Durango to Estes Park: 160 to 285 or 24
Back again for advice. From Durango, we're planning to take 160E to 285N. It looks like 285 goes to Boulder but there appears to be some steep passes. Looking at picking up 24 at Buena Vista and up to...
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Since you are headed to Spokane I would day trip to Estes Park from Grand Lake in the car. Granted I'm not a fan of the tourist trap know as Estes Park so rarely do I go outside of the park. You can do RMNP from Grand Lake and then I would take 125 up to I-80 from Grand Lake.
I like 24 all the way up to I-70 and then 9 north to 40. This keeps you on the west side of the divide and a much easier pull. This also keeps you out of the Denver traffic.
Why are you headed to Buffalo? Are you going to bypass the Tetons and just do Yellowstone? I would suggest going west on I-80 to Rawlins and 287 to the Tetons and then into Yellowstone. Excellent road and I always recommend a stop in Lander to see Sinks Canyon SP.
Hopefully you are not an advanced reservation person make it easy to be more flexible in your routing.
I like 24 all the way up to I-70 and then 9 north to 40. This keeps you on the west side of the divide and a much easier pull. This also keeps you out of the Denver traffic.
Why are you headed to Buffalo? Are you going to bypass the Tetons and just do Yellowstone? I would suggest going west on I-80 to Rawlins and 287 to the Tetons and then into Yellowstone. Excellent road and I always recommend a stop in Lander to see Sinks Canyon SP.
Hopefully you are not an advanced reservation person make it easy to be more flexible in your routing.
