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How Much Does That Roadtrip Cost?
I’ve often wondered how much a road trip to our favorite climbing areas costs. You’ve got gas and food, and usually it’s more than you would think. I recently came across a cool site that helps you calculate how much you’ll pay for gas (round trip) based on your car and the cost of fuel where you’ll be traveling. It also shows what your estimated carbon footprint will be for the trip, for all those enviro types out there.
You can check out the calculator here. Below are some sample costs from Carbondale to popular weekend destinations.
Boulder -$23.81
Estes Park – $25.75
Telluride – $25.26
Crested Butte – $10.51
Durango – $31.41
Grand Junction – $12.82
Rifle – $5.46
Jackson, WY – $61.55
Moab, UT – $24.73
Indian Creek, UT – $30.93
Now that gas is cheap again it sure doesn’t cost much to head out for a weekend, but it would have been interesting to see what these numbers would have been when gas was up at $4/gallon.
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Bulldog Creek Dog Walk (IV WI 4+)
Hayden Carpenter and Tom Bohanon recently repeated an obscure ice climb on the south side of Mt Sopris. Given a brief mention in Jack Robert’s ice guide, Bulldog Creek Walk is described as being 100 meters of WI 4. What they found was seven pitches of ice in a remote setting that makes for one […]
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I think I would pay $200 a weekend to be able to live close enough to any of those locales for a weekend outing.
Someone has way too much time.