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lizard head pass

4 Porch Notes tagged “lizard head pass,” from counties across Colorado.

Cars and driving - San Miguel County

Lizard Head Pass is the year-round road south of Telluride, weather and all

Highway 145 over Lizard Head Pass is the main route south of Telluride and stays open year-round, but winter weather and avalanche control can close it for short stretches.

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Cars and driving - Dolores County

The San Juan Skyway's Dolores County leg: Highway 145 over Lizard Head Pass

Highway 145 north from Rico carries a stretch of the 236-mile San Juan Skyway over Lizard Head Pass, where the road opens to the Wilson group of fourteeners.

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Cars and driving - Montezuma County

The San Juan Skyway climbs from Dolores over Lizard Head Pass

The San Juan Skyway runs through Dolores, Cortez, and Mancos and climbs north over high Lizard Head Pass, a paved but serious mountain drive with real winter weather.

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Cars and driving - Dolores County

Over the top: Lizard Head Pass, a San Juan Skyway high point

Highway 145 climbs north from Rico over scenic Lizard Head Pass toward Telluride, a celebrated drive most of the year that simply asks for traction and patience in winter.

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