US 93

[RKassl]

Can anybody tell me what I could expect taking US93 from Missoula, MT down to Las Vegas area? Looks like a two lane road. Would it be all mountain driving? Or would you recommend Interstate 15. We wanted to stay off the interstate to see more of the country. Any advice will be appreciated.

[HamRad]

RKassl,

We took that route and enjoyed it. It is a two lane road but, if I remember correctly, it was a fairly decent road the entire distance. Of course there are a few hills but for the most part it is high prairie, flat land driving. You will go through a number of little towns along the road. I think we spent our first night at Twin Falls. Not sure about the second night and when we hit I-80 we went west on it. We did not go all the way down to Las Vegas.

That's about all I remember about that trip. Our neighbor and his wife have relatives up in the Sun Valley, ID area and he loved that route. From Bakersfield he would head over to Las Vegas and then catch the 93 and go all the way up on it. They did that for many years. Of course they were just driving in a car and not pulling a trailer. But there is no problem pulling a trailer on that route. I think you would enjoy it. The only time traffic was a concern was when you would come into any size metro area. And there are not a lot of them on that route. But no problem find fuel or food.

Hope this has helped.

HamRad

[jsmitfl]

Once you get over Chief Joe Pass I don't think you will have any problems at all and it's not that bad. Most of the rest is thru the valley.

[clutch]

We use 93 every year to get to Az from Idaho.