Thanks for that trip, I particularly like the view angle from the top of the tank this is a road I have never driven hands I will never know the joy of the previous version of this road before all these changes that I am now learning about, I almost got up there in the 90s but alas I missed that chance
Very good. But there’s part of the road not filmed after 3.16 Doesn’t show the tight right hand bend at the top of the hill. It then jumps to the bottom of the canyon. Looking forward to the new road !!
Indeed, I did some chopping for brevity. I did not want the video to be as long as long haul trucking, ha, ha! When the Kicking Horse Canyon is open again after the present extended closures I may try making another video with the camera higher up above the back trailer and I will include the missing corner.
Ha, ha! It does look like a sketchy area for washing away in a heavy rainfall. I wonder if the highway engineers thought of that. Perhaps because it is so close to the top of the mountain there may not be enough elevation for flooding watercourses to gain momentum to wipe out all the expensive new highway infrastructure. Or perhaps repairing water damage in the Kicking Horse Canyon will be a never-ending make-work project until humans are rendered extinct by all the floods, fires and plagues.
The Kicking Horse Canyon is a five minute drive from the town of Golden so road maintenance crews are usually right on it when it snows (although some would beg to differ ha, ha). Speeding pickup trucks from Alberta are supposed to be exempt from the laws of physics but they are usually the ones causing wipe-outs in the winter when speeding 18-wheelers haven't already blocked the road by wiping out on the corners.
It's not bad, but i've been caught in the area for 8 hours from big rigs getting into accidents in the same place and shut the highway down. Dead of night and nowhere to go but sit in minis 30 celcius and watch the loaders move highway Jersey barriers and big rig tow trucks moving fucked up trucks
@@randallfrank5682 I tried to drive mostly at night, avoiding all the heavy traffic and people trying to get through the tight corners too fast. The hairpin corners are the worst, in the winter people try doing the corners at 40km/h and just send it into the rocky ditch or barriers.
Beautiful video! Thanks for the job well done! This and similar videos are very useful to those who enjoy driving for pleasure.
Huge props to you. I would never drive the old highway with a trailer, much less two
Super Clarity! Thank you!
Thanks for that trip, I particularly like the view angle from the top of the tank this is a road I have never driven hands I will never know the joy of the previous version of this road before all these changes that I am now learning about, I almost got up there in the 90s but alas I missed that chance
Very good. But there’s part of the road not filmed after 3.16 Doesn’t show the tight right hand bend at the top of the hill. It then jumps to the bottom of the canyon. Looking forward to the new road !!
Indeed, I did some chopping for brevity. I did not want the video to be as long as long haul trucking, ha, ha! When the Kicking Horse Canyon is open again after the present extended closures I may try making another video with the camera higher up above the back trailer and I will include the missing corner.
Nice! Can't wait to see what this looks like when it's finally done.
The thinking onetime was to dig a tunnel through there to Golden but the rock inside the mountain was too unstable
The next atmospheric river of moisture will cause mudslides and wipe the whole project out.
Ha, ha! It does look like a sketchy area for washing away in a heavy rainfall. I wonder if the highway engineers thought of that. Perhaps because it is so close to the top of the mountain there may not be enough elevation for flooding watercourses to gain momentum to wipe out all the expensive new highway infrastructure. Or perhaps repairing water damage in the Kicking Horse Canyon will be a never-ending make-work project until humans are rendered extinct by all the floods, fires and plagues.
I have to wonder what it would be like driven through there in the winter?
The Kicking Horse Canyon is a five minute drive from the town of Golden so road maintenance crews are usually right on it when it snows (although some would beg to differ ha, ha). Speeding pickup trucks from Alberta are supposed to be exempt from the laws of physics but they are usually the ones causing wipe-outs in the winter when speeding 18-wheelers haven't already blocked the road by wiping out on the corners.
@@runawayscreaming69 hahaha, there's as many bc lifted rigs in there as well
It's not bad, but i've been caught in the area for 8 hours from big rigs getting into accidents in the same place and shut the highway down. Dead of night and nowhere to go but sit in minis 30 celcius and watch the loaders move highway Jersey barriers and big rig tow trucks moving fucked up trucks
Stories to tell your grandchildren. Back in the “day”…
@@randallfrank5682 I tried to drive mostly at night, avoiding all the heavy traffic and people trying to get through the tight corners too fast. The hairpin corners are the worst, in the winter people try doing the corners at 40km/h and just send it into the rocky ditch or barriers.
I don't know myself ... but if it was me making the decisions, I would have back-filled the valley ...