Denver to Taos
My Garmin Nuvi 465 wants to take us south from Denver and turn west on 160 in Walsenburg through Fort Garland on CO 159 and continue in New Mexico on 522 to Taos. This route will work, but looking at...
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trailertraveler wrote:
There is a pretty steep climb through Cimarron Canyon to Eagles Nest and Angel Fire. From there there is another climb to about 9,000' before descending into Taos. Both sections have areas of 35MPH speed limits, narrow shoulders and lower speed turns.
We didn't do the Cimarron-Angel Fire section, but glad we didn't go that way cuz we did drive the Angel Fire-Tao section a few times without the trailer. Pretty dang narrow as you said and very windy. It'd suck with a rig of any size...and other drivers are soo impatient! I'm going 5 over, its windy and all, and it wasn't fast enough for a bunch of folk...including a school bus!
There are a few pull outs which some slow vehicles can hit (other folks were even slower than us) but there is no way to hit any pullouts with a rig. They are generally too sudden and always too small for anything of size.
La Veta is a grind from the east. Keeps going and going and going. Definitely the best route to Tao from south Denver metro or eastern plains.
Walsenberg was very windy both times we went through. I'm sure they have some nice days but we didn't experience them.
