We hit this bump going about 60 mph. Saw it coming too late to slow down any. We hit hard enough that I was grateful for the safety latch on my hood because it seemed like it wanted to fly off the truck! Both our truck and Airstream bounced like crazy for several seconds, but nothing was broken inside the rig after we got to our destination. The bump is very likely from construction and I wouldn’t be surprised if they were gone with days or weeks of writing this review.
This is a gorgeous drive! But it is demanding due to lots of relatively tight twists and turns, which require your full attention when you’re towing. Just follow the recommended speed limits at these points and you’ll be fine. That said, most traffic on this road does NOT drive the speed limit, and if you’re towing, you’re highly likely to find a queue of eager beavers waiting behind you. Unfortunately, there aren’t a ton of great turnouts along this road. When I see big, wide, paved turnouts, I always happily take them when someone is behind me. On this road, there are a handful of turnouts that are big and wide, but none were paved. Most looked pretty bumpy, with relatively sharp drops from the pavement of the main road to the dirt and gravel of the turnout. I avoided these until I saw one that looked nice and smooth.
If you’re comfortable with the twists and turns, I highly recommend this road.
Not much to say about this one. Trailers and motorhomes are prohibited on this road, so we didn’t take it. We instead headed to highway 119, which is safe for RVs.
I don’t know if this road is “risky,” but I can’t give it more than a 2 star rating. We only drove the 1.5 miles from highway 119 to State Park Road on our way to Reverend’s Ridge campground, but Gap Road goes much further than that and based on what we saw, it doesn’t improve for many more miles. The posted speed limit is 25 mph, but we drove between 5 and 10 mph the entire way while towing our 30′ Airstream. And still, when we arrived at our destination, one cupboard door had wiggled off its hinge and a drawer had bounced off its railing. Nothing that couldn’t be corrected in a few minutes time, but annoying nevertheless. Very, very bumpy. Fortunately, the road is at least wide enough that salty locals can speed around any laggardly RV drivers like us. 🙂
During our stay, I couldn’t believe how many people we saw plowing down this section of road at warp speed with RVs in tow. I don’t recommend doing that unless you really enjoy reattaching cupboards and drawers once you arrive at your destination.
I think they did a bunch of work right here on this road last summer, but it’s still pretty bumpy. Not so bad that I’d avoid the road or anything, but enough that I drove about 5 to 10 mph below the limit for at least 8 or 10 miles north of downtown Black Hawk. It was slow enough that the locals behind me were getting salty. lol. But it eventually smoothed out. Very pretty area, I will say that!
When I googled this route the other day, Gemini told me that it was “extremely dangerous and highly inadvisable” to tow my 30′ Airstream through downtown Black Hawk. But I saw absolutely nothing of concern on Google Street View, so we took a chance and drove it anyway. Just as I predicted, it was perfectly fine. There are definitely roads elsewhere in Black Hawk that are not RV safe, but taking Central City Parkway to Gregory Street to highway 119 was absolute cake. That entire stretch of road was smooth as butter. There were a few steep points, but nothing concerning. The only point in the route that I was initially worried about was the right turn from Central City Parkway to Gregory Street, which is where the pin is dropped on this listing. However, that intersection is very wide and I was able to make the turn with zero stress. I’m certain that rigs even longer than our ~53′ would also be able make this turn with ease. Plus, it was really fun town to drive through! There are all kinds of interesting shops to look at. If there was a place to park our rig, I totally would have wanted to walk around and explore a bit. Alas, parking is extremely limited.
I’ve driven Million Dollar Highway twice now, both directions, and it is no joke. Very steep drop-offs, few guardrails, lots of twists and turns, and magnificently beautiful scenery. I have quite a bit of mountain road driving experience under my belt at this point, but parts of Million Dollar Highway can still makes my palms sweat. To date, I still have never pulled our 30′ Airstream along this little stretch of adventure, but it’s on my bucket list and I’m sure it’ll happen at some point in the next few years of traveling. Towing or not, while driving this road demands your full attention, I wouldn’t call it “dangerous”. It does demand your full attention, but 18 wheelers take this route regularly, so it really can’t be all that sketchy for someone towing a fifth wheel or travel trailer. That said, if you’re new to mountain road driving, I might suggest getting some experience on less “exciting” roads first before trying your hand on this one. Like I said, those steep drops without guardrails can make your stomach clench.
We passed through Crawford, CO while driving from Gunnison and Somerset and couldn’t decide whether to take 92 to 133, or be adventurous and take Crawford Rd instead. On the encouragement of an employee at the Lazy J Coffee shop in Crawford who indicated this road is totally safe, we decided to go for it. We were pleased to find nothing of concern whatsoever. The road is smooth and easy. The only “problem” was that we got stuck behind a very slow moving tractor for several miles. Note that as you head north, Crawford Rd turns into Matthews Ln which terminates in Paonia. We turned left on 3rd (Samuel Wade Rd), then continued north on 133 from there.
We’ve driven this road a number of times with our truck alone, but never with our 30′ Airstream. It is indeed bumpy, narrow, and windy, but it’s also relatively short. (And pretty!) We may or may not take it while towing in the future. If we ever do, I’ll add another review to report my experience. If you’re trying to decide wither to take this route or not, I’d walk through it with Google Street View before making a decision.
We’ve driven over this bump a number of times recently, luckily never with our trailer. Even with just our truck, it feels like if it wasn’t for our seatbelts, we’d have smashed our heads on the ceiling of the truck. Definitely use caution if you’re towing anything or driving a large RV.
We hit this bump going about 60 mph. Saw it coming too late to slow down any. We hit hard enough that I was grateful for the safety latch on my hood because it seemed like it wanted to fly off the truck! Both our truck and Airstream bounced like crazy for several seconds, but nothing was broken inside the rig after we got to our destination. The bump is very likely from construction and I wouldn’t be surprised if they were gone with days or weeks of writing this review.
This is a gorgeous drive! But it is demanding due to lots of relatively tight twists and turns, which require your full attention when you’re towing. Just follow the recommended speed limits at these points and you’ll be fine. That said, most traffic on this road does NOT drive the speed limit, and if you’re towing, you’re highly likely to find a queue of eager beavers waiting behind you. Unfortunately, there aren’t a ton of great turnouts along this road. When I see big, wide, paved turnouts, I always happily take them when someone is behind me. On this road, there are a handful of turnouts that are big and wide, but none were paved. Most looked pretty bumpy, with relatively sharp drops from the pavement of the main road to the dirt and gravel of the turnout. I avoided these until I saw one that looked nice and smooth.
If you’re comfortable with the twists and turns, I highly recommend this road.
Not much to say about this one. Trailers and motorhomes are prohibited on this road, so we didn’t take it. We instead headed to highway 119, which is safe for RVs.
I don’t know if this road is “risky,” but I can’t give it more than a 2 star rating. We only drove the 1.5 miles from highway 119 to State Park Road on our way to Reverend’s Ridge campground, but Gap Road goes much further than that and based on what we saw, it doesn’t improve for many more miles. The posted speed limit is 25 mph, but we drove between 5 and 10 mph the entire way while towing our 30′ Airstream. And still, when we arrived at our destination, one cupboard door had wiggled off its hinge and a drawer had bounced off its railing. Nothing that couldn’t be corrected in a few minutes time, but annoying nevertheless. Very, very bumpy. Fortunately, the road is at least wide enough that salty locals can speed around any laggardly RV drivers like us. 🙂
During our stay, I couldn’t believe how many people we saw plowing down this section of road at warp speed with RVs in tow. I don’t recommend doing that unless you really enjoy reattaching cupboards and drawers once you arrive at your destination.
I think they did a bunch of work right here on this road last summer, but it’s still pretty bumpy. Not so bad that I’d avoid the road or anything, but enough that I drove about 5 to 10 mph below the limit for at least 8 or 10 miles north of downtown Black Hawk. It was slow enough that the locals behind me were getting salty. lol. But it eventually smoothed out. Very pretty area, I will say that!
When I googled this route the other day, Gemini told me that it was “extremely dangerous and highly inadvisable” to tow my 30′ Airstream through downtown Black Hawk. But I saw absolutely nothing of concern on Google Street View, so we took a chance and drove it anyway. Just as I predicted, it was perfectly fine. There are definitely roads elsewhere in Black Hawk that are not RV safe, but taking Central City Parkway to Gregory Street to highway 119 was absolute cake. That entire stretch of road was smooth as butter. There were a few steep points, but nothing concerning. The only point in the route that I was initially worried about was the right turn from Central City Parkway to Gregory Street, which is where the pin is dropped on this listing. However, that intersection is very wide and I was able to make the turn with zero stress. I’m certain that rigs even longer than our ~53′ would also be able make this turn with ease. Plus, it was really fun town to drive through! There are all kinds of interesting shops to look at. If there was a place to park our rig, I totally would have wanted to walk around and explore a bit. Alas, parking is extremely limited.
I’ve driven Million Dollar Highway twice now, both directions, and it is no joke. Very steep drop-offs, few guardrails, lots of twists and turns, and magnificently beautiful scenery. I have quite a bit of mountain road driving experience under my belt at this point, but parts of Million Dollar Highway can still makes my palms sweat. To date, I still have never pulled our 30′ Airstream along this little stretch of adventure, but it’s on my bucket list and I’m sure it’ll happen at some point in the next few years of traveling. Towing or not, while driving this road demands your full attention, I wouldn’t call it “dangerous”. It does demand your full attention, but 18 wheelers take this route regularly, so it really can’t be all that sketchy for someone towing a fifth wheel or travel trailer. That said, if you’re new to mountain road driving, I might suggest getting some experience on less “exciting” roads first before trying your hand on this one. Like I said, those steep drops without guardrails can make your stomach clench.
We passed through Crawford, CO while driving from Gunnison and Somerset and couldn’t decide whether to take 92 to 133, or be adventurous and take Crawford Rd instead. On the encouragement of an employee at the Lazy J Coffee shop in Crawford who indicated this road is totally safe, we decided to go for it. We were pleased to find nothing of concern whatsoever. The road is smooth and easy. The only “problem” was that we got stuck behind a very slow moving tractor for several miles. Note that as you head north, Crawford Rd turns into Matthews Ln which terminates in Paonia. We turned left on 3rd (Samuel Wade Rd), then continued north on 133 from there.
We’ve driven this road a number of times with our truck alone, but never with our 30′ Airstream. It is indeed bumpy, narrow, and windy, but it’s also relatively short. (And pretty!) We may or may not take it while towing in the future. If we ever do, I’ll add another review to report my experience. If you’re trying to decide wither to take this route or not, I’d walk through it with Google Street View before making a decision.
We’ve driven over this bump a number of times recently, luckily never with our trailer. Even with just our truck, it feels like if it wasn’t for our seatbelts, we’d have smashed our heads on the ceiling of the truck. Definitely use caution if you’re towing anything or driving a large RV.