Arkansas to Ogden, UT., need advice
To all, This will be out first major trip with our new F150 and Roo 21SS Hybrid trailer. We will be leaving April 1st for Easter in Ogden UT with our son and his family at Hill AFB. The route is ta...
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We camped in the Black Hills last September and the weather was beautiful--no snow, no wind, and bright sun. But that was fall and this is spring. Anywhere you go in the Rocky Mountains (and the Black Hills are part of the Rockies), spring weather can change rapidly.
Road crews try to clear the snow on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park and in Yellowstone NP, at the latest, by Memorial Day. The Going-to-the-Sun Highway in Glacier NP is normally not open until mid-June. But those are the extremes and other, lower-elevation parks and National Forest campgrounds are normally cleared and open by early to mid-May.
As for wind, I-70 is, in my opinion, less prone to high winds than either I-80 or I-40. Perhaps it is because the mountains provide a little more shelter than the wide-open spaces that I-80 and I-40 traverse. But if you have time to wait a day or two, any of the three will be fine despite snow or wind storms. Road crews in Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico are infinitely better at dealing with snow and ice than those in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas!
Road crews try to clear the snow on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park and in Yellowstone NP, at the latest, by Memorial Day. The Going-to-the-Sun Highway in Glacier NP is normally not open until mid-June. But those are the extremes and other, lower-elevation parks and National Forest campgrounds are normally cleared and open by early to mid-May.
As for wind, I-70 is, in my opinion, less prone to high winds than either I-80 or I-40. Perhaps it is because the mountains provide a little more shelter than the wide-open spaces that I-80 and I-40 traverse. But if you have time to wait a day or two, any of the three will be fine despite snow or wind storms. Road crews in Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico are infinitely better at dealing with snow and ice than those in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas!
