The area has drop-dead gorgeous scenery, fascinating American Indian and mining history and unbeatable outdoor recreation. Perhaps the greatest jewel in the region is the All-American San Juan Skyway - a scenic and historic byway that traverses an incredible landscape from desert to high mountains.
The Trust For Public Land is a great organization that we've worked with on projects across the western US and they've been working in the Skyway region for many years. They were pivotal in the tremendously successful Red Mountain project and here's one they're working on now, just south of Lizard Head Pass:
With a little luck, these high mountain properties will soon be publicly accessible US Forest Service lands! Congrats to TPL on this and many other successes in the San Juan Skyway area.
A few months back I posted - and managed to delete! - on Rocky Mountain National Park's magnificent Trail Ridge Road. Now that it's mid-summer, I thought it was worth a re-post. Here's a video we did with Spike Productions that traces the scenic route
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When it comes to rugged mountain beauty, few places in America can compare with Telluride, Colorado. It's located along the All-American San Juan Skyway (see, for example, this link.) Here's my shot at a computer rendering showing the Town and the sur
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