CO Hwy 550 - Montrose to Durango
How is this route? According to the trip planner it looks like all mountain driving to me. Anybody familiar with this route? Would you recommend using it with a 34' travel trailer in tow?
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MPond wrote:Or use the guardrail as a bumper to push you back onto the road?
But I do have to ask - why are people so concerned about the white line or no shoulder? Do you often drive on the shoulder or cross over the lines?
Some years ago I actually got out and measured the width of US 550 in the canyon above Ouray. It was actually a few feet wider there than it was north of Ouray. (Some of those sections have been widens since.)
As is always noted, it depends on your experience. That doesn't mean taking I-70 over Vail Pass, but rather on some of our two lane windy passes. Many thousands of RV's travel that section of US 550 every year, some with long 5'ers with a trailer of ATV's behind that! So I guess what I'm saying it that it's physically possible to do it. Do you have the intestinal fortitude?
