Photograph of the Famous Million Dollar Highway (U.S. 550) in western Colorado. This, one of Colorado's most spectacular highways, traverses the San Juan mountains connecting Durango, Silverton, Ouray and points north.
Color photograph of the Red Mountains near Silverton, Colorado. Red Mountain Pass is 12 miles south of Ouray and the half-way point on the road to Silverton and reaches an altitude of 11,018 ft.