Posted by vsteph on April 3, 2007, 1:28 pm
"Going to the Sun" is a very busy road. If you want to have any fun
on it, you will be out passing the whole time, if you can. A much
better road, in my opinion, is on the west side of Lake Koocanusa.
>From Eureka, we travelled south to the Libby Dam and back to Eureka.
It was ~190 kilometers (total for the two ways) of excellent pavement,
zero traffic (zero - we were the only ones on the road) and probably
600 or so third gear curves. I loved it! There is also a road on the
east side of Koocanusa but there were some logging trucks using it.
Posted by hayseed on April 25, 2007, 7:49 pm
vsteph@nortel.com wrote:
> "Going to the Sun" is a very busy road. If you want to have any fun
> on it, you will be out passing the whole time, if you can. A much
> better road, in my opinion, is on the west side of Lake Koocanusa.
>>From Eureka, we travelled south to the Libby Dam and back to Eureka.
> It was ~190 kilometers (total for the two ways) of excellent pavement,
> zero traffic (zero - we were the only ones on the road) and probably
> 600 or so third gear curves. I loved it! There is also a road on the
> east side of Koocanusa but there were some logging trucks using it.
>
>
If you need to get up to the Koocanusa bridge at Rexford, try the Fisher
River Road from U.S. highway 2. The road kinda follows the Burlington
railroad tracks on the east side of the lake and the river from the
highway all the way up to Trego/Eureka/Rexford area. Gorgeous, quiet,
road with just enough curves, moose, and maybe a bear or two to make it
interesting. This will not be a high speed run. Cross the bridge and
head back south again as noted in the previous post.
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