Pipeline Access 4wd Trail

Moved to Kenai 2 years back. I have seen a trail that heads out from Captain Cook State recreation area and am tempted to give it a shot this weekend.

Anyone venture that trail that can give me any pointers?

https://www.google.com/maps/@60.8047733,-150.9656939,12z

 

Sooo... It was a nice day yesterday. And I decided to go take a look at the trail. It looks (from the air) like a highway. Not hard at all. I might go out there and wheel around for the day this weekend.

The beach, however, did look a little menacing with the "pebbles"

 

I have often wondered about that route. Love the rec area

 

I've been there on a snow machine but I'm not sure if you can take a vehicle down there I could be wrong. How much snow do you guys have

 

That is just a continuation of the K spur highway. It goes back a ways to houses and such. Pretty easy going right now. We have a potential project to pave part of that so I was out there last week checking it out. A few miles in there is a shoot off to the left that accesses the beach.

I hear it gets pretty goopy in the summer. Had a buddy get his landcruiser stuck back there

 

Man I was just in Kenai... we shoulda met up for a beer.

 

yeah. I am more interested in trying to make it all the way up to the point. When I flew it it looked doable, but from the air is different than with "boots on the ground"

I have always believed that the two track by the highway between sterling and soldotna is a good short run to test a new rig out. And adding a little mudding in the pipeline trail would make it a good proving ground for any vehicle and it's all within a short drive.

 

id imagine its doable right now since its frozen

 

Was the road extension/paving completed yet?

 

nope!

It is gonna be a ways out since it is borough land that the state has been asked to work on. Lots of fun things to work out there.

 

Can a Tacoma make it all the way to Point Possession ?

 

Probably. I was out there in a ford in less than a foot of snow and got back probably 10 miles or so. I hear it gets super gloopy in the summer though.