"I am just so happy to be alive!" says Stephanie Schweitzer. The professional truck driver was making one of her regular trips cross country, this time transporting lumber from Helena to Kansas City. But as she made route up Beartooth Pass around 1:00 a.m. Thursday morning, things didn't go as planned.

"I'm coming up the mountain and the first U-turn I start getting an achey feeling in my stomach. Then, when I went around the corner I actually cut it a little tight," she says.

It was at mile marker 52, on highway 212, where her back tires got stuck on the guardrail. Then, bringing her trailer to slowly fall over the edge of the road and down the side of the mountain.

"I wanted to cry, I thought I was going to die, to be honest with you." Schweitzer and her boyfriend, who was with her in the truck, cut the wood loose from the trailer, which then allowed them to drive the truck back onto the road.

There were no injuries, but more than 30,000 pounds of lumber fell over the guardrail and down the mountain. Officials say it's common for trucks to have trouble navigating the sharp turns on the pass and encourage large trucks to avoid it. But, Schweitzer says she didn't see signs warning her not to take the pass, and says she would have avoided the route altogether if she did.

Hansers Wrecking Company was out cleaning up the lumber. Transportation officials are laying down a new guardrail Friday night. The pass will be closed Thursday from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. Friday, for the repairs.