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Just north of Gold Valley Ranch, Black Canyon Road is signed as a four-wheel drive road

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4857-black-canyon-road.jpg At sunset on Black Canyon Road, I pass the Gold Valley RanchThumbnailsBumpy, bumpy, slowly uphill pedaling on the upper part of Black Canyon RoadAt sunset on Black Canyon Road, I pass the Gold Valley RanchThumbnailsBumpy, bumpy, slowly uphill pedaling on the upper part of Black Canyon RoadAt sunset on Black Canyon Road, I pass the Gold Valley RanchThumbnailsBumpy, bumpy, slowly uphill pedaling on the upper part of Black Canyon RoadAt sunset on Black Canyon Road, I pass the Gold Valley RanchThumbnailsBumpy, bumpy, slowly uphill pedaling on the upper part of Black Canyon RoadAt sunset on Black Canyon Road, I pass the Gold Valley RanchThumbnailsBumpy, bumpy, slowly uphill pedaling on the upper part of Black Canyon Road

The road does become rougher and more washboarded, and it has more surface sand from this point onward, but I wouldn't call it a 4WD road as the sign implies. Willingness to drive slowly should get a 2WD passenger car through here quite well.