Colorado Route 149

[docsouce]

I'm laying out the second half of our upcoming road trip. We are traveling with our 26 ft Class C with a Ford Fiesta tow. I'm thinking about Route 149 from South Fork to the Lake City bridge. Also, I'm thinking about spending some time around Gunnison. I realize there is a lot to do in that area but there was some road work going on last year and I'm wondering if that is finished.

[folivier]

If you go from 149 then east on 50 into Gunnison you'll avoid the road construction. You'll still be able to access the Blue Mesa reservoir, which is almost full.

[docsouce]

Great info as usual. Thanks

[Thom02099]

lbrjet wrote:
Don't know about construction, but it is steep and curvy coming down into Lake City so take it slooow. Beautiful drive.

+1 on steep. This is Slumgullion Pass you'll be going over, and the north side drop is the steepest paved road in Colorado with 9% grade. It drops rapidly over a relatively short distance, from 11500 ft to about 8600 feet. There's some tight curves and there's a few places to pull over if you need to cool your brakes.

ETA: The construction would be on US 50 west of Gunnison, specifically between Sapinero and Cimarron with closures. Check out cotrip.org for more info for the times/dates you'll be driving that area.

[lbrjet]

Don't know about construction, but it is steep and curvy coming down into Lake City so take it slooow. Beautiful drive.