Difficulty of some CO routes?
I tow a 6000 lb trailer (loaded) with a half ton gas pickup running at about 80-85% of its spec values in terms of payload. Being from Texas where things are flat or at best some rolling hills, my wif...
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texasAUtiger wrote:I wouldn't necessarily take any of the three. I'd head south to Poncha Springs, then east on US 50 all the way to Pueblo.
Pueblo to Buena Vista (three routes shown here... best one?)
I agree with taking CO 69 instead of 96 if you choose to go through Westcliffe. Hardscrabble Canyon on 96 is pretty steep and windy. If you do take the route through Westcliffe, keep an eye out for the turn onto CO Rd 1A. There's a sign saying Cotopaxi 7 and that's where you'll turn. (I make this drive four or five times a year.) If you're coming the other from Salida, the turn isn't obvious until you're right on it. It's just past the liquor store and just before the Cotopaxi Store.
As far as four lane roads, even US 50 is two lane most of the way, as are big stretches of the other roads you've asked about.
