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Collegiate Peaks Scenic Byway
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Heading north out of Buena Vista, the valley starts to close in some. The countryside to the east takes on more character and slowly, you start to gain elevation. Just east of the highway is the old Union Pacific track that eventually makes it's way past Leadville and then on into Minturn. It looks like a narrow gauge track (to me, anyway) that hasn't been in use for a long time. |
 Mt. Yale  A bit of character just east of the highway, just north of Buena Vista  The Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Area is just east of that upper ridge  Union Pacific tracks, just south of Granite, the valley is closing in  A nice chunk of granite east of the road, notice the railroad bridge at its foot  Another view to the northeast  Just above Granite, Mt. Elbert in the distance, this is where the old stage road to Leadville heads north over the hills |
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