Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway
Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway is a State Scenic Byway in Colorado. Within Colorado it covers roughly 45 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
Formerly the Mount Evans byway, this is the highest paved road in North America, climbing past 14,000 feet to near the summit of Mount Blue Sky west of Denver. The road ascends through subalpine forest and bristlecone pine into open alpine tundra, with mountain goats and bighorn sheep often beside the pavement and Summit Lake glittering below. The upper road is open only in summer and the air at the top is genuinely thin.
- highest paved road in N. America
- 14,000+ ft summit
- mountain goats & bighorn
- Summit Lake
- ancient bristlecone pines
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.