Apache Trail Arizona State Route 88 condition January 2 2022 DJI FPV

That was always one of my favorite drives . Never imagined the damage was that bad. Thanks so much for sharing this!

Wowza. Haven't driven this since around 2000 & never dreamed it was this bad. Impressed with both your dronesmanship and the range on that drone in those mountains. Seems we've lost one of the most stunning drives in America. It was terrifyingly beautiful.

That's Fish Creek (and Fish Creek Hill and Bridge). Did you notice the water coming down the falls? We used to drive and ride our thumpers on that road back in the 80's and 90's and even in the early 2000's. I wish I could go back in time and do it all again. There was room for a few vehicles to pull off the road and park just downhill of Fish Creek Bridge, so you could hike around in Fish Creek. That's the most scenic (cool and shady) area on the entire route, and a real oasis in the middle of summer. We have seen some big-ass boats and RVs making it up and down Fish Creek Hill (which was quite impressive, given the narrow single road and the protruding cliff faces). I'm glad you captured this footage (I had no idea that the road had been closed and blocked by those huge boulders). Today's indoor-sequestered, cell-phone-entranced, sexually-confused, woke, youthful halfwits have no idea what life is really about.

I drove a semi and a 28 foot pup up that hill. Arizona is chickenshit for not shoving those rocks over the side so I can ride my dirt bike there again. Great video on this silly problem. Open the 88.

Thank you for this great video. I didn't realize how bad it was. I used to ride my motorcycle on the Apache Trail from Roosevelt Lake to Tortilla Flats and then on to Apache Junction. I hope they can repair and make it safe once again. It is a beautiful part of our state. Be well!

Lived in Arizona since 1972 drove that route hundreds of times to Apache Lake cannot understand why the state is giving up on fish creek hill. So sad

I really thank you for showing all of us exactly what it looks like. The boulders and the surrounding debris are the easiest things to deal with. The boulders can be drilled and split into rubble in place. No explosives are even required. Once split down into rubble, the material can be used to fill in washed out areas. The hard part is building up the outside edge of the road that has fallen down the cliff. A group of grunts with time on their hands and some common equipment could break up the boulders and move that debris pile. They could also fill in a lot of the erosion damage on the side of the road against the upward cliff. But the down facing side of the road needs new retaining wall. Some of that might possibly be done by average laborers where there is existing bedrock located below to support it. The place where real engineering, and massive equipment is needed, are in those places where no bedrock is seen below.

Amazing footage, thank you! I ride to tortilla flat all the time, and many people that go there are pissed that the road is closed because there is no info posted. Obviously this road would be super dangerous to even work on, never mind fix fully and drive on. I would love to ride to the dam that way, but this footage makes me not have to think about it.

I did Scottsdale to Scottsdale via the TR dam, this & TF in 2014. Great but sad footage. Looks impossible to rebuild but ... they built it once! Thanks for the great show.

Top footage 👌

Very helpful, thank you!

Dang... What I'd give to ride that road again.... thanks for sharing. Wanted to take that trail for my birthday this year but doesn't look like that will ever happen. We used to go a couple times every summer and enjoy the journey. This is really sad.. :(

Damn, as an Arizona resident who has travelled that road it's sad to see the condition of it. 😢

Thanks for sharing this video. Went there today not knowing it was closed wanted to know what the road looked like.

What is that noise!!!??

Been down there a dozen times in the last 25 years. Can't believe how it looks now.

Incredible! I am an avid off-roader and drone pilot. Even with FPV, how did you get connectivity so far in? Was it all line of sight?

Went up to Tortilla Flats and I if I remember right Apache Lake 08", Nasty road and Drive but Beautiful Country.

What i don't understand is they say no entry to walk the road here but on the other end its permitted.

I have taken this trip a handful of times over the years, it's a scary one, not for the faint of heart.