Muskoka Area - 518/632/Southwood rd.

[Rozmo123]

Hwy 518 - all of the western half heavy construction, patches of cut out asphalt.

hwy632 leading to rosseau - about 5 km of gravel from port sandfield north.

Southwood Rd. few turns with quite alot of debris, some raised asphalt hard to see.

 

[matthew]

thanks for the info
518 and 632 were on my list for next weekend

 

[cycling]

Thanks. Was also in my plans for next week. Poop.

 

[theprocess]

Damn. Thanks for the heads up. At least we'll have fresh pavement to look forward to (later) this summer.

 

[DemonPig]

518 - extremely annoying, definitely skip that. Probably at least 20 patches, some as long as 1/2 km, some only 50m. Very random, all fresh gravel.

 

[N3WMAN]

632 was half under construction when I went through last week. Still worth riding it though, the top half was clean.

 

[nokturnal]

518 west... Meaning west of orrville?

 

[slowbird]

As of June 22nd:


HWY 400 Northbound from Exit 141 past 177 is grooved.

632 near Rosseau is still under construction and is gravel and mud for a bit.

Southwood has lots of gravel and is still crappy. I had to dodge Turtles and wild turkeys too.

 

[ViperZ]

Southwood is the same, independent of time of year - tons of gravel in some corners, even after they replaced pavement a year ago - cars just threw gravel onto the pavement from the sides. Nice road, but not fun to ride on, as you constantly have to watch for gravel in the turns.

 

[slowbird]

Southwood is the same, independent of time of year - tons of gravel in some corners, even after they replaced pavement a year ago - cars just threw gravel onto the pavement from the sides. Nice road, but not fun to ride on, as you constantly have to watch for gravel in the turns.

....as well as Turtles and Turkeys

 

[theprocess]

Any update on road conditions?

 

[slowbird]

Any update on road conditions?

Last weekend wasn't good.

This weekend is probably the same.

It's usually a pretty dirty road. I have heard atleast 3 riders on this forum have crashed there this season due to debris.

 

[theprocess]

It's usually a pretty dirty road. I have heard atleast 3 riders on this forum have crashed there this season due to debris.

Are you referring to Southwood? Im wondering if 518 and Peninsula are still under construction.

 

[matthew]

I'm going to be in the area tomorrow so hopefully someone can post an update

 

[slowbird]

Are you referring to Southwood? Im wondering if 518 and Peninsula are still under construction.

Yes.
My apologies.
I meant Southwood.

 

[Chaos]

was there today

nothing has changed with 632 and 518 (I almost fell on 518 because of the loose gravel). I did not go on Southwood.

 

[theprocess]

Thanks for the update chaos. Too bad about 518, hopefully worth the wait for the fresh pavement. Southwood was decent last summer (only a few sand patches to watch for).

632 and 518 construction is not shown on the MTO map:
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/trip/map.shtml?ll=50.148746,-85.605468&z=5

 

[matthew]

632 isn't bad at all. Very hard packed.

 

[matthew]

Thanks for the update chaos. Too bad about 518, hopefully worth the wait for the fresh pavement. Southwood was decent last summer (only a few sand patches to watch for).

632 and 518 construction is not shown on the MTO map:
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/trip/map.shtml?ll=50.148746,-85.605468&z=5

The roads shouldn't be on the MTO because they are local municipality jurisdiction

 

[Chaos]

632 isn't bad at all. Very hard packed.

632 isn't bad to ride on, but the car in front of me was shooting this oily/dusty mess onto my visor. I'm pretty sure it was coming from the ground. As soon as I got back on pavement, I pulled over to clean it.