How to avoid Denver in going from TX to WY

BMH0115 wrote:
Any GOOD suggestions on how to avoid the Denver area as we are trying to get from TX to Cody, WY? We don't like the traffic and the tolls, especially when pulling an RV.

Assuming you're coming north from Plano, you could take US 287 through Wichita Falls and Amarillo, then continue north through Dumas and on through the Oklahoma panhandle, entering Colorado via US 287/385 to Springfield, CO.

Continuing north, you could have 2 options, both of which avoid both Colorado Springs and Denver Metro. First, stay on US 287 to Limon. In Limon, you could pick up CO 71 and take that all the way north to Brush CO and I-76. At Brush, you could stay on CO 71 all the way up into Wyoming, where it's also WY 71 and intersects with I-80 in Kimball. Note that there's a bit of a "jog" in CO 71 at Stoneham, where CO 71 intersects with CO 14 and then CO 71 picks up again north, just west of Stoneham.

You could also take I-76 west from Brush to exit 73/US 34, and take US 34 all the way west through Greeley and pick up I-25 in Loveland, taking I-25 north into Wyoming and whatever route you want to Cody.

Option 2, way back in SE Colorado, you could take US 385 north...all the way...to where it intersects I-76 in Julesburg CO. From there, you can get on I-80 and take that west to Cheyenne WY and whatever route you want to Cody.

Outside of Texas, it's 2 lane roads most of the way, but it's not difficult driving at all. Just boring. Really boring. Little towns along the way in the Colorado Outback. Make sure you have Gas Buddy or some other fuel app on your phone, fuel stations are spread out.

Either way will minimize your traffic as far as volume and congestion, as long as you don't mind 2 lane roads and perhaps getting stuck behind farming/ranching vehicles.