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Laguna San Ignacio to Abreojos, back road?
Can anyone give me any details about catching the back, unpaved road from Laguna San Ignacio to Abreojos? I've heard that it's quicker, more interest
to bypass San Ignacio and the 1, but also see from Google Earth that the roads may be tough to spot.
Also, if anyone has driven it recently, can you confirm it's 2-wheel drive suitable? We'd have a 4x4 and a 2x4.
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Assuming you're talking about the cross over from El Alamo to Rancho San Juan and San Angel. It's been a while since I've been on it. But since you
have a 4x4 with you try it and let us know. Most of the time little used roads like that don't require a 4x4 unless there is sand. It's possible it
could be washed out at one of the arroyos if so then turn around and come back, it's still an adventure worth the time. Stop at El Alamo and ask
before crossing over.
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I was hoping for some good responses on this.
We are thinking of prowling around that area in March and some of our vehicles might not be too road worthy.
Hope the thread gets read and more responses are forthcoming.
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Just take three new shovels and some picks and you'll be fine you will be
able to make it through. I was in San ignacios last week it was beautiful but
I took hwy 1.
READY SET.....................
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Two pieces of expanded metal...
| Quote: | Originally posted by Von
Just take three new shovels and some picks and you'll be fine you will be
able to make it through. I was in San ignacios last week it was beautiful but
I took hwy 1. |
and only one shovel would be a lot better dealing with sandy roads.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by joel
Can anyone give me any details about catching the back, unpaved road from Laguna San Ignacio to Abreojos? I've heard that it's quicker,
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You heard wrong. Quicker to take the highway and established roads to lagoon.
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I just love those back roads.
Thats the real dog in it in baja!
READY SET.....................
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by joel
Can anyone give me any details about catching the back, unpaved road from Laguna San Ignacio to Abreojos? I've heard that it's quicker,
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You heard wrong. Quicker to take the highway and established roads to lagoon. |
Have you taken the back road yourself? When I look at it on Google earth, it looks like an hour shorter. The road from the laguna to Iganacio is
washboard-terrible and a slow goer, last I heard. The road around the back of the laguna looks to be salt flats and suitable for land-speed records,
but I haven't driven it, so am looking for first hand knowledge from someone who has.
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Please try it and report back! The road to the lagoon is being paved and is part done, last I heard... San Ignacio to Abreojos is all paved, too.
The road around the top end of the lagoon isn't even shown going through in the AAA map... and in fact, Rancho El Alamo (where the road starts) is
closer to San Ignacio than the lagoon... So, you will have to drive most of the washboard road anyway to get to El Alamo... what ever isn't already
paved...
How or why are you getting to the lagoon? Or, are you coming north from Scorpion Bay (San Juanico)?
Even if there is no new pavement south from San Ignacio, the faster route would still seem to go back through San Ignacio, just looking at the map?
Salt flats? Perhaps, you are not refering to the dirt road between El Alamo and San Angel/ Los Cerritos?? Sure, if you can cross country over the salt
flats north of the lagoon and avoid any dirt road, then great.
BUT, the salt is there because during highest tides, sea water brings it it... so,that may be a reason no road over it is shown??
Anxious to hear back from you on what you discover!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by joel
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by joel
Can anyone give me any details about catching the back, unpaved road from Laguna San Ignacio to Abreojos? I've heard that it's quicker,
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You heard wrong. Quicker to take the highway and established roads to lagoon. |
Have you taken the back road yourself? When I look at it on Google earth, it looks like an hour shorter. The road from the laguna to Iganacio is
washboard-terrible and a slow goer, last I heard. The road around the back of the laguna looks to be salt flats and suitable for land-speed records,
but I haven't driven it, so am looking for first hand knowledge from someone who has. |
driven much around that area, but never for purpose of taking a short cut, as it ain't too short or easy. the "salt flats" you speak of are OK as
long as you don't have to cross a wet spot -- they are not like bonneville, but please report back with your new land speed records, as I would like
to hear your tale  (btw, most of the area is salty, but better described as dry lake bed or dry tide flats, and you'll encounter more clay and silt than
salt). The "roads" off the "flats" that you see on air photos are composed of the same rocky/cobbly soils you see along the normal route to the
lagoon -- be my guest if you want to drive those little-used routes at high speed, and tell me how your vehicle does with those rocky roads at high
speed
the dirt road to the lagoon is now partly paved (first 10 km or so), and the unpaved part is washboarded, but occasionally graded, and wash boards are
quite doable/comfortable at high speed ("floating speed"), taking about an hour to travel from lagoon to village.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
How or why are you getting to the lagoon? Or, are you coming north from Scorpion Bay (San Juanico)?
Anxious to hear back from you on what you discover! |
We're headed north from San Juanico.
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Well, if the vehicles you are using are doing all of that, then 16 more miles from El Alamo to San Ignacio (6 are paved per mtgoat666) should be
faster than cross country exploring or the little used road no longer on the AAA map... However, I am into baja exploring... so part of me hopes you
cross country on the salt flat or use the old road!
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In true Baja spirit, my back roads adventure now hinges on whether or not I can have made/find a replacement for the linkage that just fell off my
truck. If I can't find one, I'll drive the other way around and get one on Constitucion.
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I would not recommend driving on any salt flats if you don't have to unless you don't care what it may do to your vehicle. Getting salt, especially
any salt water, into areas of a vehicle will almost instantly start rusting and corroding the parts.
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