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Rating: 3/10 Tomichi Pass lies just south of Hancock pass and
about one mile north of the small settlement of Sargents on Highway 50.
The summit is only about one mile from the fork with Hancock Pass, which
makes for a nice and short side trip if you're not wanting to go further
south. The road is quite straight forward and only has two items to note:
one being the noticeable shelf road carved on the mountain on the north
side, and the other is the bridge which spans an eroded section of the
road. The shelf road is not much narrower than many other roads, so I
really don't think it deserves any higher than the 3-rating. You won't
be able to pass any other vehicles along this section, save for any quads
or bikes you might encounter, so it pays to be watching closely for any
traffic starting up or down the road. The aforementioned bridge is actually
the toughest part of the trail! Sounds funny, but the bridge is in pretty
poor shape, or at least it was in 2003. If wet, you could slide off and
get pretty tippy in the muddy section at the one end. I never had that
problem, but on a couple of trips on here with others, two of them fell
in it, and I can tell you they didn't think it was too fun! The road is pretty smooth for the duration, and though I have been as far south as the Tomichi Cemetery, I don't have any pictures from the southern approach, signed as Tomichi Creek off of Highway 50. Perhaps I should add some, but I figured I would just put up the most notable part of the trail. The southern approach is just your typical forest road. |
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