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Bill Davis · 09-20-2007, 04:59 AM

Where am I? Hint: Not in Colorado.

Bill Davis · 09-20-2007, 04:59 AM

Where am I? Hint: Not in Colorado.

Wind River · 09-20-2007, 08:51 AM

Wyoming?

jjoe · 09-20-2007, 10:45 AM

Seems like I saw a grade like that in Missouri. Near Branson

Tincup · 09-20-2007, 01:25 PM

Teton NP.

nhgeezer · 09-20-2007, 01:32 PM

I was coming down a grade like that and looked in my rear view mirror. Coming down that hill behind me was a rig about my size going extremely fast with the rear brakes literally on fire. There was a pull out that I ducked into as he sped on by. He did make it to the bottom of the grade in one piece.

1990 Foretravel Detroit Diesel Pusher
DW Lucy
Kitty Kat Earl
Car trailer with Whitey Ford the Explorer

RV Wizard · 09-21-2007, 01:01 AM

Could this be in Az. north of Payson? I remember a grade like this going down into the Tonto Natural Bridge State Park.

Joe-K · 09-21-2007, 04:10 AM

I'll put in my guess at West Virginia.

We ran into similiar grades on route 33 heading to Senecca Rocks and the Dolly Sods recreation area.

Bill Davis · 09-21-2007, 04:51 AM

There may be other locations, but this one was in Branson, MO. This is a very hilly town. Parking is a thrill, because when you return you expect to find your car rolled over. And no, I didn't try the grade with my motorhome. Congrats to jjoe.

jjoe · 09-21-2007, 06:17 AM

Thanks Bill.
I thought I remembered going down that hill in our Honda. Don't think I would want to try it in the motor home.

cvrvr · 09-22-2007, 10:27 AM

You should try Fargo Hill in downtown Los Angeles. It is 32 percent.

George

RedneckExpress · 09-24-2007, 12:14 PM

Mattole Rd in California, that road was so bad I had to use the low range on the transfer case to keep us from flying off it, no shoulder and lanes not wide enough to accomodate a modern car.

Gus Weber · 10-22-2007, 01:59 PM

The worst grade I ever saw was in a campground on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. After I signed in for a riverside space, the owner came running out and asked if I could make steep grades. I said I would give it a try. When we got there, it was literally a steep riverbank, though paved. Then I sat there and wondered how the h... I would ever get up. I decided that if the first try did not work, I would back until the rear wheels were at the river edge and then accellerate like crazy. By using my grandson's protractor I discovered the grade was 42 degrees! But when I tried to go up, the Ford V-10 just dug in and got us up no sweat. The hill was only about 60 yards long!

Your sign may have come from Sonora Pass in the Sierra. I believe that grade is as indicated on the sign. I once followed a Southwind with a trailer down that pass and had to back off as he did not gear down and every time he hit his brakes he made a cloud of smoke from the wheel wells.

Gus Weber