How soon were you thinking about embarking on this adventure? Welcome to the Great America RoadTrip Forum! The fastest possible route is I-80 and if the roads are open and reasonably dry you can expect this journey to take every second of 22 hours (one way). (The 17 hours shown on Google assumes that you will hit no inclement weather, never need to stop for fuel or food... So, if you leave Thursday and drive nine hours and sleep for 5-6 hours, you will still need to drive 12-13 hours on Friday. Hopefully, you will be able to get some sleep on Friday, since you ought to leave town on Saturday in the late afternoon to hope reach Boulder by Sunday evening. But if we have another winter storm closure -- all bets are off.
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Mark