Traffic from SoCal to LV this weekend?
 

Just wondering if any 2+2ers have made the trip from SoCal to Las Vegas over Thanksgiving Weekend. I live in San Diego, and generally don't mind the drive, as long as traffic is tolerable. That said, I'm really unsure of how busy Hwy 15 will be tomorrow afternoon/evening. Would I be better off leaving Wednesday afternoon, Wednesday evening, or perhaps early Thanksgiving morning? (The rooms are comped, so that's not a factor)

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Hard to say about leaving Wednesday because on one hand it's a getaway day, but on the other hand many people have already gotten an early start with their travel. I think you'll have smooth sailing anytime on Thursday. It's Sunday I'd watch out for. Come back Monday if you can.

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Thanks for the input. Might there be any sort of website that would have some traffic info for that stretch of 15?

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did you try sigalert.com ?

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If I were making this trip, I would probably leave late Wednesday night(like 11pm late, obv not ideal for staying awake though) or anytime Thursday. Avoid coming back Sunday like the plague. I know one person that claimed it took them 10 hours to get back to L.A. after All-Star Weekend. I dunno how many stops they made on the way though.

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I know one person that claimed it took them 10 hours to get back to L.A. after All-Star Weekend. I dunno how many stops they made on the way though.

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Probably a couple thousand. >rimshot<

There's nothing quite like getting 3 miles out of Las Vegas and coming to a screeching halt in bumper-to-bumper stop-and-go, and knowing you have 522 more miles to go.

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Question not specifically for this weekend but for an average weekend in general:

How's the traffic going from LV to LA if one were to leave LV for LA on Thu or Fri and return on Sun?

Is it the same as LA to LV, or would I be laughing at all the suckers in stop-n-go while I fly along the other side on relatively empty highway?

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i've done this the last two years. smooth sailing going south (once you get past the normal clusterfucks like 215 and that first big grade out of the valley). coming back, tejon pass and the (other) 215 merge can be sucky. overall, it's fine.

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That's the trick to making all Vegas travel go smoothly...go against the grain. Everybody else comes to Vegas on Friday or Saturday and leaves on Sunday. So you do the opposite...leave town on Friday or Saturday and come back Sunday through Wednesday. Works well at the airport.

Going with the flow means freeway parking lots and 2 hour cab lines and 45 minute security lines.

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Just wondering if any 2+2ers have made the trip from SoCal to Las Vegas over Thanksgiving Weekend. I live in San Diego, and generally don't mind the drive, as long as traffic is tolerable. That said, I'm really unsure of how busy Hwy 15 will be tomorrow afternoon/evening. Would I be better off leaving Wednesday afternoon, Wednesday evening, or perhaps early Thanksgiving morning? (The rooms are comped, so that's not a factor)

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Definitely recommend leaving San Diego after 9pm, traffic will still probably be bad to the Cajon Pass but after that it should clear up a little bit.

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did you try sigalert.com ?

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Best website ever, saves me atleast an hour a day.

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Another tip for regular weekends. If you are returning to LA Sunday, do NOT leave right after checkout ~1-4pm. I always chill for a while and go back around 6 or 7pm. I once left at 6, got back at 10pm, and called a group who were there witb us that left around 2. They got back at 830.

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Another tip for regular weekends. If you are returning to LA Sunday, do NOT leave right after checkout ~1-4pm. I always chill for a while and go back around 6 or 7pm. I once left at 6, got back at 10pm, and called a group who were there witb us that left around 2. They got back at 830.

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Hero nails this one perfectly!! When coming back home to SoCal on a Sunday, I never leave Vegas during that window from 10am to 5pm. The road back is just brutal. Either leave at the crack of dawn or after dinner. Or better yet, come home on Monday.

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Thanks a lot for the thoughts. As far as typical weekends go, I know now never to leave Friday afternoon-early evening to LV. Absolutely brutal traffic, which is worse when it's hot outside and the car can overheat with the A/C on. And I try to avoid leaving on Sundays altogether -- have run into bad spots, even leaving later in the day.

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Tejon Pass is on the 5. Not even close to Las Vegas, NV or New Mexico!

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Tejon Pass is on the 5. Not even close to Las Vegas, NV or New Mexico!

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I'm sure he meant Cajon Pass.

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Tejon Pass is on the 5. Not even close to Las Vegas, NV or New Mexico!

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Raton pass is on I25 in Southern Colorado, into New Mexico. Can get very nasty this time of the year.

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I suspect the traffic back to LA on Sunday is going to be horrendous! I couldn't find parking in the Wynn garage last night. Had to wait for someone to leave, on the roof, before I could get in, and got dropped from the list to boot.

There are lots and lots of cars with Cali plates. Absolutely the pits. LA sends it's worst drivers over here. They identify them by putting a sign on the back. It says CALIFORNIA on it.

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Tejon Pass is on the 5. Not even close to Las Vegas, NV or New Mexico!

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Raton pass is on I25 in Southern Colorado, into New Mexico. Can get very nasty this time of the year.

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And it's pretty close to Las Vegas (New Mexico).

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Another tip for regular weekends. If you are returning to LA Sunday, do NOT leave right after checkout ~1-4pm. I always chill for a while and go back around 6 or 7pm. I once left at 6, got back at 10pm, and called a group who were there witb us that left around 2. They got back at 830.

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Hero nails this one perfectly!! When coming back home to SoCal on a Sunday, I never leave Vegas during that window from 10am to 5pm. The road back is just brutal. Either leave at the crack of dawn or after dinner. Or better yet, come home on Monday.

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I usually leave on Friday before 1pm or after 11pm.

For returns I either come back sunday at 8am or not until 9-10pm.

I never hit any traffic during these times and cruise at about 85mph so with no stops it only takes me 3hr 45min from LA door to door.