GoingPlaces-KEY
Senior Member
We are in the midst of planning one of our summer trips.
We will be staying in Grand Junction, Colorado and possibly Montrose CO and hope to visit Back Canyon of the Gunnison NP as well as Colorado National Monument NP. While we are in that area, Ouray is on our list. After those places are in the books we want to go to Cortez, CO where we will continue to travel east thorough Colorado, then Denver, before heading to WY and UT.
I know WE DO NOT want to travel route 550 south of Ouray CO, for a whole host of reasons. So, from what I can see, we either backtrack up rt 50 to Interstate 70 to UT 191, to rt 491 to Cortez CO or try CO 62 and CO 145. Has anyone traveled that route. I’d be pulling a 25-foot trailer. The truck is fine with steeper grade. I am mainly concerned with twisty narrow roads, with tight hairpin turns and minimal guardrails.
Thank you for any advice or experience!
We will be staying in Grand Junction, Colorado and possibly Montrose CO and hope to visit Back Canyon of the Gunnison NP as well as Colorado National Monument NP. While we are in that area, Ouray is on our list. After those places are in the books we want to go to Cortez, CO where we will continue to travel east thorough Colorado, then Denver, before heading to WY and UT.
I know WE DO NOT want to travel route 550 south of Ouray CO, for a whole host of reasons. So, from what I can see, we either backtrack up rt 50 to Interstate 70 to UT 191, to rt 491 to Cortez CO or try CO 62 and CO 145. Has anyone traveled that route. I’d be pulling a 25-foot trailer. The truck is fine with steeper grade. I am mainly concerned with twisty narrow roads, with tight hairpin turns and minimal guardrails.
Thank you for any advice or experience!