Explorers have been coming here for generations –
In Northwest Colorado you can still:
ROAM WITH A VIEW:
CANYONS & RIVERS
Dinosaur Diamond Scenic and Historic Byway connects you to the canyons and rivers of Northwest Colorado. Here you can take a Heritage Journey to view time in the geology of the land, discover the painted pictographs and carved petroglyphs of the Fremont and Ute, see where wild horses still roam or stand 2,700 feet above the Green and Yampa Rivers. You may observe a twenty-five foot waterfall, the Gates of Lodore or experience the solitude of a wildlife refuge.
ROAM WITH A VIEW:
FORESTS & WILDERNESS
Flat Tops Trail Scenic Byway, linking Yampa and Meeker, showcases the legacy of Routt National Forest’s multiple-use land management. You’ll follow a Ute trail recorded by the Ferdinand Hayden Expedition, 1874–1878, through pristine scenery with excellent wildlife viewing. It is a working byway for ranching, logging and mining operations—pursuits that historically and currently define Northwest Colorado. Take time on our Heritage Journeys to explore Trappers Lake, the Ute legacy at the White River Agency and Thornburgh Battle Monument, or travel north of Craig on the Elkhead Journey.
ROAM WITH A VIEW:
MOUNTAINS & PARKS
Cache la Poudre–North Park Scenic and Historic Byway follows the federally designated Wild and Scenic River, the Cache la Poudre, from Fort Collins to Walden. Traveling through the river canyon you’ll ascend to 10,276-foot Cameron Pass, cross between the Never Summer and Medicine Bow mountain ranges and then descend into North Park. Now called “Moose Country,” the Ute named the area the “Bull Pen“ for the great buffalo herds, which grazed in the valley. Three Heritage Journeys let you explore mountains and parks in Routt National Forest, the Continental Divide and Mount Zirkel Wilderness.
More about the Cache la Poudre–North Park Scenic and Historic Byway
