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Routes / Re: Alternative route from Rawlins to Jeffry City WY
« Last post by jamawani on May 28, 2023, 09:49:37 pm »Stop!
Stop using GPS or Google Maps or any other app anywhere west of Denver.
It's an app for Pete's sake - totally clueless and without a single human thought.
You don't post a link - so I can only guess.
But Crook's Gap Road is unpaved and incredibly remote.
Any mileage saved will be more than made up by exhuastion -
esp. if you get lost and have no water.
Some of those dirt roads may have one or two vehicles a week.
As for Ute Pass Road -
Don't know when it opens in the spring. Don't know when you'll be doing it.
Correction - It's only 2700 ft up from Silverthorne - and it's now all paved.
8 miles savings - some serious climbing 8% to 10% grades.
Very scenic and Hwy 9 does have lots of traffic.
BTW - I've lived in Wyoming for 30+ years and know the roads well.
Stop using GPS or Google Maps or any other app anywhere west of Denver.
It's an app for Pete's sake - totally clueless and without a single human thought.
You don't post a link - so I can only guess.
But Crook's Gap Road is unpaved and incredibly remote.
Any mileage saved will be more than made up by exhuastion -
esp. if you get lost and have no water.
Some of those dirt roads may have one or two vehicles a week.
As for Ute Pass Road -
Don't know when it opens in the spring. Don't know when you'll be doing it.
Correction - It's only 2700 ft up from Silverthorne - and it's now all paved.
8 miles savings - some serious climbing 8% to 10% grades.
Very scenic and Hwy 9 does have lots of traffic.
BTW - I've lived in Wyoming for 30+ years and know the roads well.