Guide book or website about steep/twisted/rough roads?
Is there a guide to tell me where the road ahead will have a steep grade? Or will not be recommended for a long class a or fifth wheel? Or be too rough to drive?
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paulj wrote:
If it is curves that bother you (or your passengers), just zoom in far enough to see them in detail. Or even go to Streetview level.
There are a whole range of difficulties. Some seem to fear anything that is not Interstate. In southern Oregon, US199 to Crescent City gets mixed opinions. It is a Federal #, but the California part along the Smith River is too curvy for some people. For other's that fine, but OR227 north of Shady Grove is too much.
In S Oregon you also have a lot of Forest Service and BLM logging roads. Most are gravel, but some are paved. The most notorious is Bear Camp from Galice to Agness (or Grant's Pass to Gold Beach). Shuttle drivers for river rafters drive it fast, with trailers full of raft. But unprepared people have died on it.
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(For the story below... in a later post, paulj said they had no GPS, just a map. I don't recall, so I have no reason to doubt him.)
Yes. That Bear Camp is the one that a young San Francisco family's GPS told them to take to get to the coast in wintertime. Fortunately the wife and kids made it, but the husband/father was not so lucky.
We just returned via Redwood Hwy 199. Know that one well. It's not a barrel a' monkeys, but it was much easier than the one we got stuck on. It was Cal 175 from Clear Lake to Hopland (wine country.) I don't recommend it. On 199 we never got below 25 mph. 175 was 15 mph most of the way and LOTS more of it.
Yeah. I learned a hard lesson. Just because it's a highway... doesn't mean it's in a straight line. Plan your trips carefully!
I've just been burning the midnight oil these days. Finish work at midnight 7 days a week. Up at 6:30 and doing it all over again. So I didn't take the time to scrutinize the unfamiliar roads. Won't do THAT again.
