Las Vegas to Denver

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When i drove out here from NY in 2004 I thought the most horrible place I had ever saw was Utah. Nothing I have ever seen can compare to the ugliness of the portion of Utah that traveled through. If I were driving to Denver I would go two days out of my way to avoid that strip of Utah.

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Well I have to get there becasue I have orientation on Wed so I have to get my gaming card by Tues.

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which casino you working at?

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I will ask them if they want to issue a press release.

[aggie]

Caution: when i made that drive i almost ran out of gas in utah....Gas stations are like a billion miles apart (and some of them are closed on sunday/late night)....So fill up when you can.

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When i drove out here from NY in 2004 I thought the most horrible place I had ever saw was Utah. Nothing I have ever seen can compare to the ugliness of the portion of Utah that traveled through. If I were driving to Denver I would go two days out of my way to avoid that strip of Utah.

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Well I have to get there becasue I have orientation on Wed so I have to get my gaming card by Tues.

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Good luck with the new job, (and the trip through Utah)

[nowags]

there are tons of national parks that are a couple of hours out of the way if you want to do that. Bryce Canyon, Zion, and Arches, Canyonlands, Grand Canyon, etc. Moab is a cool town, especially if you mountain bike or rock climb. those are all out of the way, but you have to take 15 or 70 to get there from colorado, so they are kind of on the way.

[52s]

When I moved to Vegas from the East Coast two years ago, I drove this stretch (was coming in from Deadwood/Black Hills and had wanted to visit Denver) and this was by far the most brutal stretch of my drive.

Br prepared for a lot of twisting highway, along with a lot of inclines and declines in elevation (constant stretches of uphill/downhill).

I pretty much suffered a bad case of jetlag going through the mountains of Colorado and had to stop about every hour or so to try and clear my head. But this was me.

As for Utah, I drove through it at night (by the time I hit the Col./Utah border I said "[censored] it" and went straight for Vegas) and that stretch in itself is painful just for the sheer nothingness. Make sure to gas up all the way at Mesquite, and then again when you hit the stretch on I-70 by Elsinore/Richfield/Sigurd (just mapquested it, it's the first stretch of civilization you run across after turning onto I-70), and I recommend stopping against at Green River, the town at the other end of the 110 miles of doom, just to clear your head.

[Mr. T]

About 3 hours from denver, right off of 70 is Glenwood Springs Pool. It's like $20 bucks but after a long drive it would probably feel pretty good to soak in some 90 degree water.

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I haven't made the trip recently, but in Oct 2004 I did the Boulder -> Vegas -> Boulder round trip... there isn't much worth stopping at, but I definitely recommend doing as much of I-70 as possible in daylight. The views are simply beautiful. Be careful, there's a 110 mile stretch of I-70 in Utah that doesn't have any gas stations. I believe it's the stretch between Salina and Green River (exits 56 and 160), but there should be signs along the highway warning you.

Gas in Denver is right around $2.75 / gallon, but if you need to stop in the mountains expect a 10 or 20 cent premium.

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More like a 25 to 50 cent premium, especially from Glenwood Springs to Vail. Bet bet is to fill in Grand Junction, which should be a little cheaper and should give you enough gas to get to Denver (about 250 miles).

If you have the time to take the scenic route, going through Zion, Bryce and Capitol reef is definitely worth the extra time, probably 2-4 more hours, depending on how much you stop to sight-see, and you will want to sight-see. This is mostly 2 lane road, and some of it is quite twisty, but the scenery is incredible.

[J.A.Sucker]

I personally think this is one of the prettiest drives anywhere. I don't know what in the world people are talking about, unless they don't like desert, huge mountains, and sandstone that will make your head spin. It's only 750 miles, so it's an easy day. I'd try to get to Eastern Utah near sundown so you can see the amazing optical effects. Northern Nevada on 80 is muuuuuuch worse. So is most of Wyoming, all of 80 through Nebraska, all of 70 through Kansas, and most everything there.

The guy who said to stop in Glenwood Springs for a dip is right on if you have time. Then again, if you're living in Denver you can always go back there.

Oh yeah, DON'T SPEED IN UTAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are extremely tough on speeders, and you need to be careful. Also, pay attention to gas stations as people have mentioned.

[jacksquat]

i agree with everything you said. i have driven every inch of the interstate highway system, and alot of other roads too.

[Wetdog]

Expect some delay in Glenwood Canyon . Welcome to Denver.