Durango, CO to Grand Junction, CO without using Hwy 550?

Old-Biscuit wrote:
YEP.........if not up to driving 550
Then 160 over to Cortez
491 to Monticello
191 to I-70 (W)

If you don't like 550 taking 141 isn't better

In what way is 141 not better? Is it just the grade or is it a shelf road highway (2 lane) with no guard rails where you drop to your death on blind corners... BTW, read sarcasm into that last sentence. I've driven 550 in a car, it was kind of spooky. Especially watching the semi's negotiate it.