Whoaa!! I can't imagine riding in the Rockies on Armadillos! They would be heavy and slow going uphill, and positively scary going downhill.
I've found that riding further from the edge of the road helps prevent goathead flats - the wind tends to blow them onto the edges of the roadways. And stay off of MUP's for the same reason.
Well, I have been ?successfully? riding the Colorado Rockies on Armadillos for many years, as have others I know - including going downhill.
Still alive. (I think)