Hi all

I found this while surfing the net and thought it might be helpful to new drivers. It's an audio CD talking you thru how to drive safely thru the Rockies on I-70. It is from the Colorado Motor Carriers Association.

http://www.cmca.com/crossing/Crossing_WB.htm

 

ive come down that hill with my dad a year or so ago, eisenhouer that is. thats a gnarly hill.

 

Thats one hwy i dont think a new driver should be on until they have a years exp. just my 2 cents :roll: I-70 east bound can be a little nasty.

 

Wolf Creek Pass is another one that is kinda rough going down. :P

 

Just drive up and down and stay off the brakes. :lol:

 

thanks for the info ... I emailed them and asked for a C-D. We go over the 70 at least once a month and my wife is alway's upset ... hopfully this will calm her. yes the 70 has some hills but just drive slower then posted and you will have no problems unless you heat up the brakes I use the jake when ever i can.

 

I drive I-70 everyweek. I see too many drivers headed west going too fast down the hills. Then I see them either up the run away truck ramp, or at the bottom of the hill with their brakes smoking or on fire. IMO, just go the 30 mile an hour speed limit and use your jake.

 

Ah, Exit 249 Floyd hill and Clear Creek County My Home, I can remember just getting my license at 16 years old in Idaho Springs and getting to drive from Evergreen To Idaho Springs everyday during High School.
It seems stupid to me now but back then I can remember driving down I-70 at Floyd hill in my 67 Mustang at a topping out at 105 before applying brakes to make the curve at the beginning of the canyon, damn I wouldn't think about doing that now. My first job was at the top of Floyd Hill as a fry cook.
I even have memories of the first bore at Eisenhower tunnel coming out the west side when I-70 was just two lanes at certain spots.
Remember Glenwood canyon as a two lane road
Damn I miss Clear Creek County and Colorado lots of good memories there. To bad everybody and there brother, mother, sister and uncles have moved there and change the area so much.


It Is What It Is.

Timberwolf

 

It is funny that people will move to a region because of what the area offers and the first thing they want to do is to start making changes. :?

 

I've been up and down the grapevine, cabage patch, and the pass on 80 between sacremento and reno (know it starts with a D but can't think of the name). Are Eisenhower and Vail really that much worse than those? Cus those three I went over were a piece of cake. Just select the right gear and go down with your jakes on. I should be able to handle Eisenhower and Veil with pretty good ease right?