It's an incredibly beautiful drive but also a dangerous one. Much better now than when it was a narrow 2-lane full of blind turns, long sections of 7%+ grades, few guardrails, and no margin for error, but still a drive that demands concentration and undivided attention. The corner shown in the vid is a notorious killer. It's a hard switchback at the bottom of one of the longest steep grades just south of Wolf Creek Pass. It may only be a few miles of road but it's very heavily traveled with lots of truck traffic. A guy from my hometown died there in the 60's. Truck lost brakes and off he went. Incidents happen often enough that WCP has a dedicated CDOT runoff ramp & guardrail repair crew. For any drive over the pass it's pretty much guaranteed you'll see at least one truck trailing brake smoke.
On the flipside, you don't see a lot of texting and driving. White knuckles and panicked looks, however...
Brad
