We had been told that there was a scenic byway that makes a La Sal Mountain loop, starting with a turn at Castle Valley.
We climbed about 3,000 feet from the Colorado River and the road kept getting narrower and narrower.
When we reached 6,946 feet up, we decided that it was going to keep going up, and with the truck overheating, it was time to head back down.
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Note to self:
Don't take the truck way up in the mountain paths.
Is the truck doing ok now?
It was only slightly overheating, and it did much better going downhill. We may be making some changes to our Grand Canyon plans.
Was that Mountain Loop Road? Google Maps has that thing going up to 8300 feet. Were you in 4 wheel drive at that point? Or was it still in 2WD?
Yes, the waitress at the Broken Oar said that it would be a nice scenic drive. The map we were using was kind of flat.
No, we were in 2-WD; traction was not a problem. We decided that we we should give up at about 6,946 feet up.
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