Alright, while the above image isn't the entire road. It is, by far, the best portion. The meat of this road is freshly paved, has plenty of wonderful runoff, and above all, has an amazing view of most turn exits. Better yet, while in most turns, you can see the exits of one or more ahead of you!! Downsides are, it's short, and it's only a lane and a half wide. I'm not a fan of roads this narrow usually, because normally roads this narrow are full of blind corners. Skyview, or at least the portion most would be blasting, has little of these. Here's a rundown of the image above.
Everything before turn 1 is a fun uphill climb that's good to get a little warmed up on. It comes from Hwy 44 and has a small storage building at the bottom that has a handy little parking area too.
Turn 1 is a short, steep, and a somewhat blind uphill left hander.
The trip to turn 2 is short but sneaky. As the trip involves going over the slightest of rises right between the turns. This masks the turn entrance to 2, making it the most challenging turn on the road. First time riders of this road should take caution here, as it's the most likely spot to have a get-off. (BTW, my signature has an image of me going through turn 2)
As soon as you complete turn 2, you're transitioning into turn 3. Once you're used to it, this is a GREAT turn to practice getting a fast, solid drive out of corners. As you can start to accelerate early out of this turn due to it's increasing radius.
Once out of turn 3, you'll go up a slight rise on your way to 4a, which is little more than a slight bend that reminds you to start braking for 4b. Also, you'll note that once at the peak of that small rise around 4a, you can now clearly see turns 4b, 5, 6, and the entrance to 7!
4b is a fairly easy left hander that is slightly downhill. Watch your exit on this turn as it's vital on proper setup for turn 5.
Once you blast out of turn 5, it's a good time to start clicking it back a notch, as it's a short trip to turn 6.
Turn 6 is a quick left hander that should be taken with caution due to the fact that turn 7's exit is COMPLETELY BLIND! While traffic is rare at best, most traffic seen is pick-up trucks. So be sure to not be taking "racing lines" anymore once going into turn 6.
The rest is business as usual folks. Although, we're trying our best to keep "friendly" with the locals on this road. So if you decide to check it out, once you're past the "track" portion of the road, dial it way back if you don't mind. That, or turn around and blast back to Hwy 44. Also, while this road is great fun, it's not worth any long, special trips just to see it. We sometimes include it in at the end of rides, and it's great for photo shoots. So chances are, if you ride with us, you're bound to see it. Maybe even get some really trick shots of you riding it too
Here's how to find it: GOOGLE MAPS!!
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Originally Posted by Travis Pastrana
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