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I have five days to spend in Utah and Colorado in the beginning of September and I need some help rounding thrifty car rental canada out my trip. Would love to get as much hiking as possible in Any suggestions on what to see?
Spending two nights at the Inca Inn in Moab, have tickets to do the Fiery Furnace tour. Definitely going to try to get in as much of Arches NP in as we can! Any other spots around here to check out? Canyonlands, Goblin, Horseshoe Canyon?
Spending another two nights in Denver, with plans to drive up to hike Rocky Mountain NP. Thoughts on which hiking trails/loops to take this time of year? Any other spots between there and Denver we should stop and see?
It's a minimum thrifty car rental canada six-hour drive to Moab from Denver, so unfortunately, a lot of your five days will be on the road. However, it is a very scenic drive on the interstate and early September is usually excellent, weather-wise.
In Moab, you might have time for quick drive along the rim of Canyonlands, which is so worth it, very different from Arches even though they're essentially across the road from one another! Also, the hike to Delicate Arch is well worth it, for the quintessential photo op at the top.
In RMNP, one of my favorites hikes is to The Loch, near the Glacier Gorge trailhead. I'm not sure if road contruction is still requiring drivers to park and take a shuttle into the Bear Lake area, but the rangers at the entrance can give you the lowdown on that.
Oh, I forgot thrifty car rental canada to mention, if you're driving to Moab in the daylight, take the exit from I-70 to Hwy 128 at Cisco. Drive into to Moab this way instead of going to 191 because the scenery is so amazing the closer you get to Moab, sheer rock canyon, vivid colors, quite beautiful!
I would still save RMNP for another trip to Colorado. Still check out Glenwood Springs either on the way to Moab or on the way back. I've read bad things about the cost of rental cars from the Denver airport. The other option is to take the morning train (CA Zephyr) out of Denver to Grand Junction and renting the car there. The scenery is so much better from the train than driving through it on I-70.
If you are flying thrifty car rental canada into Denver, then driving to Moab, look into going into Grand Junction then renting a car and driving to Moab and back to GJ then flying thrifty car rental canada back to Denver. This might give you more time in the parks.
And since I expect you won't even have time for all of that, you don't have enough time for Goblins Valley, Little Wild horse or Horseshoe Canyon which are a significant drive further west (and in the case of Horseshoe canyon a long dirt road and 7 mile hike which could take a full day.)
It's only 15 minutes off I-70 on a paved road and takes you quickly and easily into a basin surrounded by dramatic thrifty car rental canada 13,000' peaks. It's not quite as good as RMNP, IMHO, but not too shabby and doable for you. Might even see the start of fall color.
Hotels and everything are already thrifty car rental canada booked and non-refundable, thrifty car rental canada so unfortunately, I can't spend the whole five days in one place. Had to schedule it around work plans, just figured thrifty car rental canada I would see a few spots while I'm out here.
Driving right to Moab as soon as plane lands in Denver at 10am on Wednesday. Have full day for Arches on Thursday, with fiery furnace. Half day on Friday before making the trip back to Denver. Have all day Saturday in Denver, figured I would either do RMNP or see the Aspen in Vail.
Ideally, not much time to truly get a feel for either place, thrifty car rental canada but since it coincides with other arrangements, I might as well see as much as I possibly can with the time I do have. Seems a waste to not see some of it simply because thrifty car rental canada I can't see everything. Like I said, it just means I'll have to come back again.
Bear Lake Road is closed to private vehicles between 9am and 4pm every day. They are reporting 2 hour shuttle delays but I think that must be in the afternoons on the weekends. I am in the park now and haven't experienced any major delays, but I have only driven thrifty car rental canada down Bear Lake Road prior to 6am. This morning the parking lots were basically full by 9am, so if you do want to visit that area, arrive as early as possible to make sure you either get a parking spot or don't have a super long wait for a shuttle.
thrifty car rental canada If you only have Saturday for RMNP, I would get up really early and try to be inside the park by 8am at the very latest. Drive to Bear Lake, hike to Nymph/Dream/Emerald Lake from there. Drive to Sprague Lake and walk to the other side of the lake for a classic view of the Continental Divide. Have a little picnic there - pack a cheap disposable cooler for the day (and your days in Utah) as you don't want to waste precious time driving back and forth to town for food. My preferred alternate to Sprague thrifty car rental canada Lake is Bierstadt thrifty car rental canada - you can hike there from Bear Lake and it is mostly downhill after an initial climb. thrifty car rental canada Much quieter than Sprague but would add about 3.5 miles of hiking to your day.
Next, depends on 2 things - weather and where you entered the park. I would highly recommend driving Trail Ridge Road - but not necessary if you entered at the west entrance (Grand Lake) and not much fun if it's raining/snowing. If you do drive Trail Ridge Road, absolutely stop at Rock Cut and do the short hike there. It will take your breath away. Also, the Forest Canyon Overlook is nice. The Ute Trail is also nice, much quieter than Rock Cut but you must watch the weather as you are completely exposed to lightning.
thrifty car rental canada In the late afternoon, find a spot to watch the elk in Moraine Park, Upper Beaver Meadows, Horseshoe Park or along the road just past the intersection of Bear Lake Road and the main park road. There have been decent thrifty car rental canada sized herds gathering and some bugling by the males already.
That should be enough to get you started. If you can arrive on Friday afternoon via the west entrance, you could pack more in on Saturday. Then I might be more inclined to agree with tekwriter and send you to the Loch (and Mills Lake) instead of Nymph/Dream/Emerald.
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