top 5 dangerouse mountains in usa vote

I guess maybe I came into trucking 2 late of something I cant think of any in the US that r really bad these days. But go up 2 northern British Columbia (Canada) or even better further north. Not only are these what they up there call they're main highways system made up of about 75% two lane roads or as I call them goat trails. Atleast most have some type of pavement until u get further up u can pretty much kiss the idea of pavement goodbye, then u have the switch backs, the hairpin turns, the 4 ince fog line is the shoulder, the never ending of if u arent going strait up its strait down ah yah did I forget the logging trucks that own the road and u better get out of they way cause they dont move, and who can forget the moose that particularly like to stand and lick the salt off the middle of the road in winter. And if u make dont think you'll get a nice cup of hot coffee at the next town because they closed up at 5pm!

 

That may be the one I am thinking about. I couldn't remember which highway it was, I just remember being a rookie driver with no jake brake, and logging trucks behind me that I thought was going to run me over if I slowed down any further than I had already slowed down.

(some things just stick in your head forever)

 

Chrome, your posts reminded me of a special I saw about drivers who haul oil equipment to Prudhoe Bay,AK. THose roads are narrow, and there is one particular mountain pass that has a grade of 10%! And the guys they were riding with were pulling Oversize, two tractors pulling and one pushing, and the load being almost as wide as the road! And if that's not enough, then they do it again empty.

 

I once ran US 50 in Cally going over the Sierra Mountains, and I learned the hard way what Cally thinks of big cars on that stretch. I drove it east out of Sac, got passed by a CHP going the other way, and got a ticket when I got to Tahoe. The cruiser I passed radioed ahead to another cop and that cop was waiting on me when I got to the bottom. I was within spitting distance of the Nevada border when I got pulled over. The fine was around 110 greenbacks.

Big rigs aren't supposed to be on US 50 on that stretch in Cally. It's a restricted route. Of course I know folks who have run that road and didn't get pulled over, but I myself wouldn't do it again in a big rig.

US 40 in Colorado going west out of Empire toward Steamboat is a good run in the summer. Especially if you like sharp curves and even more so if you're pulling a 53-foot wagon. The scenery is nice, but this is another I wouldn't do again. At least not in a 53.

Road going south from Rock Springs, Wyoming down into Flaming Gorge dam is an 8-9% grade with hard switchbacks in Utah. That's yet another nice run in a big truck with a 53. I don't remember the number of that road. Might be 189. Wouldn't do this one again in a big car.

The interstate grades I know of that really mean business are Donner, Cabbage, and Parley's (I-80 into Salt Lake City). Cabbage is especially mean, as it's both steep and it has a couple of harder curves. Good place to have to use a runaway ramp if you're green. Actually, those hills on I-70 around Vail are pretty serious, too, as is one grade in Montana on I-90.

Remember that in Cally, smoking brakes can get you a reckless driving. Using a runaway ramp because you were heavy, going too fast, and burned your brakes out can get you that, too.

Just know your weight and obey the signs. Nothing made me madder while driving than seeing a truck coming down a grade with smoking brakes. Well, being expected to be a lumper made me pretty pissed off. I didn't get a CDL to lift somebody else's goods.

 

1. Hwy 199 from Grants Pass Or. into Crescent City Ca. I live in those parts and every year there are deaths on that stretch of road. Its not that the mountains are bad. Its that its very narrow with a rock wall on one side and at times a 300 foot drop straight down into a shallow river.

2. Sisque Pass from Medford Or. on I-5 to about 20 miles into Ca. Beautiful in the daytime but tight curves and a 6-7% grade will keep anyone on there toes.

3. Elk Mountain Wy. If its snowing just save yourself the trouble and take US30 around it.

4. Lookout Pass in western Mt. on I-90. Looks ok but freezes like glass. You don't realize its to bad until your in the middle of it.

5. Cabbage Patch on I-84 in Or. Stunning in the summer. Deadly in the winter. Heading West and you go off that edge its 1/4 mile straight down to on coming traffic. Don't worry you will over shoot that making it 1/2 mile to the valley floor in some parts. Plenty of time to make things right with the Lord on your way down.

 

Lookout Pass was the mountain I was thinking of in Montana. I've been on 199 going from Grant's Pass down to Crescent City once in a Jeep. That's definitely a mean stretch. I can't imagine doing that run in an 80,000 pound combo 379 and a 53.

There is another stretch in Cally that is ultra-nasty. I've never been on it, but I've heard about it. It's a Cally state route that connects two big roads. Supposedly the grade is so steep one has to gear down all the way to about 5th or even 4th to climb it if he's heavy.

 

The sister's in OR.
Black mountain in NC.
Donners pass in CA.
The original fancy gap in NC.
Cabbage patch in OR

 

I remember there's a point in the road where you think you're out of the thick of it and it mellows out but there's a sharp turn at the end that takes you by suprise. I stopped driving before the interstate bypass was completed.

 

Atigun Pass, The Haul Road, Northern AK