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Originally Posted by Teeitup26

You are right about Monarch. It's grade is 6.4%. It's not that bad if you can for sure control speed. The I-70 work around would be my second best route since the have big wide shoulders but going clear around to Moab avoids mountain passes.

What ever you do, don't let anyone talk you into going from Durango Colorado up to Olathe over Red Mountain Pass on Highway 550. I don't even like driving that sucker in the summer sober. 550 has claimed more snow plow trucks than any road in the country i believe.

No danger of me trying to navigate a motor coach on the Million Dollar Hwy. I was born in Ouray - lived at the Idarado Mine till I was 5 yo, then in Ouray till I was 10. Left Colorado in 1957. Been back a couple of times and actually rode my bike over it - beautiful but a bit scary.