The Alpine Loop, a rugged byway winding through Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, is renowned for its stunning vistas, rugged terrain, and remote beauty. But behind its breathtaking landscapes is a ...

If heaven is in Colorado, it is somewhere far west in the San Juan Mountains, along the 63-mile Alpine Loop. Heaven probably doesn’t have as many motors. But the traffic from Jeeps, ATVs and dirt ...

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LAKE CITY, Colo. - The one-lane roadway occupies a narrow shelf notched into the mountain wall. A dark escarpment towers to one side. The road-edge ledge plummets to an abyss on the other. I glance at ...