I’ve driven across that stretch of road thousands of times in an 18 wheeler. IMO one of the most dangerous stretches of road in the US, in summer due to high winds, and winter due to snow. Sometimes it’s like a blizzard across there even with no snow falling because of the wind blowing it around. In hazardous weather I would bypass that area by running old Hwy 30 from Laramie to Rawlins. There’s a saying in Wyoming.. “Snow in Wyoming never melts, it just blows around until it wears out”.
A cousin and her husband run Michigan-Kansas City with Ford parts. Five days a week they live in the truck.
Two of my children and one granddaughter all
graduated from the U. of W. in Laramie. They referred to that stretch of the interstate as the “Sno Chi Minh” trail. It can be really vicious.....summer and winter.
What about the 1-80 stretch around Evanston? What’s that like?
Thanks.
Thanks for the expert counsel. I appreciate the saying of ‘snow not melting but just being rearranged by the wind.’ Bravo.
I’ve driven across Wyoming dozens of times, always with a headwind.
Once in the area of this wreck, I got off at a little exit to let the dog get some exercise. Back behind a hill and out of sight of the interstate was a huge junkyard with row after row of trashed semis and trailers and RVs.
In the middle of the night I met a semi in the fast lane. It was the 80s and I had a CB so I asked him if he knew he was going the wrong way up the interstate. He said, yeah, it’s been a rough day.
I drove through there in a blizzard in the early 90’s. It looked like a freight train glacier speeding across my windshield. It was the most insane snow I’ve ever seen.