>From: i12ask@aol.com (I12ask)
>I plan to make a road trip from Los Angeles, California to Albuquerque, New
>Mexico using I-40 around end of December/early January. Could you tell me how
>is the road condition across Arizona at that time of the year?
Usually clear but I-40 is dangerous during or just after heavy snow storms and
is often shut down several times each winter for a few hours. The elevation
around Flagstaff is about 7,000 ft and it seems everytime the road gets icy
there are big pile ups at the bottom of hills on either side of Flag, shuting
down I-40 until they clear it up.
If it's raining in LA it's likely snowing (or will be soon) in Flag. Some
winters it only snows a few days but there have already been three snow storms
up there so far this year so it looks like it could be a wet one.
>I am concern about wintery road condition. Is it as bad as the
>Sierra-Nevada on I-80?
Nope, not even close, but it isn't plowed as quickly either since there are few
towns of any size on the route.
You could always take I-10 to Phoenix and US 60 to Socorro, then I-25 to
Albuquerque if 40 looks bad. This avoids most of the elevation except for a
stretch of 60 near the NM border.
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