A Ride on "The Million Dollar Highway" ~ So Dangerous!!

On our trip out west in June of 2019 to see several of the national parks lead us wanting to travel the famous but very dangerous "Million Dollar Highway". The video starts with us leaving Durango CO and traveling through the huge snowy San Juan Mountains till we reach Silverton CO the beginning of the Million Dollar Highway. From there we travel the very dangerous but very beautiful highway till we reach Ouray CO.Show more

From Durango, through Silverton and Ouray, to Ridgway, the highway delivers jaw-dropping vista after vista. It was cut from the side of the mountain and became known as the "Million Dollar Highway". It's one of the most scenic drives in the USA. The Million Dollar Highway stretches for about 25 miles in western Colorado and follows the route of U.S. 550 between Silverton and Ouray, Colorado. It is part of the San Juan Skyway. Between Durango and Silverton the Skyway loosely parallels the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. The road climbs up to 3 very high mountain passes. Coal Bank Pass (10,640 ft); Molas Pass (10,970 ft) and Red Mountain Pass (11,018 ft).
The road is fine as long as you don’t drive too fast for conditions. But if you do, the consequences are severe. The weather in this zone is harsh and highly unpredictable and it does not take much time for the bright sunshine to change over to moderate to heavy snowfall. Large RVs travel in both directions often. The road is kept open year-round. Summer temperatures can range from 70–90 °F highs at the ends of the highway to 50–70 °F in the mountain passes. The snow season starts in October, and snow will often close the road in winter. Chains may be required to drive. The drive is very scary on rainy days and storms cause some unnerving waterfalls along the highway.
Avalanches, heavy snowfalls, and landslides can occur anytime and can sometimes block some sections of the road, being extremely dangerous due to frequent patches of ice. How scary is the Million Dollar Highway to some flatlander drivers? Enough that, on several occasions, there are drivers "frozen" in the middle of the road--unable to drive another foot. The countryside is decked in wildflowers during the spring and sustains elk, mountain goats, black bears, and deer. The road was incredibly engineered by Otto Mears, an indomitable road builder and railroad builder of the early west, and was first operated as a toll road. Today it is surely one of the most breath-taking, historic and amazing roads in the country.

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