Grand Mesa Scenic Byway

Length: 63 miles - Driving Time: 2 hours
Special Considerations: Limited services, road to Land's End closed in winter
Special Features: Grand Mesa National Forest, Powderhorn Ski Area

Coming into the Grand Mesa Scenic Byway through Plateau Creek Canyon

For those seeking a higher plane of existence, this route offers a truly transcendental experience. The Grand Mesa Scenic Byway climbs through the canyon of Plateau Creek into evergreen forests 10,000 feet above sea level. From Land's End Overlook, you are looking out over a landscape of unusual beauty. This playground offers an abundance of fishing, hiking and mountain biking in the summer. Winter brings blankets of snow for snowshoeing, skiing and snowmobiling. More than 300 stream fed lakes harbor rainbow, cutthroat and brook trout. The forest hides porcupines, mountain lions, coyotes, red fox, elk, deer, and black bear.

I've broken my presentation on the Grand Mesa Scenic Byway down like this:

I-70 to Mesa - Mesa to Land's End Road
Land's End Road - Land's End Road to Cedaredge

Near Land's End

Island Lake

The Grand Mesa Visitor Center

The south side of Grand Mesa

The map is from the "Discover Colorado" brochure printed by the Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways Commission.

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