Download or read book The San Juan Skyway written by and published by Falcon Guides. This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captures in prose and more than forty color photographs the breathtaking mountain passes, historic resort towns, peaceful river valleys, soothing hot springs, and the Anasazi cliff dwellings.
Download or read book San Juan Skyway written by Frederic B. Wildfang and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "scenic route" in southwestern Colorado means the San Juan Skyway, a 236-mile loop created by U.S. Routes 550 and 160 and State Routes 62 and 145. The Skyway wends through glacial valleys and over high passes between some of the most breathtaking, ice-sculpted peaks in the Rocky Mountains. Native Americans, pioneering mountain men, miners, and railroaders inhabited these slopes. Although the Skyway towns of Durango, Silverton, Ouray, Ridgway, Telluride, Rico, Dolores, and Cortez were first connected by wilderness trails and railways, the loop's final modern section of highway between Coal Bank and Molas Passes was completed in the 1940s. The rugged San Juan Mountains were the backdrop for exploits by Butch Cassidy and Wyatt Earp, but, as author Frederic B. Wildfang notes, the scenery is also "a syllabus for a course in geology."
Download or read book San Juan Skyway written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book San Juan Skyway written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book One Drive in a Million A Mile by Mile guide to Southwest Colorado s San Juan Skyway and Million Dollar Highway written by Branson Reynolds and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2016-08-10 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most spectacular drives in North America, the San Juan Skyway is a 236 mile loop which winds through forests of aspen and pine, over high passes with stunning panoramic views of mountain ranges exceeding 14,000 feet in elevation, through historic mining towns which played important roles in the colorful history of Southwest Colorado, and past the World Heritage Site of Mesa Verde. In 1988 this drive was designated as one of 54 National Scenic Byways, and was later chosen #1 of 10 to be designated as All American Roads for their natural beauty and historical significance. Along the way you may see black bear or mountain lions crossing the highway or elk and deer grazing in the meadows. A portion of this route includes the famous Million Dollar Highway which negotiates the awesome Uncompahgre Gorge, high in the Rocky Mountains between Silverton and Ouray, Colorado.
Download or read book One Drive in a Million written by Branson Reynolds and published by Ebookit.com. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most spectacular drives in North America, the San Juan Skyway is a 236 mile loop which winds through forests of aspen and pine, over high passes with stunning panoramic views of mountain ranges exceeding 14,000 feet in elevation, through historic mining towns which played important roles in the colorful history of Southwest Colorado, and past the World Heritage Site of Mesa Verde. In 1988 this drive was designated as one of 54 National Scenic Byways, and was later chosen #1 of 10 to be designated as All American Roads for their natural beauty and historical significance. Along the way you may see black bear or mountain lions crossing the highway or elk and deer grazing in the meadows. A portion of this route includes the famous Million Dollar Highway which negotiates the awesome Uncompahgre Gorge, high in the Rocky Mountains between Silverton and Ouray, Colorado.
Download or read book San Juan Skyway written by Brian J. Benzar and published by . This book was released on 1997-07-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Western San Juan Mountains written by Rob Blair and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete overview of the history and natural history of Colorado's most spectacular mountain region.
Download or read book One Drive in a Millon written by Branson Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Historical Touring Guide to the San Juan Skyway written by Ian Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book San Juan Skyway written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Western San Juan Mountains written by Rob Blair and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most complete work published on the natural history of southwest Colorado's majestic mountain system, The Western San Juan Mountains: Their Geology, Ecology, and Human History is designed to be used while exploring the scenic 235-mile paved San Juan Skyway, which passes through Durango, Silverton, Ouray, Telluride, Dolores, and Cortez, Colorado.
Download or read book San Juan National Forest N F Hermosa Mitchell Lakes Land Exchange written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book San Juan National Forest N F Durango Mountain Resort Improvement Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Road that Silver Built written by P. David Smith and published by Western Reflections Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Million Dollar Highway runs north and south directly through the middle of the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern, Colorado - some of the most beautiful and rugged country in all of North America, if not the world. There would be no road today if it were not for the treasure chest of minerals that early-day prospectors found, for all the gold and silver in the world was worth nothing if it could not be economically transported out of the mountains. The San Juan communities needed a wagon road, and that is what Otto Mears and others gave them. However, the road was realized only after expenditures of what today would be millions of dollars and almost fifty years of labor. This book is not only the story of an amazing highway. It is also the history of the development of mining and transportation of all types throughout the rugged San Juans. The stunning beauty along the route is pointed out and the complex geology of the mountains and the mines of the San Juan Mountains is explained. This book also details the histories of Durango, Silverton, and Ouray - three quaint, Victorian towns along the road - and tells tales of dozens of small settlements that are now ghost towns.
Download or read book Telluride written by Elizabeth Barbour and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of the southwestern Colorado town located in the San Juan Mountains.
Download or read book San Juan National Forest N F Land and Resource s Management Plan LRMP written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
