guard shack. So it will probably be a few days before it is open.


Please clarify about this guard shack.
Your talking about on the road INTO PChiv and not on the highway right?

What can you tell us about the condiitons on Mex 1 in and around PChiv today Aug 16th.

Passable or shut down?.
It's raining cats and dogs in Loreto at this moment 11:50AM

Pescador - 8-16-2012 at 12:48 PM

Okay, the main highway was closed just before the bridges start North of Palo Verde. That is where Mike took the pictures. Just north of George's repair facility.
The road into Punta Chivato is not passable at this point. The guard house is the first actual building that you come to when going in to Punta Chivato just before entering Harvey Land.
I had friends who just got into San Bruno from the North and while they reported most vados were full of water, the road was open from Vizcaino to Santa Rosalia.
We have had rain almost all day and suspect that we have gotten at least another 1 1/2 inches following the three from yesterday.

DaliDali - 8-16-2012 at 01:30 PM

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Originally posted by Pescador
Okay, the main highway was closed just before the bridges start North of Palo Verde. That is where Mike took the pictures. Just north of George's repair facility.
The road into Punta Chivato is not passable at this point. The guard house is the first actual building that you come to when going in to Punta Chivato just before entering Harvey Land.
I had friends who just got into San Bruno from the North and while they reported most vados were full of water, the road was open from Vizcaino to Santa Rosalia.
We have had rain almost all day and suspect that we have gotten at least another 1 1/2 inches following the three from yesterday.


Ok thank you very much.
Still raining, but gentle right now at 2:30PM in Loreto

[Edited on 8-16-2012 by DaliDali]

bigmike58 - 8-16-2012 at 04:10 PM

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Originally posted by bigmike58
i'm sure the water is gone by now... south of the bridge..




and same spot at 3pm today..very passable.. 1/2km north of punta chivato rd. on HWY1..

ncampion - 8-17-2012 at 12:24 PM

Just got a call from a friend who left from Loreto this morning. He is in San Ignacio and he says that Hwy 1 is in pretty good shape all the way including the hill out of Santa Rosalia. One large boulder in the South bound lane out of Mulege.

Pescador - 8-17-2012 at 12:55 PM

Yeah, everything has dried up pretty well. The road to Punta Chivato is doable but one place needed 4 wheel drive to get through. There are about 8 or 9 places where you go off of the road and wind through the desert to get through. As soon as it gets a grader, it will be in good shape. It is hard to believe the wash out areas but there was some serious water there. I talked to a bus driver and he said things are getting back to normal. Watch for debris in the vados as cleanup will still take a little while.