Alpine Loop

Details

  • DesignationState Byway, BLM Byway
  • LocationCO
  • Length63 miles
Dedicated Byway Visitor Information
Alpine Loop
Statewide Byway Partners
Colorado Department of Transportation
Colorado Tourism
Alpine Loop

Overview

Leaving both the pavement and people behind, as you cross the rugged heart of the San Juan Mountains. This drive follows a surreal landscape of treeless tundra, wildflower meadows and the San Juan Mountains, passing over mining roads established in the late 1800s. These rocky roads were first used by 19th-century miners, who carted their ore off to Silverton, Ouray, and Lake City in mule-drawn wagons.

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