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template: byway.jade
id: "2112"
name: Mount Evans Scenic Byway
distance: "28"
duration: 1 hour.
description: "This is the highest paved road in North America, climbing more than 7,000 feet in just 28 miles and finally reaching an altitude of 14,270 feet. The Front Range sprawls below along with 100 miles of Rocky Mountain peaks."
contact: "**Clear County Tourism Board**  \r\n 303-567-4660  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/arp/home"
    name: "Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland"
  - url: "http://www.clearcreekcounty.org/"
    name: Clear Creek County Tourism Board
  - url: "http://www.coloradodot.info/travel/scenic-byways/north-central/mount-evans"
    name: Mount Evans
designations: 
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - Colorado State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - CO
ll: 
  - -105.64318100000003
  - 39.58768800000007
bounds: 
  - - -105.64427899999998
    - 39.579300000000046
  - - -105.51957699999997
    - 39.74134099999998

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The Mount Evans Scenic Byway climbs more than 7,000 feet in just
28 miles, reaching an altitude of 14,264 feet. The upper section of
this road is the highest paved highway in North America. At the
summit you'll enjoy the big picture&#8212;the entire Front Range
and Continental Divide sprawls at your feet. This highest of Rocky
Mountain highs brings you to the rarefied world above timberline.
Here there is an amalgam of hardy wildflowers, lichens and grasses,
furry mammals like pikas and marmots, rock-jumping mountain goats,
and alpine lakes. This is perhaps the best place in Colorado to
catch a glimpse of the stately bighorn sheep.


<div><em>Recreational Opportunities</em></div>
Outdoor adventure awaits you around every bend along the byway.
More than 70 percent of the county is covered in public land,
ensuring that visitors can enjoy a variety of activities. Fishing
in clear mountain lakes and streams, stopping for a picnic, viewing
wildflowers and wildlife, hiking the many trails in the area,
horseback riding, backcountry skiing and snowshoeing, camping,
rafting, biking, and four-wheeling are the most popular activities
along the byway.<br>
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