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Alpine Loop National Back Country Byway: Colorado: 63 101 US 550 in Ouray or Silverton: CO 149 in Lake City: This route winds its way to an elevation of 12,800 feet (3,900 m), crossing Engineer and Cinnamon passes. The rugged scenery includes river meadows, alpine tundra, ghost towns, and ore mills. [3] [4] [5] II Barrel Springs Back Country ...
Wilderness near the Alpine Loop. (Wildhorse Peak on the left) The Alpine Loop Back Country Byway is a rugged 63-mile (101 km) Back Country Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in the high San Juan Mountains of Hindale, Ouray, and San Juan counties, Colorado, USA. The byway connects the mountain towns of Lake City, Ouray, and ...
Download as PDF; Printable version ... move to sidebar hide. Alpine Loop may refer to: The Alpine Loop National Back Country Byway in Colorado; The Alpine Loop Scenic ...
Loop from Ouray to Engineer Pass, [b] Capitol City, [c] Lake City, Lake San Cristobal, Cinnamon Pass, [d] and back to Ouray, or on to Animas Forks and Silverton [e] 1989 This byway traverses the rugged San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado; also a Back Country Byway. [f] [g] [10] [11] [12] Cache la Poudre-North Park Scenic Byway
Animas Forks is located on a system of roads known as the Alpine Loop. The loop is a 65-mile (105 km) system of unpaved roads which connects the small mountain towns of Lake City, Ouray, and Silverton. Most of the land in the area is managed by either the U.S. Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management. The Alpine Loop is visited by over ...
The area is accessed by State Route 92, through what is officially called the "Alpine Loop Scenic Byway." [1] Visitors entering American Fork Canyon from the west can follow SR-92 up the canyon to the summit of the Alpine Loop, down the east side of Mount Timpanogos, past Sundance Ski Resort and then out into Provo Canyon to the south. Spurs ...
The byway forms a loop in southwestern Colorado traversing the heart of the San Juan Mountains. The San Juan Skyway reaches its zenith at Red Mountain Pass at elevation 11,018 feet (3,358 m). Mesa Verde National Park was one of the original UNESCO World Heritage Sites .
There are currently three Back Country Byways in Colorado with 323 miles (520 km) of roadway. Alpine Loop Back Country Byway [67] [68] [69] 63 miles (101 km) Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway [36] [37] [38] 131 miles (211 km) Los Caminos Antiguos Scenic and Historic Byway [70] [71] [72] 129 miles (208 km)