RAS43 wrote:
Just be aware that I25 thru Colorado will be a very high traffic area until you pass by Pueblo. I would prefer mountains vs traffic but that is me.
With that said we just traveled from Yellowstone on 191 to Vernal Ut which is fairly easy. There is an area north of Vernal with a small pull and then a drop into Vernal but it is not steep.
^^^^^ This. I-25 in both directions is frequently a parking lot. One disabled vehicle, one accident, one speeder pulled over by CSP and traffic grinds to a halt. Even when it spreads out from 2 lanes to multiple lanes in each direction, it is still heavy traffic.
An alternative? If you take I-80 eastbound, go through Cheyenne WY and continue to Kimball, NE. Take NE 71 south into Colorado where it becomes CO 71. Stay on it. All the way, through Brush and on to Limon, where you can pick up US 287, which will take you to Amarillo and I-40.
And a note about I-80 across WY. The highest point is east of Laramie at 9600 feet. There's a climb out of Laramie to the summit, but it's not overly steep, it's a good interstate and the views up top at the rest area are beautiful. From there it's a gradual downhill with rolling terrain until it flattens out west of Cheyenne. Flat and smooth to Kimball.
