Priest Lake Colorado
by Janice Pariza
Title
Priest Lake Colorado
Artist
Janice Pariza
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Driving North on Lizard Head Pass you pass Priest Gulch, Lake and Camping area, some of the best Trout fishing around, this lake lies just behind Telluride, Colorado. The San Juan Scenic Byway the last week of September is an Autumn to behold!
It is sighted in Sunset Magazine as one of the top ten Camping areas in America. Open in late May, this camp offers undesignated sites, pit toilets and is free. Take Hwy. 145 south toward Cortez for 14 miles and turn into Matterhorn campground. Continue on the dirt road and look for the camping area on your right. Sorry, no reservations accepted.
If byways could claim royal lineage, this one would probably rule them all. Start with the major towns along the route - Durango, a well-preserved descendant of the Old West; picturesque Telluride, renowned for world-class skiing and film, jazz, and bluegrass festivals; and Silverton and Ouray, Victorian jewels tucked in deep alpine valleys. Add another crown - Mesa Verde National Park, home to one of the densest collections of prehistoric ruins in the U.S. - and five million acres of undisturbed national forest. Then there are the roads themselves, snaking through the woods in the shadow of impressive 14,000-foot peaks. The segment from Ouray to Silverton is called the "Million Dollar Highway." But you can't put a price tag on this experience.
The San Juan Skyway was designated by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation as an All-American Road, the highest level of designation, in 1996. It is one of eleven America's Byways� designated in Colorado.
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September 28th, 2014
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