Originally Posted by
diginomad813
Hi everyone,
My wife and I are planning a road trip in Colorado around Xmas. We will be driving in, so taking our own vehicle and not renting a car. We don’t currently have an itinerary or list of destinations in-state - my wife is just dead set on spending a week in Colorado during the winter.
I have a 2021 F-150. It is only 2WD, but it is lifted 6 inches and has All-Terrain tires (35x12.50 inches). Here is a link to the specific tire for specs -
https://www.nittotire.com/light-truc...ht-truck-tire/
I grew up in the northeast, so am familiar with winter driving, but haven’t done so in over a decade.
While my tires are all-terrain, I don’t believe they are all-season. My suspicion is that they are likely better than most regular tires, but still not as good as dedicated snow or all-season tires.
We would be OK with being flexible with our plans based on weather, so that we would not be driving if there were a bad snowstorm.
Is what we are planning just a ridiculous idea though? Or reasonably doable if we take things slow and don’t drive when conditions are bad or when it’s actively snowing?
Thanks in advance!
all western states have their own chain/ traction rules on driving mountains in winter. States allow snow/studded tires from around nov-April ir snow driving.
snow out west is generally a dry snow. Northeast snow tends to have a higher moisture content. Out west you have more elevation gain/ loss roads.
many people plan way ahead for Xmas-new years visits so finding hotels in ski town areas is going to be difficult or it will be very expensive.
going to Colorado isn’t crazy. It’s a matter of where do you want to go and want to do?