Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpfcla!ajs From: ajs@hpfcla.UUCP (ajs) Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: Re: Cross country through Colorado Message-ID: <23000014@hpfcla.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 22:12:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpfcla.23000014 Posted: Wed Aug 14 22:12:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 20:34:44 EDT Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Fort Collins, CO Lines: 22 Nf-ID: #N:hpfcla:23000014:000:1037 Nf-From: hpfcla!ajs Aug 14 18:12:00 1985 > The other route I have thought about is head due north to Denver, then > cut throught Nebraska... If you come up I25 to Denver, then north to Cheyenne, Wyoming; or worse, east out of Denver on I70; you will see little but plains, a couple of large cities, and mountains in the distance. Instead, be adventurous and take some time. Come through SW Colorado (don't remember exactly how, don't have a map in front of me). Get on US24 at some point and go north via Buena Vista, Leadville, etc. to I70, then down to Denver. Or catch US40 before Denver, north then east over Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park, then through Estes Park and Loveland, to I25 north. The US24 route takes you through the Arkansas River Valley to its headwaters at Fremont Pass, with the US backbone of the Rocky Mountains (the Sawatch Range) nearby to the west. There are 15 peaks over 14000' just in that range. On Trail Ridge Road, at Milner Pass, you encounter the headwaters of the Colorado River. Have a great trip. Alan Silverstein