northern ride. do the peak-peak hwy once you're in ft collins head up hwy 14 over the pass into walden @ walden you can turn left which takes you through steamboat down to meeker, grand lake and back to the metro plex.
if you turn right out of walden it takes you to laramie in laramie you can head east on 210 towards cheyenne that takes you through Veedavoo (the devils playground) awesome natural rock formations. they say the gods were the ones who placed them in those formations. you have you see it to understand.
OR in steamboat west on 40 to craig. from thee you can stay west into maybell (small little hotel) the victory hotel. literally a house that was converted into a motel for hunters. nice owners (former geologist, rock hounds). go into dinosaur nat monument
that north west area of co is the high desert. i would suggest looking at different routs from steamboat to get to western wyowe took hwy 30 off I-80 and ran it all the way up 30-89-26
into jackson then into the tetons.
depending on how your gorup rides thats a good 2 dayer maybe 3 not incl turn around time. we went into idaho the back way into yellowstone.
another nice ride is 285 out of denver 285-50 (poncha sprgs) west to montrose south on 550 to durango east 160 @ pagosa sprgs take 84 into N.Mexico down to sante fe.
WARNING: that time of year is horendous for the more than occasional deer to venture out to say Hello. usually round 60-80 mph they hang out on blind turns or the frequent want to surprise you up off the shoulder. Between Sunste & Sunrise they own the hWY! 1 year we came across 12 deer wanting to say Hi to us at various times during our trip. one of the better ones was between craig and maybell 70ish mph this doe decides to jump onto 40 from the south side temp 85-90* she hits th epavement then looses her footing, starts sliding across the road, lucky we had enough view as she was disorientated and stood there not to sure which way she was going.

 

No...no...no....Here's a better idea...Go past Gunnison to Blue Mesa...turn south to Lake City...continue on through Creede....SE to South Fork....over Wolf Creek Pass to Pagosa...spend a nite in the hot springs.....on to Durango and over the Million Dollar Highway to Ouray.

Gosh dang, its fun to live in Colorado....there's just too many neat places to see and roads to ride.

Good luck.

 

Hwy 24 thru Ute Pass (North Slope of Pikes Peak), over Wilkerson Pass through the valley, bang a right after Hartsel on Hwy 9 to Fairplay, bang a left and take the back route into Breakenridge. Nice ridin in Colorado. Have fun wherever you end up.

 

I see you are thinking of the beartooth pass, then you are traveling the right time to take is a rally in Red Lodge Mt it is a kick a$$ time, Igo every year. http://www.beartoothrally.com/ . you could travel over the pass on your way from Wyoming.

 

If you make it to Grand Junction, let me know and I will take you up the Monument and the Grand Mesa! Its beautiful!

 

As I live in Colorado Springs, I take this route whenever I go snowboarding, but also on the bike a few times now.the valley of South Park is one of the most understaded beauties in all of Colorado.

Once, while driving a car between Beuna Vista and Independence Pass, I drove through a heavysnow storm that was packed with strikes of lightning and loud thunder in early June. It was and is one of the most amazing experiences of my life.