Wolf Creek Pass
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Wolf Creek Pass is a 11,800 foot mountain pass on the Continental Divide, in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.
It was made famous in 1975 by Country music artist C.W. McCall's humorous spoken word song of the same name, in which two truckers drive an out-of-control 18 wheeler down U.S. Highway 160 to Pagosa Springs -- a 5,000-foot drop in elevation.
- I looked at Earl and his eyes was wide
- His lip was curled, and his leg was fried.
- And his hand was froze to the wheel like a tongue to a sled in the middle of a blizzard.
- I says, "Earl, I'm not the type to complain
- But the time has come for me to explain
- That if you don't apply some brake real soon, they're gonna have to pick us up with a stick and a spoon..."
- Wolf Creek Pass, written by Bill Fries and Chip Davis, sung by C.W. McCall
Besides "hairpin county and switchback city", Wolf Creek Pass is also known for its out-of-the-way ski resort.
Sources and external links
- Colorado Mountains (http://www.extremewipeouts.com/snowparks/colorado.htm) (extremewipeouts.com)
- The Works of C.W. McCall (http://www.techren.net/mccall/works/)Template:Colorado-geo-stub