---
id: "2112"
name: Mount Blue Sky (formerly 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.
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websites:
  - url: https://www.codot.gov/travel/colorado-byways/north-central/mount-evans
    name: Colorado Byways
  - url: https://www.colorado.com/byways/mount-blue-sky
    name: Colorado Travel Guide
  - url: https://www.coloradodirectory.com/maps/evans.html
    name: Colorado Vacation Directory
  - url: https://www.americanlegacytours.org/colorado/mount-evans-road-trip/
    name: National Travel Center
  - url: https://www.americansouthwest.net/colorado/mount-evans/index.html
    name: The American Southwest
  - url: https://www.thearmchairexplorer.com/colorado/mount-evans-scenic-byway.php
    name: The Armchair Explorer
attractions:
  - url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/arp
    name: Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland
  - url: https://visitclearcreek.com/guanella-pass-byway-scenic-drive/
    name: Clear Creek County Tourism Bureau
designations:
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - Colorado State Scenic Byway
states:
  - CO
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  - 39.58768800000007
bounds:
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    - 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—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.

__Recreational Opportunities__

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.