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I just checked it on google maps. While there are signs that say no RV's or larger vehicles, I towed through more than that on my way to Yellowstone! Even through Yellowstone. Beartooth Highway being one of them.
No I would not recommend taking the road in question here, but there are far worse out there.
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doxiemom11 wrote:We never use GPS but rely on maps and google satelite and google earth views to plan our routes. So far it's worked great but we do hear horror stories often from people who use GPS -- and that's why we don't.
A GPS is a tool.
Like any tool, it takes time to learn how to use it properly.
Like any tool, just picking it up and using it without training and practice - they can be incredibly dangerous to use.
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After looking at Google Earth, Old has less twist & turns than the New.
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paulj
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Yes, Old climbs straight up, New winds around, and thus isn't as steep.
But on a couple of grades in Idaho, the Old is the slow and curvy one. Model T's did not have that great of a power to weight ratio. In fact if the road got too steep, they had to back up. Reverse was a lower gear. And gravity feed of fuel worked better if the gas tank was higher.
But apparently this grade dates from stage coach days - when the passengers walked up to save the horses.
http://www.uniondemocrat.com/localnews/4........d-for-notoriously-steep-old-priest-grade
Quote:“With the onset of GPS, people don’t read signs any more,” York said. “You can sit up there on the patio at Priest Station and watch them come up the new grade, then they turn left and go down the old grade. They’re in RVs and buses and they are not even thinking about which way it is to Yosemite. They are just listening to the magic voice coming out of their phones.”
Quote:“The reality is we keep seeing head-on and sideswipe collisions,” he said. “People think they can get over out of the way but they can’t. I write tickets for crossing over the yellow lines all the time.”
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katleman
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Favorite part of my drives to Yosemite, but only when in a car.
Having driven a 24C over Beartooth twice, I would never take Old Priest Grade in a 24C.
As to the Long Long Trailer, it was filmed in the eastern Sierras, the "road" is Whitney Portal Road.
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