mountains with 6.0 gas

Thom02099 wrote:
In addition to the Johnson/Eisenhower Tunnel climb and descent and the Vail Pass climb and descent, coming out of Golden there's a significant climb of about 7 miles, from I-70/CO-470 up to Evergreen Parkway area and not too far beyond that, there's a significant descent of Floyd Hill with a very sharp curve at the bottom where US 6 merges with I-70. The Floyd Hill descent in particular is interesting because you can actually see a lot of the descent ahead of you, and how steep it appears to be.

When I tow my 5th wheel west from Golden, I avoid I-70 and the Mt. Vernon Canyon-Floyd Hill grades completely by using US 6 up Clear Creek Canyon. The highway follows the gentle upstream grade of Clear Creek all the way to the bottom of Floyd Hill, where it joins I-70. I-70 then continues on the Clear Creek gradient all the way to Georgetown, where it has a very steep, but very short, climb up to Silver Plume.