Trucking Wolf Creek Pass on Hwy 160.. South Fork CO to Pagosa Springs CO.. Yee Haw!!
2021 ж. 25 Нау.
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Filmed March 24th 2021
Mike Pierce
P. O. Box 244$
Granby CO 89446
Filmed March 24th 2021
Mike Pierce
P. O. Box 244$
Granby CO 89446
I admire truckers. They are so often under rated. They drive so many miles in any weather, on a schedule. The customers need the deliveries.
Not me; I’m not to fond of truckers
@@JohnWickkkk bad experience?
@@julieutley2073 truckers always run me off the narrow roads
@@JohnWickkkk Wow. Yeah that's dangerous.
Crazy part is I still think it's the easiest job I've ever had
“Me an’ Earl was hauling chickens on a flatbed out of Wiggins…” Thanks for letting us ride along!
Great song😂
I just noticed this and thought of the song. Dang. Ya breat me to it good one
Can't get that song out of my head C.W. MaCall
He had so many good 🎵 songs.
I just pulled it up and listened to it. It will stick to me too!!! Another good one was Convoy.
@@MaryB-ps8lg It has me laughing every time, and I can picture it all, my favorite line is " right in the middle of the whole dang show was a real nice tunnel," ect, ect, ect lol, lol,lol
I love that song. If I ever make it down that way, my son and I have plans to play it on the drive. Just can't NOT do it!
@@MaryB-ps8lg Both had such pretty smiles.
Hey! Let's roll Wolf Creek pass is beautiful. Thank you!
Wow Mike you sure know how to pick beautiful scenery some of the best I’ve seen ever your channel riding shotgun is just the best love your commentary love your videos please don’t stop
Wow...I haven't white knuckled this one in many years. It used to scare the crap outta me. Lol It's nice to see scenery of my home state since I can't be there. You're an awesome driver. Thanks for letting us come along. Stay safe Mike.
If you don’t apply some brake real soon, they’ll be picking us up with a stick and a spoon...
Well we shot that tunnel at a hundred and ten, like gas through a funnel or eggs through a hen.
Cheers for Wolf Creek Pass. Really interesting ride, and a beautiful part of the country. Especially with the snow
The canyons from slick rock to grand junction is a nice drive.
@TheLoiteringKid HWY 141
@@jeffd1919 Had a good laugh at the dully that insisted on passing me going up slick rock the last time, as I nearly rear ended him in a switchback ether from him attempting to taunt me, or maybe I underestimated his ability to corner at the speed limit. I still passed him just as he pulled off of the road in the town just atop slick rock.
Mike thank you for giving us such beautiful scenery . I also so appreciate semi drivers such as yourself. I do not think people really understand the value of semi drivers. Again thank you! I am appreciative and proud of you truck drivers. I am an African American and i tell other African Americans to take the time and appreciate various things here in the U.S. truckers are one of them...not to say they do not already.
I grew up in Pagosa Springs. It's beautiful there and Wolf Creek is an incredibly scenic drive, especially in the fall when the leaves change. ❤️
Me an' Earl was haulin' chickens On a flatbed out of Wiggins And we'd spent all night on the uphill side Of 37 miles of hell Called Wolf Creek Pass Which is up on the Great Divide We was settin' there suckin' toothpicks An' drinkin' Nehis and onion soup mix And I says, "Earl, let's mail a card to mother And then send them chickens on down to the other side Yeah, let's give 'em a ride" Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Well, Earl put down his bottle Mashed his foot down on the throttle And then a couple'a boobs With a thousand cubes In a 1948 Peterbilt screamed to life We woke up the chickens We roared up offa that shoulder Sprayin' pine cones, rocks, and boulders And put four hundred head Of them Rhode Island Reds And a couple a' burnt-out roosters on the line Look out below 'Cause here we go Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Well, we commenced a-truckin' And them hens commenced a-cluckin' And then Earl took out a match And scratched his pants And lit up the unused half of a dollar cigar and took a puff Says "My, ain't this pretty up here" I says, "Earl, this hill can spill us You better slow down or you gonna kill us Just make one mistake And it's the pearly gates For them 85 crates Of USDA-approved cluckers You wanna hit second?" Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Well, Earl grabbed on the shifter And he stabbed her into fifth gear And then the chromium plated Fully illuminated Genuine accessory shift knob Come right off in his hand I says, "You wanna screw that thing back on, Earl?" He was tryin' to thread it on there When the fire fell off a' his cigar And dropped on down Sorta rolled around And then lit in the cuff of Earl's pants And burned a hole in his sock Yeah, sorta set him right on fire I looked on outta the window And I started countin' phone poles Goin' by at the rate of four to the seventh power Well I put two and two together And added 12 and carried five And come up with 22 thousand Telephone poles an hour I looked at Earl and his eyes was wide His lip was curled, and his leg was fried And his hand was froze to the wheel Like a tongue to a sled in the middle of a blizzard I says, Earl, "I'm not the type to complain But the time has come for me to explain That if you don't apply some brake real soon They're gonna have to pick us up With a stick and a spoon" Well, Earl reared back And cocked his leg Stepped down as hard as he could on the brake And the pedal went clear to the floor And stayed right there on the floor And he says it was sorta like steppin' on a plum Well, from there on down It just wasn't real pretty It was hairpin county And switchback city One of 'em looked like a can full'a worms Another one looked like malaria germs Right in the middle of the whole damn show Was a real nice tunnel Now wouldn't you know Sign says clearance to the 12-foot line But the chickens was stacked to 13-nine Well we shot that tunnel at a hundred-and-ten Like gas through a funnel and eggs through a hen We took that top row of chickens off Slicker than scum off a Louisiana swamp Went down and around and around and down We run outta ground at the edge of town Bashed into the side of a feed store In downtown Pagosa Springs Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side Wolf Creek Pass, way up on the Great Divide Truckin' on down the other side
CW McCall?
Get a life
CW had some good truckin stories for sure!
Back when (way back) two men drove. Sorta like teamsters drivin' stage coach.
I can recite that.
Thanks for the ride. Me and Earl appreciate it!
A convoy upon the great divide. Thanks for the ride-along and the memories of my Mom and I -both ways - over the pass. A good time was had by all. Somewhere I have her picture standing in front of that big yellow sign at the top.
Wolf Creek Ski Area is one of the snowiest ski mountains in Colorado. It averages about 400" of snow per year. Great spring skiing.
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I would love to be up there in a lodge, watching out of the window whilst a blizzard was raging outside, just feeding a log onto the fire occasionally ... very soothing thought, somehow.
Thanks for allowing me to ride shotgun. I've driven OTR, solo, over 24 years, semi-retired now. I drove out of Denver & drove Hwy 285 & 160, LaVita pass to and from Alamosa & Monte Vista almost every week. Enjoying just being along for the drive!
I had to try Wolf Creek Pass once in my life. Being a Midwesterner, I knew I'd never get another chance. Driving a one-ton flatbed with a Caterpillar transmission chained to the back, I got to the hairpin curve - standing on the brakes, feeling my two left tires raising up off the ground, and feeling my pants getting sticky...I managed to survive the experience, somehow.
That shit is really fucking scary alot of people died there you physically cannot go past 30 mph on that hairpin road it’s impossible in a huge semi you will go off the edge of the mountain its actually more scary seeing all the trucks and cars from decades ago and this year down there
@@tidesturtles2893 - I didn't see them. I didn't have a chance. I was too busy "taking care of business". I came close to immortalizing both myself and my co-driver, that's for sure. I probably would have never known about it if it hadn't been for that CW McCall guy. He's probably looking down from the hereafter going, "HA! Almost got another one!"
You felt your pants "getting sticky"?... Probably shouldn't be beating off while driving, especially around that turn....
It's definitely one of the most scenic drives in Colorado! I enjoyed driving through the area about a year ago.
Wolf creek pass way up on the Great Divide truckin on down the otherside! Man Mike, CW McCall wrote the song and did it justice! Thanks for showing us Mike. That was awesome!!
Fer sure.. he did..like he rode it lol
That's exactly where my mind went 🚚🐔🎶 Trucking on down the other side 🎶
I had that record, it also included Convoy . I have property in Indian Trails,South Fork
Wunderbar die Strecken durch die USA. Die würde ich gerne mal fahren. Einfach super! Danke fürs mitfahren.
Hi Mike. Hello from the Isle of Wight. I'm pushing eighty now so I doubt if I will get to see your beautiful country side. You make up for this, so many, many thanks for all your journeys shared with us. Pete IoW
I know where the Isle of Wight is! Hello from Texas!
Been about 35 years since I was last on the pass. Thanks for the ride!
Wow I was there in the mid 80s great area
Shout out to those wiper blades. Harry and Larry did a great job.
ah what fond memories this give me. this drive was my first experience going through the Rocky Mts. a few years ago. i do so love that state!
wolf creek pass = 10,856'
What kind of weather going on 70 west first week of may going to Las Vegas
The scenery brings back childhood memories when we would travel to go visit my grandparents...beautiful back then and beautiful now..there are days that I miss them so much...!
Oh the memories. Every year when I was younger family went to Colorado drove this highway many times. I remember that tunnel.. Absolutely beautiful there. Thanks for sharing your video.
Yeeehhhaaa MMM!👋 Lovely Road and Landscape !🏞⛰ Truckdriving at his best!🤠🇺🇲🚛 Have Fun Mike! You are a lucky Man, trucking in this specatacular Landscape! We have so high Roads and Passes only in the Alps or in the Pyrenäen! Peace ✌
I imagine this a breath-taking pass in the spring and fall. I am so glad you were in my recommendations. There is just so much beauty out there that you are bringing to us, and I'm grateful for the distraction.
I accidentally stumbled upon your awesome podcast “Riding Shotgun!” I found it cuz I was researching the semi that went over the hairpin on the western slope of Wolf Creek Pass. (Happened in Sept, 2021 after this video was shot.) I was there at that time. Horrible. I’m from this area and I throughly enjoyed riding over Wolf Creek Pass sitting shotgun with you and your commentary. I know the area well. I’m from Durango. I will stay tuned for more of your trucking adventures- especially through Colorado. I live in AZ now, so I’m depending on you to take me cruising riding Shotgun!
I really miss driving big rigs, did it for almost ten years. Thanks for post this video. 🥰
Please do this gorgeous drive in the fall or summer.
Coming over Wolf Creek Pass on a harley, with 7 others, back in 2007. Just about the time we crested the top an absolute monster rain storm hit. Couldnt see more than just a few feet....literally, 3-5 feet. Scariest time on a motorcycle ever, and Ive ridden a couple hundred thousand miles. We couldnt stop because there was no safe place to pull over. We could only hope the guy in front was on the right side of the road, that no other cars were over the line, and that we didnt go off the edge. That section of road has been burned into my mind. Ive only been there that one time, havent seen any video like this in all these years, yet 14 years later it looks exactly like what I had remembered. We finally stopped at the gas station once coming down. I was never so relieved to pull over and shut the bike off. Whew...that was a rough one
Wolf creek pass. My favorite ski slope. Lol
Thanks Mike for the continuance video and as I sit here in my comfy chair , watching you on telly , it reminds me not all roads are like ours, dry and somewhat boring but each to his/her own I guess - what is next ?
I feel just like I am there with you, Sure brings back hundreds of great memories, Thank You for inviting me. I waited a while watching but man things have not changed that much going into Pagosa Springs, I love going in the spa there and getting the Massage and delux treatment. I bet it is a lot more exspenive these days though.
Thank you, Mike! This was an interesting road with GREAT driving instructions. Well done!
Beautiful Video! It's been a few years since I drove this route! It was great to see again! Thanks for sharing ! 😊
Great trip, great scenery - thank you Mike!
I’ve been so many places you show in your great videos . The beauty is unsurpassed and the memories are now just memories. Age and health will keep me from places like wolf creek pass but your videos bring me happiness - THANK YOU!
As always, thank you again, Mike and God bless.
Listening with ear buds the thundering sound of your truck is incredible!
Greatly enjoy all of your videos! Keep sharing...they´re very relaxing, after a long day!!!
I passed the pass twice. One time in heavy snow with my truck and once with my motorcycle. Both were beautiful. Thanks for this superb video. Such a wonderful road and scenery.
Thank you Mike for a comfortable non political ride through a famous pass. Central California Watching
Thanks for another great video! So fun riding along with you on a great ride! Be safe!
I appreciate your drive over Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado and later, next year I'm 2023 hoping to do a motorcycle trip from Arizona.
Always a pleasure to ride shotgun w/you, Mike.... Thanks for another beautiful scenic ride and great content as always...Peace!
Awesome scenery....thanks for shareing!
Waiting for this video! 30 years ago about midnight, temperature -14 deg and in a full rocky mountain blizard with a foot of powder on the road, I was late for date in Durango. The tires were chained up as required on the 1973 volvo passenger car. Apparently the pass was closed, for there was no other vehilcle to be seen. Then theres that sinking feeling afterr summiting when the car begins to lift up and loose momentum. About 31.5 in the video both headlights whent out (when a relay froze up)and i could not tell where the road became air. About then a grader passed me clearing the road and provided some light for me to follow. Till now I have never seen Wolf Creek Pass in the light of day, but those obtuse tree lines against the night sky are still memory pefect! Thanks Mike!
Your video was a suggestion after watching another that picked up the remains of a crash off the Wolf Creek hairpin turn! I'm delighted to discover your channel, and am looking forward to watching all your content. Living in a city that I can't drive out of makes me long for the open road, very happy to ride shotgun, and not drive like the old lady I am.
Took a great photo by the concrete barricades at 30:30 looking down towards Pagosa Springs. Beautiful ride in the summertime. Enjoyed the ride with you. Dan Fogelberg had a ranch in Pagosa Springs.
Thanks for theshare.i remember it from the 70s 80s.was bad than.we were on the way to pagosa springs mineral water.and stopped there and durango.good driveing.they had that trucker song wolf creek pass.we play while going over.along with Joe Cocker, .thanks for the memories.🤗❤👍
Sir Mike !!!! Thanks for the ride & waiting for more !!!! ""KEEP IT SAFE ""!!
My first rocky mt experience was driving over independence pass near aspen. Quite impressive for a born and raised flatlander!
Finally seeing Wolf Creek Pass...thanks for the trip!
Happy new year 2022. This is my favorite Pass to drive 🚗 on because the scenery is so very beautiful no matter what the season!
You are an awesome person! I enjoy riding along with you virtually. You always have the best scenery and narration. Keep us intrigued with your experience and knowledge of trucking! Be safe, please!
Thank you so much Mary.. and thanks again for riding shotgun with me. ☮️
My favorite mountain pass! We've done it 3 times in our motorhome! C.W. Mcall has great songs about that area of Colorado. Thanks for the ride!
That 1948 Peterbilt screamed alive…. We woke up the chickens….
I absolutely love this channel and riding along with you. Take care and be safe.
I park in the same spot you pointed out to go fishing😂 one of my favorite spots to park is the big pullout for lake fork trailhead. South fork of the Rio Grande is full of wild cutthroat, brooks, browns and rainbows. Most people completely overlook it though. Edit: 6:30 you point out the exact trailhead parking I was talking about😂
"What's he doin?" He's an east coaster who's scared to death ;). I would be. That hairpin is unreal.
Beautiful drive. Thanks! I miss this country.
Love this drive. Never did this one in a rig though. Great vid!
Well if you make it to Bayfield...stop at "Brenda's Old West Cafe" off the 160 just passed Mountain View Dr. Best Hamburger and fries I had South east of the Rockies in Colorado! I found this place after making a Pick up in Monte Vista Colorado picking up a load of raw carrots from the field. They required 4 load locks and if you didn't have them they had plenty on hand to sell....2 for $50..GRIMMWAY FARMS in Monte Vista
Good morning from CANADA 👍🇨🇦✌️✌️✌️✌️Thank you for the beautiful ride
Thanks for the ride~ Quite beautiful
Thanks for a beautiful ride!
Love these videos, keep them coming.
Nice ride down the mountain ⛰ 👍🏼
I enjoy taking these trips with you! That Wolf Creek Pass was a booger! It's funny, but, as you went around the hair pin curve, I tried to look over the cliff to see if I could see the truck that went over. My youngest brother was a trucker. I don't know if he's ever went through there, but, I will ask him. Safe travels!!!
GM from New Mexico, safe travels...👍
Loved the ride, I love riding and driving mountain roads, the twistier the better.
I haven't been to Wolf Creek Pass in 12 years. Not since my family trailered back my dad's 68 Chevelle with 5000 pounds of drill pipe strapped under the car. Almost burnt up the brakes because my dad forgot to adjust the trailer brakes for the load lol. It was set for an empty trailer.
Hello, Hello, Hello Back To You Mike. Vacation Must Have Agreed With You. Colorado Is So Beautiful. Just Love Riding With You. And Having You Tell Me All About It.
Thanks for sharing this video with us.
Incredible! That would be a difficult drive even in summer!
What a ride! 😎✌️ Thank you 😊 💕
The absolute scariest drive with our RV we have ever encountered! We made it and had a blast once we got up there. But never again. Lol . Beautiful though
Great vide.Thanks for sharing!
Awsome trip.thaks for letting us ride along.never been down 160.have to get out here some day.food for thought if you have drum brakes an wet or running in snow warm them up some once in awhile even if they are adjusted correctly.when very cold ice will form between shoes an drums and cross winds low side will be wet an up side dry.hang on.use light pressure to help warm/dry out.if shoes out adjustment a little pump down when stopped on level should help on self adjusters.use very quick pumping peddle.if to far out need to manual adjust.1/4 to 1/2 turn back from snugged up.you saw road starting to freeze.GOOD EYE AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL.Happy trails.
Watching from the Philippines. I miss the scenery but not the snow. I have been over that pass a few times years back and going east I never thought I was going to reach the top as the climb just kept on going up.
Interesting video thanks love the road
Thank you Mike from the UK. Would love to see this pass in summer. It's beautiful. Think that cop was really out to get you! 😉
I did this run in the late 1960s or early1970s , still a rather new driver at night from west to east in a KW cab over with a six cly Detroit 13 speed. Thanks for the video, nice to see what I could not see that night.lol
Hey Mike the San Juan is great fishing all year especially below Navaho Dam in the quality water. Catch and release, barbless hooks, flies and lures only, no bait. Water is 40 degrees all year. I’ll be there mid April with a guide. Best way, they know what to use. Great video thanks for posting.
That is a beautiful ride.
Thanks for the ride this one was awesome..
Great video and enjoyable commentary
Enjoyable voyage.I enjoy when the camera is positioned so as to have one of the rear view mirrors in line to see to the back traffic 👍🏼
I lived in a cabin in between south fork and del Norte the summer of 2015 and traveled wolf creek pass often. Loved this pass and being able to have access daily when time allowed. Seen tons of huge elk and deer but never any mountain lions- even camping in the higher elevations but not to say there weren’t any...possibly sizing me up for lunch?’ Thx for a look back into the old territory!!lots of bears raiding trash receptacles in South Fork but I never got to see one up close and personal! Wolf Creek is far more beautiful on a sunny day! Yes, plz do Independence pass when time allows, and yes, only in a car. Makes me miss the Rockies so much!
I always think of the song "Wolf Creek Pass" by CW McCall. It was on the Convoy album. This is a great video.
And the old Peterbuilt roared to life! Come on Earl!
Thanks MMM cool ride along.Be safe out there peace!!!
Yes, your right about the chp on the pass, i got nailed going east bound on the climb after crossing the creek. A ridiculous 45 on the way up i was going a frustating about 65 in my vintage 911. Told him i was enjoying his beautiful Colorado roads. Gave me a break at less than 15 over. Enjoy your vids. I must be a trucker at heart.
Cool stuff
Always enjoyed this pass...no problem, just gear down, keep slow and steady, watch what is going on, listen to your engine, nice and easy...no big deal.
Hats off to all of you Truckers that drive here in SoCO! Thanks for all you do!! We appreciate you! 😊 Stay safe out there.
@@cherb_soco1891 Thank you. I retired a few years ago....but I still go back as I always have to my favorite places up there. And to be fair...I love Wyoming, Utah, and the Dakotas. ( some very nice fossil finds...well aside from the rattlers lol )
@@cierakitty the Black Hills are breathtaking! Beautiful bike ride through there.
@@cherb_soco1891 Yes, and the Badlands...I never get tired of them. In Wyoming I am all over the place lol, same in Utah...but a bit partial to the Moab region. Have you been through Wind River Canyon area in Wyoming ? And then the drive from Cody into Yellowstone ? Every year it changes.
@@cierakitty Haven't made it up that way yet. But that's on our fall trip list! We celebrate hay harvest with a relaxing trip. Yellowstone is a bucket list park!
My best friend lives in South Fork so I have been going to this area often for over twenty years. You don’t want to be on the road between South Fork & Durango/Pagosa Springs at night... critters everywhere. Seeing all the pines now dead from beetle kill just breaks my heart. It’s not as obvious in the winter, but it sure is during growing season. Drive safe.
Hit the road Jack!
Enjoying a Sunday drive on a Wednesday.... (so true) Thanks for going to places I have been.
I used to have to drive from Flagstaff to Denver pretty regularly, that’s one of my favorite roads I’ve ever been on. It’s pretty wild up there in a storm 😱🤙🍻
There are other videos of Wolf Creek, but, your style is the best I've seen:) oh yea, the staters are drinking coffee in Pagosa👍
I live in Durango and have been over the pass many times. Lots of trucks go over the hairpin. When they say slow down they mean it! Have seen some pretty nasty wrecks there.