Actually I went over the Bear Tooth mountains in Wyoming. I spent the night before in Sheridan Wyoming. Weather man said that I25 north was slick and icy all the way to Harding and lot better weather was over in the central basin by Greybull Wyo. I did lock in my hubs at the top of the pass as the road over the Bear Tooth's is steep and winding. It was a slow drive, but I have allot less stress then driving the high speeds on an icy interstate highway. It's prettier also.
Wow...that sure brings back some memories Grant...
Drove for a flatbed outfit out of Sheridan, and making the run over to
Greybull to load Bentonite was a regular trip. Many times it would be
just drizzling in Sheridan (month is of no consequence), and then you'd
head up into the Bighorns on Hwy 14 and by the top of the pass you're
in full blizzard conditions, and hangin' iron on the drive axles and a drag
chain on the trailer just so's you could get over the top of the hill.
Worst part was coming back over to Sheridan in mid-winter at 105,000 lb.
I recall one trip that they had plowed/carved the snow so high that the snow
walls were over 30' high. I was running what we called a "B Train" (2 trailers
with tridem) and the roadway had been narrowed so much there was only
room for one semi. On the tight turns the rear trailer was banging up
against the inside lane snow walls...still have nightmares about that
trip.
Best way to describe that chunk of road is:
High level pucker factor!
