287- Ft Collins to Laramie

It's been quite sometime since I've been that way but that was the standard route to take at the time. Going through Ft. Collins was a little slow at times but it's a nice ride. Things might have changed though maybe someone else can chime in.

 

Its not a bad route. Kind of hilly and curvy but nothing outrageous. I don't know how it would be in snow. the only times I ran it was summer time. Ft Collins traffic was bad.

 

That's a good road, at least in the warm months. It probably shaves off some good miles. I had a rig quit on me once on that road, so I remember it well. A fuel filter clogged on me and I had to change it out right on the side with no shoulder. Plus, it was a Cat engine, so I had to fill the new one and work the priming pump a few times with traffic whizzing by.

 

I have run that road MANY times. It CAN be hell in the winter though so be careful! Other than that, no problems...

 

Web Camera: US 287 - Pumpkin Vine - Southeast

 

I was thinking that I had seen billboards in the Laramie area along I80 about "staying on the big road" and not using 287....ben a while since I've been up there so I wasn't sure.