Unreleased version footage of my Sante Fe Dalton Pass Joyride
From San Jose City to Aritao Nueva Vizcaya. This was the prelude to the Benguet Nueva Vizcaya Road Joyride I did.
This is a part of the Ah26 (Asian highway 26) road or Maharlika Highway. This is also going to Cagayan Valley, Isabela and Tuguegarao City. One of the busiest zig zag roads because of big trucks passing here, delivering goods. There were a lot of road improvements here as there are road widening done. The only not nice part was along Santa Fe area.
Road Condition - Paved Roads. Some are wide
Drive thrill - Challenge to overtake big trucks!
Security - there are many houses and small towns along the road
Rating: 4/5 :-D
From Wikipedia
Dalton Pass, also called Balete Pass, is a zigzag road and mountain pass that joins the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Nueva Vizcaya, in central Luzon island of the Philippines.
The summit of the mountain pass is at around 3,000 feet (910 m) in elevation,located where the Caraballo Sur (mountain range) and the Sierra Madre (mountain range) meet. The headwaters of the Digdig River originate just south of the pass. Balete Ridge starts two miles to the west-northwest of the pass, with a high point at Mt. Imugan (5,580 feet), and extends nine miles to the east-southeast, where it ends at Mt. Kabuto (4,600 feet )
Dalton Pass is a gateway to the Cagayan Valley, and the Ifugao Rice Terraces.
10 мар 2015
