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Cars and driving
Registration and plates, emissions, mountain-pass and winter-driving rules, and the things that change when you drive and register a vehicle in Colorado.
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Cars and driving - June 10, 2026
The San Juan Skyway climbs from Dolores over Lizard Head Pass
The San Juan Skyway runs through Dolores, Cortez, and Mancos and climbs north over high Lizard Head Pass, a paved but serious mountain drive with real winter weather.
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The San Juan Skyway is the 236-mile loop that starts at Telluride's doorstep
The San Juan Skyway is a 236-mile loop through the San Juan Mountains that the U.S. named an All-American Road in 1996, and Telluride sits right on it.
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The San Juan Skyway is the paved scenic loop through Silverton's passes
US 550 through San Juan County is part of the San Juan Skyway, a paved scenic byway that crosses Molas and Coal Bank passes between Silverton and Durango.
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The San Juan Skyway's Dolores County leg: Highway 145 over Lizard Head Pass
Highway 145 north from Rico carries a stretch of the 236-mile San Juan Skyway over Lizard Head Pass, where the road opens to the Wilson group of fourteeners.
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The Trail of the Ancients is a byway, but its sites take backroads
Montezuma County's scenic byway links ancient sites and public lands, but reaching some stops means rough backroads, long distances, and little water or fuel.
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The Unaweep-Tabeguache byway runs remote canyon country in Montrose County's West End
The Unaweep-Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway follows highways 141 and 145 through remote canyon country, including Montrose County's West End around Naturita and Nucla, with long stretches that have no fuel and no cell service.
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The West Elk Loop scenic byway anchors at Montrose's Black Canyon
The West Elk Loop is a long Colorado scenic and historic byway that uses the Black Canyon near Montrose as one of its anchors, looping through mountain and ranch country over a full day of driving.
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Trail Ridge Road is a high alpine drive that closes for winter
Trail Ridge Road climbs above 12,000 feet through Rocky Mountain National Park and is only open for part of the year, so a drive over it from the Estes Park side depends on the season and the weather.
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US 287 through Eads is part of the Ports-to-Plains freight corridor
US Highway 287 runs north-south through Eads as part of the Ports-to-Plains corridor, a busy truck route, and CDOT has added passing lanes near town.
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West of Dotsero, I-70 dives into spectacular Glenwood Canyon
At Eagle County's western edge near Dotsero, I-70 drops into Glenwood Canyon, a stunning steep-walled drive along the Colorado River that's worth timing right, since rockfall or storms can briefly close the interstate.
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Why there are two ways over the divide here
At the western edge of Clear Creek County, traffic can cross the Continental Divide either through the Eisenhower-Johnson Tunnel on I-70 or over the older Loveland Pass on US 6.
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Winter driving on I-25 south of Castle Rock has its own rhythm
I-25 climbs the Palmer Divide south of Castle Rock, where winter storms can hit harder than in Denver and trigger traction or chain laws.
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Winter driving on I-70 through Clear Creek County has rules
Interstate 70 climbs through Clear Creek County toward the Eisenhower Tunnel, and in winter the state can require vehicles to meet a traction law.
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