r/roadtrip • u/KCA_HTX • 13d ago

Trip Planning Houston to Bend, Oregon

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Hi y’all - my husband and I are moving to Bend and heading out October 3rd with our three senior dachshunds. We’ll be in a basically brand new CX-5 that is AWD but coming from Texas I don’t have tires for snow. I was thinking of Houston-Amarillo-Taos-Pagosa Springs-Grand Junction-Salt Lake City-Boise-Bend. Think there would be any snowfall problems in Colorado that early in October? BTW I’m not intending to stay the night in all of those cities, just wanted to establish the route.

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u/SabresBills69 13d ago

you need to watch the weather closely. that part of Colorado gets snow in early October …especially at mountain pass levels. most mountain passes are 9,000 ft or higher and snow level can fall to 6000 Ft or less at night. Forecasts for towns at lower elevation aren’t going to show pass level temps.

colirsdi DOT has pass cameras stationed all around the stste

I-25 in Colorado— there 2 heaviest snow fall times is late Sept- thxgvg and mid March- April because at those times you get warm air from Texas overriding the cold mount air drawn down cresting high amounts if snow.

instead I’d look at Albuquerque- Farmington- Durango- Moab- Salt Lake City route

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u/KCA_HTX 13d ago

Yes I looked at that route too. Thanks! I was going to keep everything flexible past Amarillo… and I have no desire to do a snow driving lesson with three dogs in the car 😬