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Towing in Kittredge, CO

Towing in Kittredge, CO is a short run down CO 74 from our Evergreen yard, and D&J Towing answers day and night, from slide-offs on the Bear Creek Road curves to cars that will not start at a canyon pullout.

  • CO 74 / Bear Creek Rd
  • Myers Gulch Rd
  • Kerr Gulch Rd
  • Parmalee Gulch Rd
Kittredge, CO 80457CO 74 in Bear Creek Canyon
  • 7,074 ftElevation in Kittredge
  • 2 miUp CO 74 to Evergreen
  • 8 miDown the canyon to Morrison
MM01Canyon cross-section

Where did the vehicle stop?

Bear Creek Road through Kittredge is two lanes, squeezed in many spots between canyon rock and the creek. Where your car ends up decides what kind of help it needs. Tap the spot that matches.

Looking along CO 74, rock side to creek side
Cross-section of CO 74 in Kittredge: rock wall and ditch, two travel lanes, a gravel pullout, and the bank down to Bear Creek, with four numbered spots ROCK WALL CO 74, TWO LANES PULLOUT BEAR CREEK 1 2 3 4
Spot 1

Wheels in the rock-side ditch

This is the classic slide on a shaded curve. The car is usually upright, with one or two wheels off the pavement. Most of the time it comes out with a winch line from the road, not a full tow.

Tell dispatch
  1. Which way you were headed: up toward Evergreen or down toward Morrison
  2. The nearest landmark, address, or side road
  3. Which wheels are off the pavement
Call for a winch-out
Spot 2

Stopped in a travel lane

If anyone is hurt, or the car is blocking a lane on a curve, call 911 first. Then call us.

A stall, a flat, or a dead battery can leave you in the lane because the shoulder is too narrow to pull onto. Turn on your hazard lights. Only get out on the side away from traffic, and only if it is safe.

Tell dispatch
  1. Your direction of travel and the closest landmark
  2. What happened: no start, flat tire, crash, or something else
  3. Whether the car still rolls and steers
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Spot 3

At a pullout or park lot

Corwina, O'Fallon and Pence parks all sit on CO 74 in Bear Creek Canyon. Dead batteries, flat tires and keys locked in the car are the usual calls from a trailhead lot. Many can be fixed on the spot.

Tell dispatch
  1. The park or pullout name, and which side of the road
  2. What is wrong, and whether the keys are inside the car
  3. Whether you have a spare tire
Call for roadside help
Spot 4

Down the bank toward the creek

Call 911 first if anyone is hurt, the vehicle is near the water, or it looks like it could slide further.

A vehicle over the creek-side edge is a recovery job. The truck works from the road and brings it back up the slope before it can be towed anywhere.

Tell dispatch
  1. About how far down the bank it is
  2. Whether it is upright, and which way it is facing
  3. How close it is to the water
Call for a recovery
MM02Driving the canyon

What Bear Creek Road does to a breakdown

Kittredge is small, but the road through it is not simple. CO 74 follows Bear Creek from Evergreen down to Morrison, and there is very little room to stop along the way. That changes what you should do while you wait and what dispatch will ask you.

Three county roads meet the highway near town. If you broke down near one, naming it helps dispatch place you when you can only describe what you see.

Side roads near Kittredge
  • Meets CO 74 in KittredgeMyers Gulch Rd
  • Climbs north toward Bergen ParkKerr Gulch Rd
  • Runs south toward US 285Parmalee Gulch Rd
ICE
Shade holds the ice

Canyon walls keep parts of the road in shade. Shaded curves freeze first and can stay slick after sunny stretches dry, a common setup for a winter slide-off.

CURVE
Tight turns, no passing

The road winds with the creek on two lanes, with no safe place to pass. A stalled car on a blind curve is a hazard for everyone, which is why dispatch asks exactly where you stopped.

BIKES
Cyclists share the lane

Riders use the canyon too. If you are stopped near the edge, check for bikes as well as cars before you open a door on the traffic side.

WKND
Weekend traffic

Evergreen and Morrison draw heavy weekend crowds from Denver, and CO 74 connects them. A breakdown on a Saturday afternoon backs up quickly, so tell dispatch if you are blocking traffic.

DRIVE
Steep driveways

If your home sits on a steep drive off the canyon road, mud and ice can turn the trip out into a winch-out call. Tell dispatch whether a truck can turn around.

MM03Kittredge calls

What we handle in Kittredge

Every job runs from our Evergreen yard at 30495 Bryant Dr. We tow and recover cars, pickups, SUVs and work trucks along this stretch of CO 74.

K-01

Winch-outs

Ditches, snowbanks and steep driveways. The car comes back to solid ground on a winch line, often with no tow needed.

See winch-outs
K-02

Accident recovery

Crashes on the curves and vehicles over the bank. We recover it, clear the road, and take it where you or your insurer choose.

See recovery
K-03

Roadside help

Jump starts, tire changes, battery installs and lockouts at homes, pullouts and the canyon park lots.

See roadside
24/7

Towing, any hour

Light-duty and heavy-duty towing, flatbed loads for AWD vehicles, and auto club calls for AAA members.

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MM04Kittredge questions

Questions from Kittredge drivers

If your question is not here, call dispatch. A person answers around the clock.

How close is your yard to Kittredge?

Our yard is at 30495 Bryant Dr in Evergreen, a short drive down CO 74. Kittredge itself sits about 2 miles down the canyon from Evergreen.

Yes. Myers Gulch, Kerr Gulch and Parmalee Gulch roads are all part of our foothills service area, along with the private drives off them. Give dispatch the road name and the nearest address or mailbox number.

Stuck in Bear Creek Canyon? Call D&J.

Tell us your direction, the nearest landmark, and where the car is sitting. D&J has worked these foothill roads since 1984, and dispatch answers around the clock.

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