Best rout to Telluride, CO from amarillo, TX
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How about I 40 West to Gallup, Then US 491 North to US 160 East to CO 145 North.
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How much weight will you be grossing?
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That route up from Durango can be extreme in the fall winter times, If you do not mind 2 lane mountain pass with a few hundred feet drop it is scenic as best you get, but going down that grade to Ouray you have to go through a avalanche tunnel that also shields you from the rocks that come down sometimes, If storming I would do the old 666 route up(guess it is 461 now) and head for Grand Junction and slip down the valley. Watch the weather, it can dump down there.
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Your best bet is to contact Colorado DOT for the live update on that particular mountain road. We are going into winter and some roads are absolutely closed no ifs buts or maybes. Maybe not that one tonight but some other night it will be.
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By looking at this website Road Conditions, Speeds, Travel Times, Traffic Cameras, Live Streaming Traffic Cameras, Road Closures and Road Work Information provided by Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) a branch of Colorado Department of Transportation. The roads are in good shape. The US 550 Cam looked like it had some patches of ice in a few spots
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He was successful beyond reason using his chosen route instead of Seattle then 5 south or Dalles into Portland then 5 south. He did however come within 2 hours of being iced in at the Dalles by the columbia river crossing after he dropped down to get across using online information to be updated.
I tell you this much, if there was a net in my time it might have decided if sherman hill was open in Wyoming or not. there is a US Highway above 80 in which it's possible to run without the snow pack piling on 80 below. Despite the storm winds etc. up there. But no, there was no net in my time. It's awesome to have this information.Lepton1, Snailexpress, fargonaz and 1 other person Thank this.
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