Advice traveling in Colorado
I'm traveling thru Colorado from Great Sand Dunes to Ouray then down to Durango, RV Life directs me to Ouray on RT 50 thru Gunnison and from Ouray down the Million Dollar Highway to Durango. I'm wor...
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same answer. Without going hundreds of miles out of your way. Lots of hundreds, you’re gonna hit big passes and big grades at serious power sucking altitudes and down grades that have had songs written aboot them.
Whether you go Wolf Creek or Molas and Coal Bank or take your chances on Monarch or down and over Cumbres and Hwy 64 in NM, it’s about the same.
Navigating any of these routes spatially is not a problem. Semi trucks run em all.
If your asking and you have a fear of heights or question your abilities on steep tight switchbacks it’s a non starter fo you.
If you can handle looking 2000’ down while driving and keeping in your lane then worry about heading down fully loaded and towing. Toad brakes are a must and better drive miss daisy at the top and know the braking limits and understand there aren’t runaway truck ramps everywhere you could get sideways.
If your asking, you ain’t driven any of these routes and haven’t driven similar in a similar rig. I’d suggest 285 south followed by a nice scenic tour of Northern NM to get to Durango.
