We avoid roads like I-70 so we set out going from RMNP to Vernal generally on back roads. We went from RMNP to Gramby then headed west on US40 till we hit Colorado 134 appx 5 miles west of Kremmling. 134 was scenic taking us up over Gore pass El. 9,527. Colorado 134 intersects with Colorado 131 at Topanos. We took 131 north till Yampa then headed west on Colorado 16. 16 was very scenic. Views along 134 / 131 and 16. Not sure where.
Views of Flat Top wilderness from Colorado 16. We continued on CO-16 over Ripple Creek Pass El. 10,343 We then took Forest road 8 west (also called Flat Top road) along the north fork White River till we hit CO-13 at Meeker.
We continued west from Meeker taking CO-64 west a few miles from town. Along CO-64 they had a stop that talked about the Ute's
We passed through Rangely then got back on US-40 in Dinosaur. We considered looking at the Colorado side of Dinosaur National Monument and then taking the 4x4 trail that connects the two sides but we were running out of daylight..