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- 07.08.2012 #1Bobtail Member
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Worst mountain What is the worst mountain or hill that you've had to drive down (or over)?
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US 6, Loveland Pass in CO can be a very tricky pass to climb and go down. It's narrow, and windy.
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Lolo Pass. US 12. Id/MT line.
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I haven't driven over it but I have ridden over it in a big rig and the scariest was Donner in the winter..
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In CDL school I went over Mt. Eagle (in Tennessee)
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i'd say the worse i've been on was the 550 between montrose and durango, colorado.
that is defenitly a road that shouldn't be colored orange in the atlas. reminds of when ice road truckers was doing that summer show on them narrow swichback roads. the worlds deadliest roads.
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you can't consider it a "road" but went on a lumber drive that you had a guard at the bottom. He allowed one truck on the drive at a time.
If it was your first time, you waited until a pilot car came and got you. Then he took you up and brought you down. Stopping to watch you navigate the switchbacks.
Twer a fun drive.
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Alt 74 Between Ashville and Forest City, NC. Not such a bad grade but under the circumstances ... there was an interstate shutdown S of Asheville, It was around midnight, I had never been across there before, I was heavy, I had to get to Charlotte with a "hot load", I had been running since Rockford, IL (Was young, hungry, and stupid then) and the fog was extremely dense. I would not wish that experience on anyone. But, I made the appointment time.
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Wolf Creek pass before the new road was put in.
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I am going to agree on US 6, Loveland Pass in Colorado. Only have to use it if hauling hazmat as they do not allow hazmat through the Eisenhower tunnel. After that I would say Cabbage Patch on I-84 in Oregon. Usually wet, heavy snow. Donner Pass is really not that big a deal if you are patient.
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