Hikers who want to visit the popular Blue Lakes at the base of Mt. Sneffels may need permits starting in 2025, if a Forest Service management plan is approved. Blue Lakes, located within the Mt. Sneffels Wilderness Area, has sustained significant impacts from increased use in recent years, which helped spur the visitor use management plan including the permitting system. The area attracts an estimated 35,000 visitors per year, most …
Your Guide to the San Juan Skyway Road Trip Reader s Digest Editors
There’s gold in these hills
The locals call their homeland Colorful Colorado, and a drive around the San Juan Skyway loop proves the aptness of the nickname. As you climb from dusty lowlands to snowy peaks, you ll see nearly every shade possible in nature s kaleidoscopic palette, from creamy sands and rusty bluffs to multi-hued alpine meadows. Winding through a section of the Rocky Mountains from New Mexico into the southwest corner of Colorado, the San Juan mountains were the site of Colorado’s gold and silver mining boom in the early history of the state.