Hwy 50 Grand Junction to Pueblo Colo
Class A with a Sumarai toad. My question is would I be advised to take Hwy 50 to Pueblo from Grand Juntion or stay on I70 to Denver and then south on I25 Are there big climbs on Hwy50.
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4runnerguy wrote:
Time wise the two routes are about the same. Grades are about the same, also, but you have two big ones on I-70 (Eisenhower Tunnel and Vail Pass) vs. one (Monarch) on US 50. Much more traffic on I-70, so even though it's multi-lane the whole way, it can get crowded, esp. on weekends. Plus, I-25 from Denver through Colorado Springs can be crazy busy also, weekdays and weekends alike.
What Ken said.
Plus, you have Floyd Hill (a misnomer, by the way) to climb up as you leave Idaho Springs, and then the long decline into the Golden/Denver area.
Monarch Pass is not difficult, and at the top there's a nice gift shop/visitor's center and aerial tram that you can take up to the peak above the pass; the vistas up there are incredible.
