โApr-08-2014 12:39 PM
โApr-09-2014 07:36 PM
paulj wrote:
Technically NV375, running NW from US93 to US6 that is ET. The EW route from Caliente to Tonopah is nearly 200 miles without gas stops.
SN on 93 is 230 miles from LV to Ely.
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โApr-09-2014 07:17 PM
Tom/Barb wrote:msmith1199 wrote:
Most of the other routes for the OP (other than 101 or 5) take you through some of the most remote country in the lower 48. One of the routes Google picks goes up the ET Highway (93) out of Vegas. That is probably the one you would find me taking. You could drive for hours on that road and not see a single other person. Last trip I took through Nevada was going eastbound to Utah and I took Highway 6. I was all alone for an hour or more at a time and there was zero cell phone coverage. I recall driving along being glad I had the toad just in case something happened, then all the sudden it dawned on my that the low fuel light was on in the toad when I hooked it up and I meant to stop and fill the tank before I got into the back country. I wasn't worried at all until I remembered that, then I started getting a little nervous about being out there.
That is the way it was in all of America not so long ago. Funny how we survived that. ๐
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โApr-09-2014 06:22 PM
โApr-09-2014 05:26 PM
msmith1199 wrote:
Most of the other routes for the OP (other than 101 or 5) take you through some of the most remote country in the lower 48. One of the routes Google picks goes up the ET Highway (93) out of Vegas. That is probably the one you would find me taking. You could drive for hours on that road and not see a single other person. Last trip I took through Nevada was going eastbound to Utah and I took Highway 6. I was all alone for an hour or more at a time and there was zero cell phone coverage. I recall driving along being glad I had the toad just in case something happened, then all the sudden it dawned on my that the low fuel light was on in the toad when I hooked it up and I meant to stop and fill the tank before I got into the back country. I wasn't worried at all until I remembered that, then I started getting a little nervous about being out there.
โApr-09-2014 05:00 PM
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โApr-09-2014 04:32 PM
msmith1199 wrote:Thanks...yeah, I often take longer freeway routes just to feel 'safe' if something goes wrong. And especially to maintain phone service.
It isn't the route I'd take, but probably the best if road conditions are the main concern.
โApr-09-2014 08:28 AM
2oldman wrote:
I-15 to Butte MT, then 90
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โApr-08-2014 10:42 PM
โApr-08-2014 10:33 PM
โApr-08-2014 10:21 PM
paulj wrote:
Looking at Google Maps terrain, Sisykou summit on I5 is 4400 ft. At the base of Herd Peak, US97 gets up to 5000 ft. But Weed is 3600ft, Klamath Falls is 4000, Medford 1500ft.
I haven't read complaints about I5 being difficult (too high or steep); it just can be snowy. When I drove it in a car, I felt like I was playing hopscotch with the trucks.
I haven't driven US97 south of Klamath Falls, but it appears to climb gradually (and relatively straight) to the 5000 level, and then stay near that level all the way north past Bend.
โApr-08-2014 09:49 PM
โApr-08-2014 08:40 PM
Mac964 wrote:When you leave I-5 at Weed, you do not go over the high passes crossing Sisykou Mt range. you will be well east of the Sisykou range at Bend.
I97 still takes you over Sisykou Mt range? Noted on map Herd Peak and Goosenest at around 8,000?
โApr-08-2014 06:50 PM
โApr-08-2014 06:20 PM
paulj wrote:
US97 to I84 to US395 bypasses a couple of modest passes on Washington US97.
US97 through Oregon is mostly flat and straight, at 5000' altitude. There is a grade in north as it drops to the Columbia River.