Scenic route
Million Dollar Highway
The white-knuckle heart of the San Juan Skyway — a cliff-hanging stretch of US-550 with sheer drops, no guardrails, and old mining towns clinging to the peaks.
Why drive it
San Juan Mountains, no guardrails.
Some of the most spectacular (and nerve-testing) mountain driving in America, linking Durango’s narrow-gauge railroad to the alpine box canyon of Ouray.
The signature stops
What to pull over for.
01Durangostart at the historic narrow-gauge railroad townCO02Silvertona perfectly preserved high-country mining townCO03Red Mountain Passthe 11,018-ft crux, mine ruins and rust-red peaksCO04Ouraythe “Switzerland of America,” boxed in by cliffsCO05Box Cañon Fallsa thundering waterfall inside a narrow slot, in OurayCO
Plan the drive
Build your Million Dollar Hwy trip.
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