There are no hard and fast rules in photography and it is all about your personal choice. But sometimes, this choice between landscape and portrait makes all the difference between a good photo and a great, brilliant photo. Some photos come out better in landscape, while there are pictures that look better in portrait.
The distance between Denver and Breckenridge in a straight line is 58 miles or 93.32 Kilometers. Driving Directions & Drive Times from Denver to Breckenridge can be found further down the page. Driving distances, maps and journey times are currently provided by Google mapping systems.
Visiting RMNP from Breckenridge regardless of which entrance you use is not ideal. It is about 2 hours to get to the western entrance and 2 3/4 hours to get to the eastern entrance, taking the least scenic routes in both cases and hoping for no significant delays for the Twin Tunnels construction near Idaho Springs. As a loop trip over Trail Ridge Road, your driving route and time looks like this.