Million Dollar Highway Redux & Tellruride

After a nice sleep I turned north towards Silverton and the Million Dollar Highway I had already driven through back in May.

This was so much smaller than the wolfy coyote wolf I saw in Yellowstone

The view to Silverton from the south

The Million Dollar Highway is the 25 mile/40km long strech between Silverton and Ouray. I drove it one way, then did a 180 and repeated the whole process. It must be one of the more scenic routes in the US.

This road would be much less fun in icy conditions

Ouray

There's that crystal clear mountain spring water for you

These trees are not burnt but have just dropped their leaves in the wake of the oncoming winter. The ground in front of the old mine tunnel is orange because of all the iron that's basically turned to rust

Red Mountain

Wheeeeeee

Telluride is one of the big ski resorts in Colorado. I didn't spend that much time there however as I basically just had a lunch and then drove the gondola up the mountain, hang around for a bit and then continued my way up north towards Glenwood Springs.

Telluride regional airport