Hwy 139, "Douglas Pass" from Rangley to Fruita, Colorado

[jsmart]

Anyone take this route? Thinking of going through there in early fall. Was through there as a boy with my father driving an ore truck. We have a 32' class A with a toad.

[Bassman]

We go over Douglas Pass several times a year since one of our favorite fishing holes is West of Vernal. Ours is a 38' motorhome towing an 18' boat and never had any trouble at all.

[Busskipper]

139 - 13 - 64 - 191- 40 are all good.

JMHO

[Passin_Thru]

Lived there, drove Tractor Trailer all over. Douglas Pass is 8500 ft. Not a problem just rather steep at 7%. They may ahve fixed the road by now.

[OldBlackWater]

We went through there heading north in early July with our 31' MH with toad. A few miles of it was a bit bumpy from the crumbling pavement, but not to the point of being dangerous in my opinion. Just bumpy enough that my kids complained that I was hitting too many bumps while they were trying to draw pictures.

[jsmart]

Thanks for all the posts, We came up Hwy 1 from LA to Monterey last summer, so tight roads and twisting turns I can do. Will be good to see that country again.

[2gypsies1]

From the 'Mountain Directory for Truckers and RVers' (highly recommended, by the way):

If you're coming southbound: It's 6 miles of 6-8% grades with 25 mph speed limit and numerous 15 mph curves and switchbacks. About 2-1/2 miles down from the summit there is a 1/10 mile section of 10 or 12% grade. After the 6 miles of 6-8% there are several miles of 4%.

When we last drove this southbound the pavement was breaking up badly on the 'drop-off' side. Hopefully, it has been repaired!

We enjoy driving Hwy 550 (Red Mtn. Hwy) from Silverton to Ouray much better than Hwy 139. 🙂

[Old-Biscuit]

It is a good 2 lane mountain road.......have used it couple times towing my 34' FW

[CloudDriver]

We drove 139 in the northbound direction back in 2012. I remember it being a good climb up to the pass with some sharp curves. Wouldn't call them switchbacks, but I do remember being glad that we didn't meet a truck going the other way on one curve. IIRC we passed an 18 wheeler and a tanker going the other way, so you should have no problem.

A couple of pictures from the climb.