Colorado Loop - anything else we should know?
Pulling a 32' TT thru Colorado 6/11-18. Route is: =on 6/11, Santa Fe to Montrose via 285, then 114, then 50 =on 6/15, Montrose to Manitou Springs via 50 and 24 =on 6/18, Manitou to Kansas or Tex...
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Just to close the loop, we got back 2 days ago and had a great time!
Montrose was a hidden gem. Very nice but modern town. Did Black Canyon all the way to the bottom (5 miles of 16%), jeep ride in Ouray, and drove over to Teluride but Robert Redford wasn't home :)
Manitou Springs was crowded but still nice. Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak was outstanding (19 miles of 11%, 48F, and snow 5 feet higher than me), and the Mountain Zoo is surprisingly nice. I wouldn't do the cliff dwellings again, but the air force chapel was impressive.
North Pass on highway 114 on the way up from santa fe was fine even in a rain/hail storm.
Monarch Pass on 50 was as do-able as everyone said - 4 lane all the way up, plenty of pull outs, and snow/52F at the top. Took us longer to go down than up but we didn't hold anyone up - all the RV's and trucks were in low gear.
Raton Pass on I-25 on the way home was a none event. We took 87/64 thru the boonies from I-25 over to Amarillo which was a surprisingly good road, just not much out there.
Thanks again for all your help. I really appreciate the input from those that have gone before !!
Montrose was a hidden gem. Very nice but modern town. Did Black Canyon all the way to the bottom (5 miles of 16%), jeep ride in Ouray, and drove over to Teluride but Robert Redford wasn't home :)
Manitou Springs was crowded but still nice. Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak was outstanding (19 miles of 11%, 48F, and snow 5 feet higher than me), and the Mountain Zoo is surprisingly nice. I wouldn't do the cliff dwellings again, but the air force chapel was impressive.
North Pass on highway 114 on the way up from santa fe was fine even in a rain/hail storm.
Monarch Pass on 50 was as do-able as everyone said - 4 lane all the way up, plenty of pull outs, and snow/52F at the top. Took us longer to go down than up but we didn't hold anyone up - all the RV's and trucks were in low gear.
Raton Pass on I-25 on the way home was a none event. We took 87/64 thru the boonies from I-25 over to Amarillo which was a surprisingly good road, just not much out there.
Thanks again for all your help. I really appreciate the input from those that have gone before !!
