Elk Loop: a scenic road in Colorado // Ranchs, peaks & cute villages

To go to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, we took a scenic road called the Elk Loop. It took us 2 days, the road turns around a massive peak. We love road trips, we had nothing else to do. We saw:

  • mountains, with incredible views that forced us to stop to take a pic,
  • ranchs, with huge wooden doors and no fences,
  • mines still in activity, and some were abandoned,
  • ski resorts with a Far West look.
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Crested Butte:

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  • The Elk Loop is actually 2 loops – Routes 133, 135 and 92.
  • 205 miles (330 km), 10 hours of driving, de trajet, with many stops.
  • We stopped to sleep at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, and in Crested Butte, a lovely village. Old Town Inn was a plain motel but with an awesome service.Thank your guys!
  • From Crested Butte, we took a dirt road, closed during winter, to the Kebler pass. The road is incredible and we saw a lot of wild animals.
  • Read more about our road trip in Colorado and Utah here.
Colorado elk loop - la route dessinée sur mon carnet
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Rédactrice, grande organisatrice et réseau socialite du Blog de Mathilde. Quand je ne suis pas devant un écran, j'organise des visites guidées de Boston, là où j'ai fondé ma petite entreprise Boston le nez en l'air. Je suis aussi auteure de nombreux guides de voyages, de livres de yoga et de jeux chez des éditeurs français. Suivez-moi sur Instagram, Facebook ou Pinterest.

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