Lots of people have commented in other posts about sharp shale for a stretch north of Eagle Plains. I don't recall you mentioning this in your previous video or this one. Did you encounter this?
25:20 is the rock I think people were talking about. It didn't seem sharp to us, but maybe in certain conditions it can be? We were also told by several people to watch out for the sharp shale.
@@explorationsevo Thanks. I saw that portion you reference just after I posted my question. From what I understand though the "sharp shale" that people have mentioned was loose crushed rock that served as the gravel rather than the larger rocks embedded in the road surface. Supposedly it was worse after a grader had stirred it up and left some of the shale shards on edge. I guess that wasn't an issue for you. (Great videos BTW. A couple of years ago I road my Harley Softail from Red Deer, AB to Dawson City, Top of the World, and the Dalton as far as the Arctic Circle. In a year or two I hope to go back and do the Dempster and complete the Dalton.)
@dalewheeler3201 that makes sense. There was only a small section of road being graded when we went through. The top of the world highway is definitely on our to-do list!
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Lots of people have commented in other posts about sharp shale for a stretch north of Eagle Plains. I don't recall you mentioning this in your previous video or this one. Did you encounter this?
25:20 is the rock I think people were talking about. It didn't seem sharp to us, but maybe in certain conditions it can be? We were also told by several people to watch out for the sharp shale.
@@explorationsevo Thanks. I saw that portion you reference just after I posted my question. From what I understand though the "sharp shale" that people have mentioned was loose crushed rock that served as the gravel rather than the larger rocks embedded in the road surface. Supposedly it was worse after a grader had stirred it up and left some of the shale shards on edge. I guess that wasn't an issue for you.
(Great videos BTW. A couple of years ago I road my Harley Softail from Red Deer, AB to Dawson City, Top of the World, and the Dalton as far as the Arctic Circle. In a year or two I hope to go back and do the Dempster and complete the Dalton.)
@dalewheeler3201 that makes sense. There was only a small section of road being graded when we went through. The top of the world highway is definitely on our to-do list!