Death Valley

I drove 178 and 190 in December. A section of 178 beteen 190 and Ballarat was washboard gravel no biggie. As far as 190 and the hills went: my 6.7 Diesel made going up a breeze and the manual gear shift option made coming downhill just as easy. The roads I used to live on in the Santa Cruz Mountains made 190 seem like a flat super highway. If you regularly drive in the Sierras or other western US ranges you will not bink and eye driving on 190 but you will see some spectacular vistas.