Alpine Loop
Details
- DesignationState Byway, BLM Byway
- LocationCO
- Length63 miles
Statewide Byway Partners
Colorado Department of Transportation
Colorado Tourism

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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