Taken at "The lookout point" on Ortega Hwy, overlooking Corona/Riverside County, CA. Was pretty wet and foggy this morning, but a sweet drive.

 

Oh the look out point towards the Lake! Beautiful place, beautiful but sometimes dangerous drives. Lots of bikers. I missed going there. Gotta set up a date with my friends' C4S and M3 for a cruise sometime this month

 

I drive that road every day for work and trust me, it's not as dangerous as people would lead you to believe. In fact based on the number of cars that drive it every day (around 25,000) there aren't that many accidents.

 

ya know i never been to california..but every pic ive seen i loved.. maybe one day ill end up there..

 

Excellent Pictures!!! perfect tone

 

Cool Pix!

 

Used to drive that alot when I lived down there. It's got to be more crowded now then 15 years ago.

 

I ride my bike down there once a month.
It's a nice little highway....too many cops though.
I gotta bring my Z here next month

 

That's just down the street from my folks house. Never got to drive the Z there, don't live in CA any more. Must be a great drive. Nice Pics

 

I heard that they gonna convert it into a freeway from temecula to orange county. That highway just gest more and more crowded since people can't afford house in Orange County. Every time there's a car accident...you can kiss ur whole day goodbye

 

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Awesome Pic.

 

It's not a dangerous drive. But you'll often see people driving and entering corners blindly not knowing if there's fallen rocks just around the corner and stuff. Also I'm pretty sure majority of those 25,000 drivers do it in traffic. The danger I'm referring to is people driving recklessly and sometimes drifting through the canyons. If you drive like that on the freeway, it might be fine, but not on a tiny 2 lane street.

Anways... I love drives up that road. It's truly relaxing yet exciting at the same time.

 

It kinda reminds me of the "Tail Of The Dragon" in NC...

 

i likey.

 

Thanks all for the comments, glad you liked the pix. I'm surprised there isn't more votes for the 3rd and 4th option on the poll, considering it was new year's day lol.

Yeah, Ortega Hwy is an awesome place to drive -- can be as nice and safe or as fun and dangerous as driving on any 2-lane mountain road that sometimes has no guard rail. If you drive normally, like most who go through there, it's relatively safe. But if you crave the adrenallin rush of a spirited canyon drive, the twisty road won't disappoint. But it's not the place to test the limits of you or your car though, as one unpredicted slide could send you straight into a rock wall or off the clift at some areas.

Like Vicynax mentioned, there are falling rocks that you have to watchout for. And especially on Sat and Sundays, there are patrol cars parked at the town on top of the mountain and on the long straight at the bottom of the mountain, admiring the nice sports cars that often pass through there and eagerly waiting for a chance to get their autograph. So if you have a nice ride, lookout for those fans . It's a nice twisty road though -- I call it the mini Nurburgring

 

We almost lost one of our members up there on the twisties. If I recall he lost traction and spun out into a guardrail. The guardrail got about a foot of his car otherwise he would have driven off the cliff......be carefull please

 

From that point of view I will concede that it can be more dangerous, but when you just drive the road like any other road it's not any more dangerous than a normal street or freeway. I've seen people do some stupid things on that road though and can see your point...

And as for the comment about too many cops, yeah on weekends there are a lot, but on the weekdays I'll see maybe 2 cops per week on there. There used to be more but don't see them much anymore for about the last 1.5 years.

 

Kewl Pics!

 

very nice! you might have wanted to expose the car a little bit more though, looks kinda dark, but cool pics regardless!

 

Man why can't my pix ever come out that good!! Nice work!