My wife and I (R1200GSA and F700GS) are currently in Baja, and will ferry over to Topolobampo/Los-Mochis in a week. (Background: We are a month into a planned year or so saunter down to Ushuaia) Our intent has been to go to the Copper Canyon, and my current plan/hope is to follow a route coming from the west (Los Mochis) to Divisadero, then continuing to Creel. But I need advice/input regarding the suitability of this route. I searched and could not find any info that was recent - most was several years old, and I know things change.

The main concern I have is the quality of the roads. My wife will tolerate and can handle a "reasonably good" dirt road (we drove Hwy 5 from San Felipe south to Hwy 1 a week ago, for reference - that is now ~50% dirt due to Hurricane Willa damage and other planned construction. And not all of that was "good", fwiw - especially at the bridge wash-outs) But if I lead her down a road that turns into a series of steep gravely switchbacks, or deep sand, it won't go so well!

So my question is what are the conditions of the roads for my planned route? I found pretty consistent information on the section from Divisadero to Creel, and it seems to be reasonable (feel free to educate me!) so I think I'm comfortable with that part. But I find very little recent info on the road options coming into Divisadero from the west (Los Mochis/El Fuerte). So if any of you have done that general route and could chime in, it would be greatly appreciated. What portions are paved, what is the quality/condition/technical-skills-level needed for the dirt sections? Or if you have suggestions for an alternate itinerary, given my stated constraints, I'd be happy to hear that as well.

If I can't get some sense of confidence that I know what we are getting into, we may opt for the train. But my personal preference would be to ride if I can do it without damaging my marriage :-) It's her trip too.