Rte 160 in Colorado

US 160 is a fine road with one major and a couple of minor passes between Ft. Garland and Cortez. The road is a US highway and is the major east west road between I-40 and I-70. On Wolf Creek Pass, the roadway is four or three lanes, depending on your direction. (The other passes are not a big deal, mainly a couple of miles long with climbing lanes in each direction.) The main thing us locals know is that you pay absolute attention to the speed limits, especially in a motorhome, and you use your gearing and exhaust/engine brake on the descents. I usually count the number of times I need to tap my brake on the descent of Wolf Creek (and by that I mean just for a second to get the speed back down under 45 mph). I try to keep it under ten times for the whole descent. A trucker went over the cliff at the next to last westbound switchback the other day because his brakes had overheated. He passed on two runaway truck ramps. It cost him his life.