What everyone has to take into account, it's reality TV. That means very little may be real. For someone who ran that road since inception I can tell you the wrecks are real, the snow and ice are real, although not as much snow in recent years as weather patterns are changing. A lot of the drama is staged for TV obviously, just like Ice Road Truckers, the Gold Shows, Deadliest Catch etc. Take it for what it is, entertainment. It does have some of the steepest pulls, and biggest snowfalls in North America. Like any mountain road, be aware, be smart, and respect it. After running that road 4 to 5 round trips per week for many years didn't know till that TV show came on that it was the Highway thru Hell. Driven worse, driven better. All types of drivers out there as it takes all kinds. Don, retired commercial driver.