I'm glad you're driving. I'm too old and sick to ever be able to make a trip like this but thanks to you I feel like I'm being blessed to see all the places you go.You've got a great job. Please be safe. I pray for you daily. Thanks again , Craig in Alabama.
Charles C. Parker Me too mate this trucker takes me to places I could only dream of from a wheely chair in Oz. Keep as well as you can and know your not alone. X
@@ksanurse check out wilderness on wheels. A have a few locations in Colorado that provide a great outdoor mountain adventure to those in wheel chairs. Colorado definitely has something for everyone to enjoy.
I went over this in the early 70s. It was the most terrifying drive of my life. I would never do it again! I read it is the second most dangerous drive in the US. I enjoyed your video and adnire your skill and courage!
You are the kind of driver that America needs more of. Beautiful scenery. 6 over Loveland pass and 7 going south out of Russellville were 2 of my favorite highways to drive, I used to pull a food grade tanker
The BEST edge of my seat shotgun ride EVER! Thought I'd get motion sickness! Had to take a few breaks to get through the ride. Thank you so much! Watched it twice.
I retired after driving 32yrs and been retired 10yrs and have never seen anything like Red Mountain pass, thank you so much Riding Shotgun for the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen. Love all your videos and this is my favorite.
I'll be watching this video again and again. This is the most beautiful yet dangerous run I've seen.Only with your strong heart and serious driving skills could this trip be made with a heavily loaded semi! I couldn't imagine the average trucker successfully making this trip. My heart was in my throat at every one of those sharp curves and drop off points and I'm just watching! Thank you for this wonderful experience!
Iv'e skydived, bungee jumped, worked at heights, cliff dived, and stood on one of the highest bolders (Kjeragbolten; Norway) in the world, wedged between two cliffs at 3,228 ft above water, but watching this drive really made my heart pump! Imagine the fear of having to sneeze on one of those hairpin drop offs while driving that bad boy!!
Use to run Red Mountain and Lizard Head back in the seventies and eighties in a tractor trailer. There were some real white knuckle moments. There are curves that even back then with a 40 foot and later a 42 foot trailer, it was impossible to keep the trailer tandems from crossing the centerline into the oncoming lane. Definitely not the run for the faint hearted truck driver. Great video Mike! Thanks, Doug.
Had a sibling that first drove animal feed to CO and livestock back to NM. He delivered an old cowboy mare to me after I got my first Mexican-made saddle. It was a bad day when my first school bus driver refused to load my my gift horse. Sad as a cowboy can be in first grade with no horse outside,
Romelle F Young Thanks for making my Mother's Day on May 9, 2021. You brought back memories when I was driving north. I had my mother screaming at me from the back seat. My husband was saying prayers.
Brought back lots of nice memories. My g/f {r.i.p.) and i took a motorcycle trip from Louisiana to colorado springs in 2003 we rode the 550 south all the way from Gunnison to Durango. i loved it (scared the hell out of me but still loved it and wish we could again. thanks for the fond memories.
Thanks for filming this. I drive truck too and drove that exact route just a few hours ago with a load of trees, but didn’t have anything I could show friends and family. Now I do. Nice job. Stay safe, driver.
I am planning my vacation in 2023. Looking at this video, I wonder if at the age of 74, can I still dream of driving from Ouray to Silverton and happily returning home to Illinois. Thank you for this wonderful experience.
@@boobtubeakatv1296 and would rip the whole road off the mountain if an avalanche hit it, those guard rails are sunk 4-8 feet into the ground, an avalanche would rip the rails right out taking the support for the highway with it destroying the “oldest road in America” (the trail it was built on has been there since before the beginning of recorded history and will hopefully be there way longer)
Native Coloradoan and I don't want to nitpick but it's pronounced Youray not Ooray. Ouray is also known as the Switzerland of America. Thanks for the ride one of the most beautiful parts of Colorado!
Was going to Montrose for a business trip and when I told the people where I started that they replied, Oh! You're taking the most dangerous road in the country. Say what? They explained in detail. And after getting through it and breaking the vacuum on the car seat so I could get out and told my wife after she asked what took so long..this video really helped. Thanks for all you do.
Well Michael, thanks for the ride along and hope all those 4 wheelers knew that you was driving a touring semi tractor/trailer.. LOL I will have to admit, I have never been on US 550 and Red Mountain Pass Highway, so thanks a bunch for the touring ride and I'm adding this highway on my bucket list to drive, but only in my van or car. Be safe and happy trucking trails!
Most of those drivers coming in the opposite direction were pretty savvy about giving you extra space in their lane just in case.I'm pretty sure they were not from South Florida. Thanks for the ride. Be safe.
Ok, came down to the comments wondering if anybody else noticed that. Good on the drivers who moved over closer to the mountain to let you have more room.
I've never been over Red Mountain Pass, i have driven over Monarch Pass & Wolfe Creek Pass in a truck. I heard some locals say years ago about a truck that went over the side. Apparently the driver survived the initial crash over the edge, but went into shock while sitting in the state troopers patrol vehicle & died of a heart attack while in the troopers cruiser. That is one mountain pass i will NOT drive over!
@@montizzlefoshizzle7131 I'm very well aware of what Monarch can be like. I did say I've been on it. I've driven on Monarch in a snowstorm, when you couldn't see 50 feet in front of the truck! I also know that Wolfe Creek Pass has claimed it's share of truck drivers lives, even after they rebuilt it several years ago. A local rancher from Gunnison said the same about Monarch.
Been on every hwy in every state. 40 yrs trucking. See the country at 65mph these days. Use to be 55mph. Love Wyoming Colorado. And Montana. Sometimes i just wanted to park the truck and stay forever.
Incredible drive, sir. My dad told me about this route .. he did it both directions in his motor home, so I came to UA-cam to find out about it. Thanks for the ride along.
Thanks for making this video, people who drive big trucks for a living are probably the best drivers on the road, and some of the nicest people you will meet...Please be courteous to them!
OMG. I had to stop watching for awhile. Felt like we were going off the side of the Mtn. holy s(*(&......It is so beautiful though. Thanks for the ride.
Just so you know, you dont have to say "OMG" and misuse the word "holy". You could have written that as "I had to stop watching for a while. Felt like we were foing off the side of the Mtn. It is so beautiful though. Thanks for the ride." You convey the same message without the profanities. If you want you can also start that with a non offensive exclamation "wow" or.end the sentence with an exclamation mark. "Felt like we were going off the side of the mountain!"
Feb 2022 - Brought back memories of 1985, south bound in a loaded short hood Pete pulling a 45ft pneumatic with NO sliders. If you had been up there in '85 you'd know why they built those slide sheds. I saw a couple of places I thought I remembered, but it's been a few moons since. Good video and thanks for the memories
Been too long since going over that pass, so beautiful. I will say the north bound is a lot easier and less nerve wracking to drive. As a youngster I was glad my dad was driving that. When I would drive that I was so tense by the time we were in the valleys my hands were sore and so glad that was behind us. Thanks for another great drive!
When I would drive these roads I always wanted to be at the end of the line. Less stress and I could drive slow and enjoy what's around me. I don't do it much anymore so thanks for letting me drive along with you!
Thank you for this video. We are so lucky to live in this gorgeous state. I've not been over 550 since 1976 and am not sure I'm brave enough to drive it now.
Boston boy. Took this ride in my rented sedan on a sunny summer day during my only ever trip to Colorado. Unforgettable. When a wild hailstorm broke out as we approached the top we luckily found a pullover spot and waited it out about 15 minutes. Never again !!
Just subscribed. I was on this road when I was in high school in 1989 on vacation with my family from Kentucky. My mom and I were terrified and wouldn’t look over the edge. My Dad and brother had a big time with us being so scared. Lol Great video. I can’t wait for my parents to see this video, maybe my Mom will look this time!! I can say just watching still made me nervous. I found myself holding on to the recliner!! Lol
Oh yeah brings back memories when I drove the greyhound back in the days now I drive semis like you. I was with my rig last on same road about February time. Nice view. Thanks for the reminder from one trucker to another brother drive safe as you always do. God bless you.
America is beautiful. I crossed over the continental divide in Colorado a few years ago with John Denver’s Rocky Mountain high on the CD player. Thanks for taking us along for a ride.
Beautiful drive! You are insane to go over it in a semi. 😀 We drove on a road similar to this back in 1978 during a cross-country vacation. It is the most frightening ride I’ve ever been on - and we were in a Ford Torino! Unfortunately, it was around midnight with a full moon. We couldn’t see much of the landscape around us, but the moon shined a spotlight on the chasm below us. I’d love to do this drive during the day in a subcompact car! Thanks!!
My Marine Brother lives in Durango. He sent me vids off him driving this. I would have torn it up on my M/C until about 10 year years ago. Now the switched has flipped and even a 20 foot drop is a challenge. Love this video. I would have curled up in the fetal position.
I took this route one year while returning to Albuquerque from camping/fishing around Monarch pass with a boat in tow. Gorgeous even while having to watch the road. Became my favorite scenic return home Worth the extra travel time even loaded. I recall the pucker factor that first time with my 84 Mazda B2000 truck that was a lot narrower but with about the same power to weight ratio as yours. Thanks for the memories Mike. Noticing things I missed while driving.
My daughter has a house on the right, across the river, at 10:40, just outside Ouray. She is a Ca. resident. Love riding over Red Mtn Pass on a motorcycle in the Summer!
The big rig dash cam is way better than the auto. You can see so much of the scenery. Thanks for turning the cam to the points of interest. Enjoyed the continuous narration. I went south on this road about 35 years ago in a VW Beetle. It was definitely a white knuckle experience.
What a great video. I am sitting here is the warmth of my office, contemplating this holiday season of remodeling for clients and long, right now, to be riding shotgun. Thank you.
Dude, I'm addicted to your videos. My wife and I are close to retirement age and are watching for pretty places to live. I use to have a fully loaded CDL but my health took it away. Anyway, keep the suicidal bugs of the windshield and PEACE!
This road is paradise compared to Pacific Coast Hwy, US 1, in California. Drove it in 1977 and white knuckeled it all the way!!! A 200 ft drop into the Pacific, fallen rocks, loose gravel and switchbacks for 75 miles with no guard rails!!
Western Colorado is a wonderful playground, my Gr Gr Grandfather came west after surviving the Civil War, covered all these areas on Horseback! Think I have Red Rock in my veins👍
I love this video. I remember the first time I went through Ouray and hit those switchbacks, it blew my mind. It's a great trip if you can make it to Durango. They have a free Railroad Museum, and then of course, there is the day trip on the narrow-gauge to Silverton. I've been there a couple of times and really have enjoyed it. I'm glad I moved to Colorado, you can never run out of things to see.
Green Mountain Falls outside of Colorado Springs was a favorite family vacation area for us Midwest flat landers. That was before they put the freeway thru. Made the trip to Durango. Seemed every time we cleared one mountain range there was another ahead to cross. Finally got to Durango and took the train to Silverton and back. About a year later, Butch and Sundance came out and we immediately noted the train. Saw a recent UA-cam video of that train ride. Seems like there are homes along the rail 60% of the way out of Durango. At the time we went, crossed a Hwy a mile or so from the station and out into grass land until into the climb. What a different experience today. :-/ Thing I loved about mountain driving was the visual effects while driving. You thought you were driving on level or slightly descending Hwy. then look at rear or side view mirrors and realized you’re driving up quite a steep slope. Last did the MDH with family in ‘66 Impala hard top. Fully loaded with 3 weeks of camping gear and clothing. Dad would see the Speed Limit signs and claimed them as just wishful thinking. LOL Thanks for a great memory ride. Cut my mountain travels. Too many times I’ve seen what the rains have done to those roads compared to what they looked like 50 years ago. Did a pair of Yosemite trips 2 years apart back in ‘03. Second trip was eye opening as to the amount of road decay in the mountains. :-(
It’s a fact that it IS the most amazing stretch of highway in the US (lower 48 anyway). This is the better part of the San Juan Skyway scenic byway which is ranked the #1 scenic drive in the country in almost every ranking.
North bound is the worse way because of the mountain side swings into oncoming traffic. Four thousand foot drop-offs without a guard rail and barely a white line. Done this many times with a big truck, Fall and Spring are the most beautiful. Ouray has hidden waterfalls but no place to park a truck but I've been there. Beautiful!!
#483 Hello, Mountain Mike. I drove that road when I was a teenager back in 1963. I had white knuckles in a 1961 Rambler Classic Station Wagon. I have never been back since. Thanks for your professional driver experience. I also drove to the top of Pikes Peak, gravel road, no trees, no guard rails, 14,110 feet. I will not do that again, either.
When I was brand new as a solo driver I took that road from Durango to Gypsum. I guess it makes a difference that I was empty and the weather was perfect. Three in each mirror, that's six. Thanks for the ride.
Hey MM Mike I look forward to your videos and can’t believe I missed this one…lots of thrills and chills PLUS awe-inspiring Colorado as a backdrop! If I drove this I’d be freakin’ cuz there’s no guardrail. Keep on truck in’ …peace!
It's pronounced youray ( Ouray ) it's a Ute Indian name. I lived in Montrose, Co. for 10 years so I thought you might want to know that. And that is very hot for that area.
Thank you for taking me home! I grew up in Silverton, and I learned to drive truck on that road. I worked for my uncles driving a log truck, no truck driving schools back then except for the school of hard knocks!! But (lol) I guess you could say I graduated from (Red Mountain) University, lol, I SURVIVED! But that was on the old road along the shelf, the tunnel is on the new section that bypasses the shelf section, which claimed a lot of lives over the years. You done ok, and don't worry about the tin canners on vacation, they will get over it, or not. Stay safe out there brother!
If you did you sure were a good new be. I don’t think you learned how to drive truck on this hi way. They wouldn’t have let you learn how to drive as a new be on here. If they did somebody had some thinking. You
@@mikecromwell4245 Well mikey, I don't know where I learned to drive, it might have been in midair, oh oh I know! It was on the railroad!! By golly I'm sure glad I got such good friends like you to remind me what I wuz diddn before they wiz bornded!!! Why that's jus amazin! You so smmmarrrtt!!! LOL! get a life kid!
Ya yeild if your going down hill not when you are going up, that raffic going down was moving over for him! This pass in the winter gets shut down quite a bit , CO native shout out! West side best side!
My watching this in January 2024!😀There toward the end you had 6 cars behind you on the flat and I saw a place where you had room to pull over but you didn’t! Couldn’t figure out why but this video was way in the past! I’ve watched recent videos in the new job in the older truck! It seems to do pretty well in the snow pack on the well roads! Hope you get the new truck soon MmMike! Keep on trucking! Glad you survived the Million Dollar Highway!❤️😀🚙
Thanks for the ride, some very scenic views. Back in the 1980's as a ham radio operator i used to contact many hams operating mobile putting out USA counties, of course being in England I never knew what beautiful places they were driving through, we didn't have you-tube in those days so it's nice to see such places. I've just subscribed so I can go and search out your other videos. Drive safely .....
I'm glad you're driving. I'm too old and sick to ever be able to make a trip like this but thanks to you I feel like I'm being blessed to see all the places you go.You've got a great job. Please be safe. I pray for you daily. Thanks again , Craig in Alabama.
LOVE FROM SWEDEN ❤❤❤
Charles C. Parker Me too mate this trucker takes me to places I could only dream of from a wheely chair in Oz. Keep as well as you can and know your not alone. X
@@ksanurse check out wilderness on wheels. A have a few locations in Colorado that provide a great outdoor mountain adventure to those in wheel chairs. Colorado definitely has something for everyone to enjoy.
I drove it by accident last week ..picturesque but terrifying!
I went over this in the early 70s. It was the most terrifying drive of my life. I would never do it again! I read it is the second most dangerous drive in the US. I enjoyed your video and adnire your skill and courage!
You are the kind of driver that America needs more of. Beautiful scenery. 6 over Loveland pass and 7 going south out of Russellville were 2 of my favorite highways to drive, I used to pull a food grade tanker
The BEST edge of my seat shotgun ride EVER! Thought I'd get motion sickness! Had to take a few breaks to get through the ride. Thank you so much! Watched it twice.
Probably the most beautiful drives in the west. Love the little town of Ouray!
They are
I lived in Colorado springs for 5 yrs and I've heard locals pronouncing it you-ray.
Yes, you can always tell who is not local by the way they say it. Born & raised in Montrose. It's pronounced u-ray. After Ute Chief Ouray.
I used to be a courageous driver but you have some balls. That’s one drive I’m not sure I would tackle. Great ride! Thank you!👍🏻
I retired after driving 32yrs and been retired 10yrs and have never seen anything like Red Mountain pass, thank you so much Riding Shotgun for the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen. Love all your videos and this is my favorite.
Your welcome Stephen.. thanks for watching ☮️
Thanks Mike. What a beautiful ride. I'm glad you were driving. Peace !!!
Right on Craig .. thanks for watching ☮️
I'll be watching this video again and again. This is the most beautiful yet dangerous run I've seen.Only with your strong heart and serious driving skills could this trip be made with a heavily loaded semi! I couldn't imagine the average trucker successfully making this trip. My heart was in my throat at every one of those sharp curves and drop off points and I'm just watching! Thank you for this wonderful experience!
Geez, you’re one hell of a trucker. After that trip, I have complete faith in you. 🐨🇦🇺
Thank you Martin.. was a beautiful trip.. ☮️
Iv'e skydived, bungee jumped, worked at heights, cliff dived, and stood on one of the highest bolders (Kjeragbolten; Norway) in the world, wedged between two cliffs at 3,228 ft above water, but watching this drive really made my heart pump! Imagine the fear of having to sneeze on one of those hairpin drop offs while driving that bad boy!!
That was awesome, the views of those mountains even the sound of the engine was music to my ears. We dont have anything like it here in the UK.
Use to run Red Mountain and Lizard Head back in the seventies and eighties in a tractor trailer. There were some real white knuckle moments. There are curves that even back then with a 40 foot and later a 42 foot trailer, it was impossible to keep the trailer tandems from crossing the centerline into the oncoming lane. Definitely not the run for the faint hearted truck driver. Great video Mike! Thanks, Doug.
Had a sibling that first drove animal feed to CO and livestock
back to NM. He delivered an old cowboy mare to me after
I got my first Mexican-made saddle. It was a bad day when
my first school bus driver refused to load my my gift horse.
Sad as a cowboy can be in first grade with no horse outside,
Romelle F Young
Thanks for making my Mother's Day on May 9, 2021. You brought back memories when I was driving north. I had my mother screaming at me from the back seat. My husband was saying prayers.
Brought back lots of nice memories. My g/f {r.i.p.) and i took a motorcycle trip from Louisiana to colorado springs in 2003 we rode the 550 south all the way from Gunnison to Durango. i loved it (scared the hell out of me but still loved it and wish we could again. thanks for the fond memories.
Thanks for filming this. I drive truck too and drove that exact route just a few hours ago with a load of trees, but didn’t have anything I could show friends and family. Now I do. Nice job. Stay safe, driver.
Awesome trip on the 550...Thanx for letting me ride along..Stay safe brother!
I am planning my vacation in 2023. Looking at this video, I wonder if at the age of 74, can I still dream of driving from Ouray to Silverton and happily returning home to Illinois. Thank you for this wonderful experience.
miles of beauty... inches from disaster
Nicely put.. thx for watching ☮️
This is the best driving
video I ever have seen ...
So beautiful !!!
@Ivanhoe ॐ
Highway Barriers would just block the views from 4 wheelers perspectives 🥸
@@boobtubeakatv1296 and would rip the whole road off the mountain if an avalanche hit it, those guard rails are sunk 4-8 feet into the ground, an avalanche would rip the rails right out taking the support for the highway with it destroying the “oldest road in America” (the trail it was built on has been there since before the beginning of recorded history and will hopefully be there way longer)
I love that you give us all a view of the Western states. It is so beautiful and this is the only opportunity for us to see it.
Native Coloradoan and I don't want to nitpick but it's pronounced Youray not Ooray. Ouray is also known as the Switzerland of America. Thanks for the ride one of the most beautiful parts of Colorado!
This is one of the better trucking videos I've seen in a while. Thanks for posting.
Mike that was a fantastic run, that would be the most beautiful scenery ever thanks. keep safe ,and god bless.George ! ( in Western Australia )
Was going to Montrose for a business trip and when I told the people where I started that they replied, Oh! You're taking the most dangerous road in the country.
Say what?
They explained in detail. And after getting through it and breaking the vacuum on the car seat so I could get out and told my wife after she asked what took so long..this video really helped. Thanks for all you do.
My best friend and I drove Red Mountain Pass northbound from Durango in August 1994. Ill never forget it. Harrowing but magnificent!!!
Well Michael, thanks for the ride along and hope all those 4 wheelers knew that you was driving a touring semi tractor/trailer.. LOL
I will have to admit, I have never been on US 550 and Red Mountain Pass Highway, so thanks a bunch for the touring ride and I'm adding this highway on my bucket list to drive, but only in my van or car.
Be safe and happy trucking trails!
Right on Les.. the next two videos are the finish of that trip. But definitely make it up there if you can.. definitely will not be disappointed ☮️
Most of those drivers coming in the opposite direction were pretty savvy about giving you extra space in their lane just in case.I'm pretty sure they were not from South Florida. Thanks for the ride. Be safe.
Ok, came down to the comments wondering if anybody else noticed that. Good on the drivers who moved over closer to the mountain to let you have more room.
I just went through there at night in a little snow, I'll never do that again this time of year and never again at night any time of the year...
😱 glad you made it through there.
@@Bamabrat9171 ... I kept my word so far😅
I've never been over Red Mountain Pass, i have driven over Monarch Pass & Wolfe Creek Pass in a truck. I heard some locals say years ago about a truck that went over the side. Apparently the driver survived the initial crash over the edge, but went into shock while sitting in the state troopers patrol vehicle & died of a heart attack while in the troopers cruiser. That is one mountain pass i will NOT drive over!
@@timothygeiger8271 Monarch can be just as dangerous as Red Mountain the only difference is the speed and height
@@montizzlefoshizzle7131 I'm very well aware of what Monarch can be like. I did say I've been on it. I've driven on Monarch in a snowstorm, when you couldn't see 50 feet in front of the truck!
I also know that Wolfe Creek Pass has claimed it's share of truck drivers lives, even after they rebuilt it several years ago. A local rancher from Gunnison said the same about Monarch.
Been on every hwy in every state. 40 yrs trucking. See the country at 65mph these days. Use to be 55mph. Love Wyoming Colorado. And Montana. Sometimes i just wanted to park the truck and stay forever.
Incredible drive, sir. My dad told me about this route .. he did it both directions in his motor home, so I came to UA-cam to find out about it. Thanks for the ride along.
The landscape along this road is wonderful!
Thanks for making this video, people who drive big trucks for a living are probably the best drivers on the road, and some of the nicest people you will meet...Please be courteous to them!
Thanks for sharing - stunning scenery and a beautiful pass
You're absolutely welcome Chris I love this pass.. ☮️
OMG. I had to stop watching for awhile. Felt like we were going off the side of the Mtn. holy s(*(&......It is so beautiful though. Thanks for the ride.
Just so you know, you dont have to say "OMG" and misuse the word "holy". You could have written that as "I had to stop watching for a while. Felt like we were foing off the side of the Mtn. It is so beautiful though. Thanks for the ride."
You convey the same message without the profanities. If you want you can also start that with a non offensive exclamation "wow" or.end the sentence with an exclamation mark. "Felt like we were going off the side of the mountain!"
Thank you, great drive, great scenery, eye candy!
Feb 2022 - Brought back memories of 1985, south bound in a loaded short hood Pete pulling a 45ft pneumatic with NO sliders.
If you had been up there in '85 you'd know why they built those slide sheds.
I saw a couple of places I thought I remembered, but it's been a few moons since.
Good video and thanks for the memories
Been too long since going over that pass, so beautiful. I will say the north bound is a lot easier and less nerve wracking to drive. As a youngster I was glad my dad was driving that. When I would drive that I was so tense by the time we were in the valleys my hands were sore and so glad that was behind us. Thanks for another great drive!
Anytime Rick and thanks for watching ☮️
Taking the trip with you...thank you its been beautiful . I can say now I rode the million dollar mountain with a trucker..
When I would drive these roads I always wanted to be at the end of the line. Less stress and I could drive slow and enjoy what's around me. I don't do it much anymore so thanks for letting me drive along with you!
You welcome Mary.. I have tried that but I always found someone going slower than molasses..
Thank you for this video. We are so lucky to live in this gorgeous state. I've not been over 550 since 1976 and am not sure I'm brave enough to drive it now.
Your welcome Waneta.. you can handle it... It's not as bad as it looks.. thx for watching ☮️
Boston boy. Took this ride in my rented sedan on a sunny summer day during my only ever trip to Colorado. Unforgettable. When a wild hailstorm broke out as we approached the top we luckily found a pullover spot and waited it out about 15 minutes. Never again !!
picturesque trip with view of mountains , amazing , thank you shotgun .... peace !!!
Just subscribed. I was on this road when I was in high school in 1989 on vacation with my family from Kentucky. My mom and I were terrified and wouldn’t look over the edge. My Dad and brother had a big time with us being so scared. Lol
Great video. I can’t wait for my parents to see this video, maybe my Mom will look this time!! I can say just watching still made me nervous. I found myself holding on to the recliner!! Lol
Oh yeah brings back memories when I drove the greyhound back in the days now I drive semis like you. I was with my rig last on same road about February time. Nice view. Thanks for the reminder from one trucker to another brother drive safe as you always do. God bless you.
Thanks again for a chance to experience a fair weather trip through the hills!
Stallone drove through that town in the beginning of the 80's move "Over the Top". Looks the same! Love your travels man!!
America is beautiful. I crossed over the continental divide in Colorado a few years ago with John Denver’s Rocky Mountain high on the CD player. Thanks for taking us along for a ride.
I was on it last week. I've got 38yrs driving over 5 million miles, and I was praying to God going southbound.
I've enjoyed that same drive, but no more! Thanks for the ride!!!
Here in the south, in Georgia, we are very use to those 90° temps, hell, that's spring time for us! I love it! What a beautiful drive!
Thanks for pulling over to let the cars pass, sign of a courteous and mindful truck driver.
This drive and the NW section of Wyoming two of the most beautiful in US in my opinion
Beautiful drive! You are insane to go over it in a semi. 😀 We drove on a road similar to this back in 1978 during a cross-country vacation. It is the most frightening ride I’ve ever been on - and we were in a Ford Torino! Unfortunately, it was around midnight with a full moon. We couldn’t see much of the landscape around us, but the moon shined a spotlight on the chasm below us. I’d love to do this drive during the day in a subcompact car! Thanks!!
My Marine Brother lives in Durango. He sent me vids off him driving this. I would have torn it up on my M/C until about 10 year years ago. Now the switched has flipped and even a 20 foot drop is a challenge. Love this video. I would have curled up in the fetal position.
I took this route one year while returning to Albuquerque from camping/fishing around Monarch pass with a boat in tow. Gorgeous even while having to watch the road. Became my favorite scenic return home Worth the extra travel time even loaded. I recall the pucker factor that first time with my 84 Mazda B2000 truck that was a lot narrower but with about the same power to weight ratio as yours. Thanks for the memories Mike. Noticing things I missed while driving.
My daughter has a house on the right, across the river, at 10:40, just outside Ouray. She is a Ca. resident. Love riding over Red Mtn Pass on a motorcycle in the Summer!
That's awesome Jack. I would love to take a motorcycle ride on it as well thanks for watching ☮️
One of my favorite highways. Over to Silverton, then to Durango. You are bring back my childhood. Thank you, thank you.
The big rig dash cam is way better than the auto. You can see so much of the scenery. Thanks for turning the cam to the points of interest. Enjoyed the continuous narration. I went south on this road about 35 years ago in a VW Beetle. It was definitely a white knuckle experience.
What a great video. I am sitting here is the warmth of my office, contemplating this holiday season of remodeling for clients and long, right now, to be riding shotgun. Thank you.
I've watched quite a few of your videos and I believe this is the best one yet. It is a beautiful drive through the mountains and glad I was along.
Dude, I'm addicted to your videos. My wife and I are close to retirement age and are watching for pretty places to live. I use to have a fully loaded CDL but my health took it away. Anyway, keep the suicidal bugs of the windshield and PEACE!
This road is paradise compared to Pacific Coast Hwy, US 1, in California. Drove it in 1977 and white knuckeled it all the way!!! A 200 ft drop into the Pacific, fallen rocks, loose gravel and switchbacks for 75 miles with no guard rails!!
Yes .. but aren't they fun?.. lol thx for watching ☮️
Those mountain roads without guardrails give me agita in the wintertime and they aren't that much better in the summertime.
Western Colorado is a wonderful playground, my Gr Gr Grandfather came west after surviving the Civil War, covered all these areas on Horseback! Think I have Red Rock in my veins👍
Wow! So beautiful. Thanks for the ride.
Right on Mary.. thx..
I agree..... you have to know where your tires are all the time!! I'm glad you have the experience!!
Same here lol.. ☮️
Oh my! Sheer drop a couple of inches outside of the fog line. Nuts!
I love this video. I remember the first time I went through Ouray and hit those switchbacks, it blew my mind. It's a great trip if you can make it to Durango. They have a free Railroad Museum, and then of course, there is the day trip on the narrow-gauge to Silverton. I've been there a couple of times and really have enjoyed it. I'm glad I moved to Colorado, you can never run out of things to see.
Green Mountain Falls outside of Colorado Springs was a favorite family vacation area for us Midwest flat landers. That was before they put the freeway thru.
Made the trip to Durango. Seemed every time we cleared one mountain range there was another ahead to cross. Finally got to Durango and took the train to Silverton and back. About a year later, Butch and Sundance came out and we immediately noted the train.
Saw a recent UA-cam video of that train ride. Seems like there are homes along the rail 60% of the way out of Durango. At the time we went, crossed a Hwy a mile or so from the station and out into grass land until into the climb. What a different experience today. :-/
Thing I loved about mountain driving was the visual effects while driving. You thought you were driving on level or slightly descending Hwy. then look at rear or side view mirrors and realized you’re driving up quite a steep slope.
Last did the MDH with family in ‘66 Impala hard top. Fully loaded with 3 weeks of camping gear and clothing. Dad would see the Speed Limit signs and claimed them as just wishful thinking. LOL
Thanks for a great memory ride.
Cut my mountain travels. Too many times I’ve seen what the rains have done to those roads compared to what they looked like 50 years ago. Did a pair of Yosemite trips 2 years apart back in ‘03. Second trip was eye opening as to the amount of road decay in the mountains. :-(
Absolutely breathtaking! Gorgeous Thank you Mike!
Thanks for the wonderful video. I live all the scenery. I doubt I ever get there in person. It is beautiful. Thanks again.
What a beautiful country, it's gorgeous
Has to be the most amazing stretch of highway in the US.Would be awesome when leaves change colors.
Suppose that's why they gave it the million dollar Highway name?.. I 100%.. lol. Thx for watching ☮️
It’s a fact that it IS the most amazing stretch of highway in the US (lower 48 anyway). This is the better part of the San Juan Skyway scenic byway which is ranked the #1 scenic drive in the country in almost every ranking.
I was there for the first time during peak fall colors last year... It was out of a dream to say the very least.
North bound is the worse way because of the mountain side swings into oncoming traffic. Four thousand foot drop-offs without a guard rail and barely a white line. Done this many times with a big truck, Fall and Spring are the most beautiful. Ouray has hidden waterfalls but no place to park a truck but I've been there. Beautiful!!
Thanks for bringing us along for the ride! My palms are sweaty just from watching.
#483 Hello, Mountain Mike. I drove that road when I was a teenager back in 1963. I had white knuckles in a 1961 Rambler Classic Station Wagon. I have never been back since. Thanks for your professional driver experience. I also drove to the top of Pikes Peak, gravel road, no trees, no guard rails, 14,110 feet. I will not do that again, either.
I took this as a rookie in 1994, scared me to death. By the time I got to Silverado I was spent. Fortunately it was not busy had a lot of room.
My boyfriend just went through there yesterday with a 53' trailer. I was home praying! Thankfully he made it through safely!
Awesome video! Thank you for sharing and glad you made it safely. I would have fainted at the first hairpin curve outside of Ouray lol.
You are so welcome Diego. No you'd be surprised if you actually went up there you would have done just fine, ☮️
Wow!i held my breath a few times. Beautiful drive. Scary at times, though. I like that you are so considerate of the people behind you. Be safe!
Beautiful country, I’ve ridden my motorbike though here it’s a great day to be alive riding this mountain pace.
One of the most beautiful drives in the United States, it can be scary.
Thank you for letting me see this. God bless you. Stay safe. Praying for you!
When I was brand new as a solo driver I took that road from Durango to Gypsum. I guess it makes a difference that I was empty and the weather was perfect. Three in each mirror, that's six.
Thanks for the ride.
I am hanging on to my chair on this trip! Beautiful!!! Thanks!
Hey MM Mike I look forward to your videos and can’t believe I missed this one…lots of thrills and chills PLUS awe-inspiring Colorado as a backdrop! If I drove this I’d be freakin’ cuz there’s no guardrail. Keep on truck in’ …peace!
Hiya Mike,I'm back,I just can't help but ride along,lol thank you for the safe ride,peace out✌️❤
Hi Mike 550 tough for a four wheeler let alone a semi.nice job . Thanks for the ride. Ed
Thanks Ed.. and thanks for watching ☮️
It's pronounced youray ( Ouray ) it's a Ute Indian name. I lived in Montrose, Co. for 10 years so I thought you might want to know that. And that is very hot for that area.
Thank you for taking me home!
I grew up in Silverton, and I learned to drive truck on that road.
I worked for my uncles driving a log truck, no truck driving schools back then except for the school of hard knocks!!
But (lol) I guess you could say I graduated from
(Red Mountain)
University, lol,
I SURVIVED!
But that was on the old road along the shelf, the tunnel is on the new section that bypasses the shelf section, which claimed a lot of lives over the years.
You done ok, and don't worry about the tin canners on vacation, they will get over it, or not.
Stay safe out there brother!
If you did you sure were a good new be. I don’t think you learned how to drive truck on this hi way. They wouldn’t have let you learn how to drive as a new be on here. If they did somebody had some thinking. You
@@mikecromwell4245 Well mikey, I don't know where I learned to drive, it might have been in midair, oh oh I know! It was on the railroad!! By golly I'm sure glad I got such good friends like you to remind me what I wuz diddn before they wiz bornded!!!
Why that's jus amazin!
You so smmmarrrtt!!!
LOL! get a life kid!
Ya yeild if your going down hill not when you are going up, that raffic going down was moving over for him! This pass in the winter gets shut down quite a bit , CO native shout out! West side best side!
Thanks for the beautiful tour. It was a real nail biting drive and i was sitting in my recliner!
My watching this in January 2024!😀There toward the end you had 6 cars behind you on the flat and I saw a place where you had room to pull over but you didn’t! Couldn’t figure out why but this video was way in the past! I’ve watched recent videos in the new job in the older truck! It seems to do pretty well in the snow pack on the well roads! Hope you get the new truck soon MmMike! Keep on trucking! Glad you survived the Million Dollar Highway!❤️😀🚙
KMA, I will never see that road but thanks for the ride along. I drove from Kingman, AZ to Oatman and that did me in.
Mike, we watch your videos almost every day .. Very interesting and beautiful .. We are from Michigan
Thanks for the ride, some very scenic views. Back in the 1980's as a ham radio operator i used to contact many hams operating mobile putting out USA counties, of course being in England I never knew what beautiful places they were driving through, we didn't have you-tube in those days so it's nice to see such places. I've just subscribed so I can go and search out your other videos. Drive safely .....
Beautiful scenery thx Mike for taking us along :-))))
Oh my god, my stomach is up in my throat! It’s beautiful though. Thanks for sharing.
Bitte bleiben Sie gesund ein fantastisches Video toll gemacht. Sie sind bestimmt ein sympathischer Mensch. Greetings von Germany 📽🏅
Thank U for the Beautiful Trip!! Stay Safe & Blessings to U Always
That scared me and I am on my couch. What a beautiful ride