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san juan skyway
7 Porch Notes tagged “san juan skyway,” from counties across Colorado.
Cars and driving - San Miguel County
The San Juan Skyway is the 236-mile loop that starts at Telluride's doorstep
The San Juan Skyway is a 236-mile loop through the San Juan Mountains that the U.S. named an All-American Road in 1996, and Telluride sits right on it.
Read note ->Cars and driving - La Plata County
From Durango, the San Juan Skyway loops a whole mountain range
Durango anchors one end of the San Juan Skyway, a 232-mile loop through the San Juans that the federal government has named an All-American Road.
Read note ->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.
Read note ->Cars and driving - Archuleta County
Pagosa Springs sits at the doorstep of the San Juan Skyway
The San Juan Skyway is a designated scenic byway looping through the mountains west of Archuleta County, and it is a long mountain drive rather than a quick day trip.
Read note ->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.
Read note ->Cars and driving - San Juan County
The San Juan Skyway is the paved scenic loop through Silverton's passes
US 550 through San Juan County is part of the San Juan Skyway, a paved scenic byway that crosses Molas and Coal Bank passes between Silverton and Durango.
Read note ->History and culture - San Juan County
The Million Dollar Highway is history you can drive
The stretch of US 550 between Silverton and Ouray, the 'Million Dollar Highway,' dates to the 1920s and is part of the San Juan Skyway, a route built on old mining roads.
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