Teton Pass
Going to drive the Teton pass from Victor to Jackson WY (Eastbound) with the truck and trailer in my signature. Will let you know what I like or dislike about it. I have years of semi driving experien...
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Original poster here : West Yellowstone to Jackson Wy
West on 20 out of West Yellowstone through Targhee Pass is a good road and basically travel speed limit over the pass. 20 from Targhee Pass to Ashton very flat and good road. Ashton you get on 32 through farm land to Tetonia , this road was a little rough and a little more narrow around a 50-55 mph road. Titania to Victor on 33 is mostly flat and a good road. At Victor you start you climb to Teton Pass on 22 gentle curves in the 45-55 mph. Victor is 6000 above sea level and the pass was around 8000 above sea level. At the pass I had Tow Haul already on. Then turned Exhaust Brake on and manually shifted to 3 gear. My 2019 GMC Duramax is a six speed. Down the grade 10% I had 3 brake applications. Two were in third gear as the truck went from 30 to 40 and needed to slow to 30 again. RPM was around 2300 to 2800. The other brake application was in second gear and I needed to slow to 15 mph for a sharp curve the RPM in second gear was 3200 when I braked for the 15 mph curve.
All in all it was a great trip. Victor to Wilson is a very good road with wide berms, guard rails and extra area around the curves. In summary my total weight is 16000 K. Any of the newer diesels with exhaust brake will have no issues. I did see a Ford 150 eco boast in the brake cool down area. I would not try this pass with a Gas truck with anything over 6000 lbs.
I’m happy I took this route verses going through the Park. The previous two days we were stuck in bison jams of 1 hour and the other 1 and one half hour. Again this is just my experience and your’s may differ.
Jeff
West on 20 out of West Yellowstone through Targhee Pass is a good road and basically travel speed limit over the pass. 20 from Targhee Pass to Ashton very flat and good road. Ashton you get on 32 through farm land to Tetonia , this road was a little rough and a little more narrow around a 50-55 mph road. Titania to Victor on 33 is mostly flat and a good road. At Victor you start you climb to Teton Pass on 22 gentle curves in the 45-55 mph. Victor is 6000 above sea level and the pass was around 8000 above sea level. At the pass I had Tow Haul already on. Then turned Exhaust Brake on and manually shifted to 3 gear. My 2019 GMC Duramax is a six speed. Down the grade 10% I had 3 brake applications. Two were in third gear as the truck went from 30 to 40 and needed to slow to 30 again. RPM was around 2300 to 2800. The other brake application was in second gear and I needed to slow to 15 mph for a sharp curve the RPM in second gear was 3200 when I braked for the 15 mph curve.
All in all it was a great trip. Victor to Wilson is a very good road with wide berms, guard rails and extra area around the curves. In summary my total weight is 16000 K. Any of the newer diesels with exhaust brake will have no issues. I did see a Ford 150 eco boast in the brake cool down area. I would not try this pass with a Gas truck with anything over 6000 lbs.
I’m happy I took this route verses going through the Park. The previous two days we were stuck in bison jams of 1 hour and the other 1 and one half hour. Again this is just my experience and your’s may differ.
Jeff
