Worst mountain

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  1. JestCat

    JestCat Bobtail Member

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    What is the worst mountain or hill that you've had to drive down (or over)?

    Just curious...
     
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  3. 1azsupertrucker

    1azsupertrucker Light Load Member

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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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  4. MNdriver

    MNdriver Road Train Member

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    So far....

    Lolo Pass. US 12. Id/MT line.
     
  5. D33RHUNT3R

    D33RHUNT3R Medium Load Member

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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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  6. JestCat

    JestCat Bobtail Member

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    In CDL school I went over Mt. Eagle (in Tennessee)
     
  7. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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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.
     
  8. MNdriver

    MNdriver Road Train Member

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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.
     
  9. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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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.
     
  10. aiwiron

    aiwiron Road Train Member

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    Wolf Creek pass before the new road was put in.
     
  11. NoCoCraig

    NoCoCraig Road Train Member

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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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