Grand Junction to Provo

I've driven that stretch many times. Two years ago my brother was involved in a nasty crash just outside of Wellington. He was following me (I was in the MH) and he was in a Ford Explorer. We were coming home from the Jeep Safari. The road is just fine--the drivers are crazy. The Utah Highway Patrol told me it was the most accident prone stretch of road in the state. They also told me that there were fewer accidents early in the morning in the middle of the week. So, I try to hit that stretch in those conditions. There is a lot of weekend traffic from Salt Lake going to Moab. The weekend warriors are in a hurry and can be reckless. I would avoid driving south on Friday afternoon or north on Sunday.

If you have the time, you should swing south at Crescent Junction to Moab/Arches. It's just 25 miles off I-70. IMHO, the road from Price to Spanish Fork/Provo area is a beautiful drive, well worth it.

X3-4-5? for I70-US6-I15. We took it both ways with an F350 and a 40ft fiver two years ago. No problems at all. Price has a couple nice places to stop for lunch.

RCMAN46 wrote:
The I70 to 191/6 is the way to go.

The 191/6 is a two lane road with a truck passing lane on most of the grades.

There are several grades in the 6% range that are short about one mile from bottom to top then down hill for a mile. Then several miles relative flat then another grade.

The problem! there is a fair amount of truck traffic. You may catch a truck on a up hill. But if he is going within 10 mph of your desired or capable speed up the hill I recommend you follow him to the top. On the down side the truck will most likely get into the 80mph range and if you stick with posted speed or in my case 65 mph as that is my max tow speed you will not see that truck again.

But if you pass him on the up grade he will be very close to your tail going down the down side and will pass you when you think he should not. Now the problem! you have held him up and you will most likely catch him on the next up grade only to go through all of this again. The second time the trucker will push you much harder.

By slowing down to let the truck over the hill may cost you 5 minutes of time on the whole trip.

Now you why I don't like that route. The accident rate is too high, lots of people will pass on double yellow.

Fred

The I70 to 191/6 is the way to go.

The 191/6 is a two lane road with a truck passing lane on most of the grades.

There are several grades in the 6% range that are short about one mile from bottom to top then down hill for a mile. Then several miles relative flat then another grade.

The problem! there is a fair amount of truck traffic. You may catch a truck on a up hill. But if he is going within 10 mph of your desired or capable speed up the hill I recommend you follow him to the top. On the down side the truck will most likely get into the 80mph range and if you stick with posted speed or in my case 65 mph as that is my max tow speed you will not see that truck again.

But if you pass him on the up grade he will be very close to your tail going down the down side and will pass you when you think he should not. Now the problem! you have held him up and you will most likely catch him on the next up grade only to go through all of this again. The second time the trucker will push you much harder.

By slowing down to let the truck over the hill may cost you 5 minutes of time on the whole trip.

I did I-15 South, exit at Spanish Fork, onto Hwy. #6/#89 to Price (I fueled and had lunch in Price easy off and on from Hwy.), then I continued on to Hwy.#191 to I-70! No problems I drove it 12 months ago!

70 West to 191, 191 north to Provo. We drove both roads last fall, good easy driving.