Best route to Boulder Co. from Tacoma Wa.
Looking for advise on traveling to Boulder Co. from Tacoma Wa. the first week of December in a 40'diesel pusher flat towing toad. Chaining is not an option. Any suggestions on route to travel will be ...
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Bill.Satellite wrote:
First, do not carry chains and do not go anywhere chains would be required. I don't give a ship about what law says I have to have on board. I am not moving over any road that requires them! Patience Grasshopper! The road will be clear in the next day or so. With that in mind and good weather in front of you, you can take any route you please. Obviously, you want to stay on the Interstate highways as they are maintained 24/7/365 if humanly possible.
If it were me (and it's not) "and the weather looked great" I would take the shortest Interstate only Google Maps route available with would be I-5 S to Portland and I-84 E yada, yada, I-80 to I-25 and home.
That route would not work for you if you refuse to carry chains. During snow/freezing months chains MUST be carried or they can turn you around no matter what the weather happens to be doing at the moment.
Having said that, we do not carry chains and so far have not been stuck though a few years ago we had to go all the way west to LA then up the coast road to mid Oregon. South and East bound in the fall we prefer the 84 through Oregon but have not done it in years because of freezing/snow forecasts.
