CO: Leadville to I70 via Hiighway 24

mikefos wrote:

Busskipper wrote:

mikefos wrote:
Howdy,
How is Hiighway 24 from Leadville, CO to I70? We are thinking of going to Glenwood Springs, CO, the first half of Aug. instead of our planned New Mexico stays due to the NM quarantine business for out of state travelers now in effect. Towing a long TT. RV park suggestions taken too, looking for some good fishing.
Thanks,
Mike

IMHO it’s a Great drive - One of the more Beautiful ones in the state - we just drove it today on the way to Delta and the RT 133 drive - I-70 is under construction so timing is critical as it’s two way traffic for 10 or so miles - again to drive the opposite direction on the bottom half of the over under is IMHO Awesome!

That section of the Colorado is great, combined with the high cliffs after Camp Hale to Red Cliff which are pretty impressive too. Think the DW got tired of me saying look at those Rocks.............

Simply put you not be sorry,

Best of Luck,

We ended up staying 2 months in Buena Vista. Couldn't get a spot in Glenwood Springs as everything was booked and we were late after abandoning our New Mexico stay because of their quarantine rules for incoming out of staters. That turned out ok though, as the fire near Glenwood Springs had everybody evacuating the area there. We did do both the hwy 24 and county road 91 drives while in BV. I must say I agree w/ all the comments about how pretty this drive is and a much better route to GS from Leadville. Aspens were unreal. Had lunch at Mangos in Red Cliff, spectacular! Headed home in a couple of days.

Mike

Mike, we just returned for the Aspen and spent 10 days at Arkansas River Rim CG - drove all the routes again with the Aspen - best color and drive was RT 24 the Aspen were almost perfect - the color was massive and beautiful.

We are sitting on RT 50 almost at Monarch Pass now and will head to Custer and then back to Golden before heading back East.

I have to say that the Collegiate's and the San Juan’s are our two favorite spots in Colorado - along with .........All the rest. :)

No wrong choices just never enough time.

Thanks for getting back to the group, always good to hear a good report.

Bill