[mountn man]

Just a little FYI.

If you're going to be going to Co. from SLC, that means your going to have to return towards SLC.

Why not loop Colorado?

Leave SLC and head to Dinosaur and Estes/RMNP. Boulder is about an hour from Estes.

Then for the return, head down towards Denver and take 70 back west, going through Vail and Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction. Vail is...well...Vail, not quite Aspen. Its a nice town to walk through anytime of year. Glenwood Springs has Hanging Lake.

Vail

Hanging Lake

The difference, according to Mapquest, in drive times from SLC-Dino/Estes-Denver is 10 hours 45 minutes versus SLC-Grand Junction-Denver is 8 hours and 34 minutes.

SLC-Grand Junction-Gunnison-Denver is 10 hours 36 minutes.

Whether you go north or go south, travel time is about the same. You could go to Boulder via Estes/Dino and return via the south or visa versa. Or just cut 2 hours off and take 70 through Vail and Glenwood.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks. We’re doing a one-way trip. Flying to Boise, drive to Twin Falls to visit my 90 year old uncle, then drive to SLC to see my cousin, then the long segment SLC to Boulder to visit our son who’s a soph at CU. Then fly home from Denver. So we’re planning a one-way across CO, west to east.

Last year we took a day trip from Boulder to RMNP which was wonderful. On the way back to Denver airport from Boulder, we detoured to the west up through Nederland and down to Idaho City before going back to the airport.

So this trip, I’m trying to figure either across northern CO or southern CO and maybe doing the other portion next year.

Great photos. Thanks.