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Cars and driving - Pueblo County

The Frontier Pathways Scenic Byway starts at Pueblo

Frontier Pathways is a designated Colorado scenic byway that runs west from the Pueblo area into the Wet Mountains and Wet Mountain Valley, a long drive through frontier history.

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Cars and driving - Delta County

The Grand Mesa Scenic Byway climbs from I-70 to Cedaredge over high country

State Highway 65 over the Grand Mesa is a designated National Scenic Byway ending in Cedaredge, a paved but high mountain drive with limited services and real winter weather.

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Cars and driving - Las Animas County

The Highway of Legends links Trinidad to the high country on Colorado 12

Colorado Highway 12, the Highway of Legends, is a designated scenic byway that climbs from Trinidad through old coal towns and over Cuchara Pass toward La Veta, a mountain drive worth treating as one.

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Cars and driving - Denver County

The Mount Blue Sky road is seasonal and needs a timed ticket

The high paved road up Mount Blue Sky from Echo Lake is open only part of the year and requires a timed-entry reservation in season.

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Cars and driving - Logan County

The Pawnee Pioneer Trails byway near Sterling includes gravel roads

The scenic byway that reaches Sterling crosses long stretches of remote county and gravel road, so it pays to plan fuel, water, and weather before you drive it.

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Cars and driving - Montrose County

The Unaweep-Tabeguache byway runs remote canyon country in Montrose County's West End

The Unaweep-Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway follows highways 141 and 145 through remote canyon country, including Montrose County's West End around Naturita and Nucla, with long stretches that have no fuel and no cell service.

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Cars and driving - Montrose County

The West Elk Loop scenic byway anchors at Montrose's Black Canyon

The West Elk Loop is a long Colorado scenic and historic byway that uses the Black Canyon near Montrose as one of its anchors, looping through mountain and ranch country over a full day of driving.

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