US 191 in Eastern Arizona between Clifton & Alpine
Wondering about this section of road, sometimes referred to as the "Coronado Trail". Supposed to be a lot of ups & downs on a twisty road. Anyone have any 1st hand experience with this road?
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- I don't like that route when I'm not towing. If I have my FW, I'll avoid it at all costs.
- Did it with a 40ft motorhome towing a car only because we did not know any better. Since we survived I have to say it is doable but I would not do it again.
- 1st time we did this was with 10 ft cabover camper in the pu. Not a fun trip down. Next time was with motorcycles and yes much better until 1 guy almost ran off road! Anyhow this is one of those you DO NOT want to drive in an RV unless its a class b only. It is a nice drive IF you can drive and look at same time but with 15mph curves I dont think you will find it so.
- Yes. We mistakenly took the road from the north from Alpine to Clifton with our 40' motorhome. Luckily it was in October without the summer traffic. I will say it was a beautiful drive downhill with the fall colors. It has VERY tight turns though. The first sign we came to that stated something like 'no vehicles over 40'' was in a place where there was no turnaround. In fact, there were no turnarounds until we reached Clifton. :) There was also a tunnel with a 12'7" clearance. Obviously, we cleared it.
After that trip we purchased the "Mountain Directory for Truckers and RVers". We then knew what those mountain highways were REALLY like and could choose the ones we could take comfortably.
