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Thank you for this video!

It just reopened...

The repair is complete now and the trail is open fully once again.

My dad drove that in a Lincoln Town Car towing a C22 sailboat.

Spent my childhood with Dad's tri-hull towing behind a Pontiac Le Mans drivin' this most of the time to Apache Lake. Been 40 years now,. and amazed how really familiar it still lokks to me. Thanks for the post.

I remember driving the trail and enjoying the colorful rock formations along the way and pulling off the road to just lay on the hood of my car looking up at the sky. A colleague recently advised me to stop overworking and take a vacation. I wish I could vacation here again. 👍😎

Couple weeks ago I was at the closure .. got there in the afternoon and as night came on everybody left .. but me! There were no signs saying no camping so I camped there for the night .. nice having a pit toilet close. 🤠

Believe it or not: That´s the end of the road!

I spent several years in Tempe as a ASU ALCP student and then I got my masters degree at the Western International University and then I worked at SPRINT ROC for two years and I cycled many times from 13th street and Normal (Tempe) to Lake Canyon......I loved Superstition Mountain.....and Tortilla Flat... those were best years of my life.....(Fei Wen, if you read this.....big hug)

Exciting news from the Arizona Department of Transportation! azdot.gov/good-news-those-drawn-apache-trail?fbclid=IwAR0Wps2HUHzF6ZdwxAXo1xWEjeXFowGuxYGQds0I4D6JoAjkNLlozaqufGw_aem_AfH01KRi81WnOsxDWdgtS_dE7MFa8oYJ4kkA6yISj9kv17Bjeerk3MSwkoPxSkr-G4Y

Here’s an exciting update from the Arizona DOT! azdot.gov/good-news-those-drawn-apache-trail?fbclid=IwAR32z2_539khRugleywpE1Tan7RZBQLRd2xQqoVt20rDPGAbRl8_73nE40E_aem_AfH4-Oykpt0IJYv87sYbbm2L3oqhT2SaC_x6sIID7eO89xEuRb6d8kxgI-SE156r1vs

Goodness this brings back memories ! We have been RVing in America for quite a few years (we are a couple of Brits) rather foolishly we were told this was passable with an RV and we did drive from Tortillas Flats to the Dam - wouldn’t recommend it in a 27 foot rental RV but it truly is amazing and slightly terrifying in equal measures ! We also now know what a grey road is on Rand McNally and sidewalk means pavement in England - hence pavement runs out didn’t bother us to start with ! One of our favourite memories from our RV travels - and we’ve done the whole of the Rockies too !!

Has it reopened?

Do you need a 4x4 at any time or is a 2WD with high clearance and good tires all you need? Awesome video!!

Watched this video several times.. you did a beautiful job on it, my question is after all this time, do you know if the Apache trail is open again?

I spent 4yrs in Arizona when in the USAF. Lived at the base of the Superstitions Mountains. I'll always love that Mountains.

I like my 03 tj and 95 yj

Fucking A now that’s a video!

Spent alot of years deer hunting around Apache lake and camping at Burnt corrals miss going there via fish Creek hill

Do you all still have this?

Love it over there. Best area

I used to go back in the now closed area in the 90’s with my family, there was a long pit mine there south of horse mesa dam that my grandpa and his friends used to search in, I would love to get back there with my kids now, but seems like they don’t want to open it back up…kind of fishy to me

My Dad, the insistent explorer, drove my mom & I to Apache Trail in 1960 or 1961, when I was 10 years old, along the dusty dirt road in our 1956 Pontiac! The main purpose was to visit the site of the James Stewart movie “The Mountain Road” filmed along the Apache Trail. Fond memories!

Best video of Lake Pepin ever viewed!! Captures the beauty and mystery of the area! Thanks John.

I've driven on the trail over a hundred times day and night since 1971. I used to camp out at apache lake and Roosevelt lake for many years, been through snow storms, seen many flash floods but it's ever lasting beauty never changes.

Well that sure takes me back. My ex and I rented a 1996 (perhaps a 95) Jeep Wrangler to drive around the big island of Hawaii during our honeymoon. Tremendous fun, but I found to my chagrin that when we seriously got off road the really big 4x4 pickup trucks and Chevy Suburban type vehicles had it far easier than we did. Size matters.

If you use a damn net, the fish will be much better off!

This doesn't look like a good idea in a passenger car

Hey hope all is well with you and your family.. Are you planning on making new videos any time soon... Sure miss your travels.. hope all is well in your part of the world...

Nice vid. I live in Alaska, but spent a rare winter down outside of Payson and discovered the Apache Trail. Camped out a few times along the Trail and really fell in love with that old country. Good Karma, and kindred spirits inhabit that place. It is very special.

Thanks for the recap, bummed I didn't know about it. Did you launch your drone from the overlook?

How can we fix this?!

Gotta Love The Driftless! Amazing Footage

Camping in Fish creek canyon in the rain. Most beautiful site ever. Waterfalls everywhere .!!!! A little risky but calculated

Fix the damn road!!!

Lucky enough to have driven the trail in 2009

I miss your videos!

Those roads are crazy. Let's use some of Bidens new printed money for strong guard rails.

Drove this route more than once circa 2015 in my 2008 smart car..love this road and its really sad to see this...I see also they are paving the lower portion

i used to camp just a couple miles from apache junction , but THAT was closed down maybe 20 yrs. ago.......since then , i 've crawled over the hills to camp just above tortilla flat , one of my usual go to places.not too many people , and spectacularly beautiful......i've done many paintings up there............only issue is the target practice guys can be a bit loose

3:11 The Ingram Barge Company used to be on the east bank of the Cumberland River in Nashville, TN. It moved once the Tennessee Titans Football team bought the land and built their stadium in ~1997.

Great video. Thank you for sharing

How much mast clearance on the bridges.

Visited this back in the mid 1970’s. It was our first trip to AZ. An amazing journey. After family moved here in 86 se did several runs. Always an amazing day trip to Roosevelt Lake. Since the closure been on the western portion to the closure. So sad. What a wonderful 4x4 road this was. A piece of AZ history.

the best time to be at fish Creek hill is when it's raining. more water falls than you can count

There is a lot of conversation about this now and we are working on expanding awareness. Your video is quite incredible! Would you mind if we share in our socials to save the trail?

I drove that trail 3 dozen times or more in the late 80's.

Back 1988 or so I was driving in Mesa and saw an oil change special. So I stopped. I pop the hood of my F-150 4x4 and the tech says "You'll be looking for a new truck soon!" I said why? He says "No A/C!" I laughed. I said I've lived here for 3 years. So What? I used to drive the whole fish creek thing Sunday drive. Fun trying to watch two RV's one going up the other down at that choke point on the cliff.

Fabulous video !! My parents and I travelled the “Fish Creek Road” to the Rosevelt Dam. I couldn’t believe the road we were driving on. I was scared shitless as I don’t like heights. My Dad was very proud showing his snowbird visitors this road through the area. I visited the area in February of the year 1990. Any later it would be getting too hot to see it. It is too bad it has gotten ruined. I hope they are able to fix it. I can tell it will be a gruelling task, but it is well worth it for the many tourists that come. IMO Arizona has some of the most interesting areas to see. You will never ever get bored of it.

We passed through superstition Mountains during the pandemic world full timing. We bought a home near Gold Canyon. RV base camp !