Steep Grades Colorado Springs to Moab
Hey all, Visiting a friend in Colorado Springs then headed to Moab area. Looking for route suggestions that avoid switchbacks, steep grades, and bad roads. We leave in 3 weeks. It's not that my ...
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Starting from Colorado Springs, you could indulge in a bit of scary driving.
Pikes Peak road has a few switch backs.
And just off of US50 near Cañon City is the Royal Gorge Bridge, one of the world's highest suspension bridges (some 900 ft above the Arkansas River).
I suspect that the rest of main highway driving in Colorado will be tame in comparison, and tame compared to the Salt River crossing on US60 in Arizona.
And you don't need to take US550 south of US50 to Durango.
Once in Moab, you are going to miss out on a lot of sights if you avoid edges and big drop offs.
Pikes Peak road has a few switch backs.
And just off of US50 near Cañon City is the Royal Gorge Bridge, one of the world's highest suspension bridges (some 900 ft above the Arkansas River).
I suspect that the rest of main highway driving in Colorado will be tame in comparison, and tame compared to the Salt River crossing on US60 in Arizona.
And you don't need to take US550 south of US50 to Durango.
Once in Moab, you are going to miss out on a lot of sights if you avoid edges and big drop offs.
