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Originally Posted by hayden55
True the first 90 miles of their trip there is relatively normal elevation changes, but after that they get pretty extreme:
Per this they go from 5000 to 12000ft. I thought I-49 was tough with an elevation change from 200 to 1800ft and a 15% grade. Ha
It will be interesting to see a test around 70F
https://www.flattestroute.com/Boulder-CO-to-Dillon-CO
So if you look you can see the get up to a 50% grade. |
It is a grueling route even to just get to the Ike.
I thought the "Ike Gauntlet" was on the East side of the pass but it is actually on the West side. The Ike is Dillion, CO to the top of the Eisenhower tunnel and back.
So just to get to the start they have to go up and over the pass as shown in your link. 5000 to 11,000 to 9000. Now they are in Dillion and ready to start the test.
However, they did their "Ike" different than normal. Instead of Dillion to the tunnel and back to Dillion they keep driving down to Frisco to charge in the middle of the test.
(I'm not sure why your link is showing 12,000 ft. The tunnel is at 11,158 feet. Oversize and hazard loads have to go around the tunnel and over Loveland pass which is 11,992 ft.) Maybe the route planner assumes an oversize RV