{"id":27,"date":"2016-01-27T11:47:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T18:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/m\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2025-11-21T21:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T04:28:09","slug":"great-motorcycle-roads-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/m\/great-motorcycle-roads-in-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Motorcycle Roads In Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colorado has some of the best motorcycle roads in the world, both paved and unpaved. This site focuses primarily on the paved ones and this page lists the best below. By request, however, I have started adding some unpaved roads, too. You\u2019ll find what I have so far on the Dirt Roads and Side Trips<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

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On the road to Estes Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then, just to top all this off with a bit more, let me point you to a web page that the Colorado Department of Transportation has set up featuring the state’s 25 designated Scenic and Historic Byways<\/a>. And the state offers a weatherproof map of these byways, available upon request at lenore.bates@state.co.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00bb US Highway 50 through the Arkansas River Valley<\/a> \u2014 This road runs up from Canon City to Salida, and is where the artist Christo is planning to drape the river in fabric.<\/p>\n

\u00bb US Highway 40 over Berthoud Pass<\/a> \u2014 US 40 splits off from I-70 west of Idaho Springs and runs over Berthoud Pass on its way to Winter Park.<\/p>\n

\u00bb US Highway 34 down the Big Thompson Canyon<\/a> \u2014 From Estes Park down to Loveland, US 34 goes down this spectacular canyon.<\/p>\n

\u00bb County roads over Cottonwood Pass and down through Taylor Canyon<\/a> \u2014 Head west out of Buena Vista and you go over Cottonwood Pass, down past Taylor Reservoir, and on to the road to either Gunnison or Crested Butte. This road is not paved on the west side of the pass.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado Highway 135 to Crested Butte<\/a> \u2014 Not a great road, but this will connect you to the Kebler Pass<\/a> road, if you\u2019re into riding good gravel.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado 139 over Douglas Pass<\/a> \u2014 Running between Loma and Rangely, this is a good north\/south route on the western side of the state.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado 165<\/a> west from Colorado City \u2014 A very scenic road that takes you up to Canon City and past Bishop Castle on the way.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado Highway 12 over Cuchara Pass<\/a> \u2014 This road from Trinidad to La Veta takes you along the Highway of Legends.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Four different Roads to Cripple Creek<\/a> offer excellent riding, although two of them are only for those willing to take their bikes on decent gravel.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado Highway 17 over Cumbres and La Manga Passes<\/a> \u2014 A nice run coming up from Chama, NM, to Antonito, CO.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Deckers area<\/a> along Colorado Highways 126 and 67 \u2014 A good north\/south road through the eastern mountains.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado Highway 91 over Fremont Pass<\/a> \u2014 From Copper Mountain to Leadville.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon<\/a> \u2014 Even the interstate is gorgeous when you’re going through a canyon like this.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado 134 over Gore Pass<\/a> \u2014 From Toponas on the west to US 40 just north of Kremmling, this makes a good alternate to US 40 over Rabbit Ears Pass.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado Highway 65 over Grand Mesa<\/a> \u2014 Spectacular views on either side of this spectacular mesa.<\/p>\n

\u00bb County roads over Guanella Pass<\/a> \u2014 Guanella Pass Road runs south from I-70 at Georgetown to US 285 at Grant. Being close to Denver, it gets very busy on weekends.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado Highway 92, Hotchkiss to Blue Mesa Reservoir<\/a> \u2014 Running along the north rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, you’ll definitely be stopping to get a better look.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado Highway 9 over Hoosier Pass<\/a> \u2014 Between Fairplay and Breckenridge, this is a ride worth doing.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado Highway 82 over Independence Pass<\/a> \u2014 One of the best that Colorado has to offer, coming east out of Aspen and over to a little south of Leadville.<\/p>\n

\u00bb U.S. 285 over Kenosha Pass to South Park<\/a> \u2014 From Kenosha Pass you get an expansive view of South Park.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado Highway 145 over Lizard Head Pass<\/a> \u2014 From Telluride on the north down to Cortez on the south, this road makes up the western portion of the San Juan Skyway.<\/p>\n

\u00bb US Highway 6 over Loveland Pass<\/a> \u2014 Don’t go through the tunnel on I-70, go over Loveland Pass. This is why you came to Colorado.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado Highway 133 over McClure Pass<\/a> \u2014 From Paonia over to Carbondale, on this road you see the back sides of the Maroon Bells.<\/p>\n

\u00bb US Highway 50 over Monarch Pass<\/a> \u2014 Runs from Poncha Springs over to Gunnison. A terrific ride.
\n<\/a>\u00bb The Peak-to-Peak Highway and adjoining canyons<\/a> \u2014 A series of north\/south roads that will take you from Black Hawk up to Estes Park.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado Highway 14 up Poudre Canyon and Cameron Pass<\/a> \u2014 A gorgeous canyon. From Fort Collins you come up and over into North Park and to Walden.<\/p>\n

\u00bb US Highway 40 over Rabbit Ears Pass<\/a> \u2014 Between Kremmling and Steamboat Springs, a good ride. Look for the rabbit ears.<\/p>\n

\u00bb US Highway 550 over Red Mountain Pass<\/a> \u2014 Another of the very best that Colorado has to offer, this road takes you from Durango to Ouray and forms the eastern portion of the San Juan Skyway.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado Highway 149 over Slumgullion and Spring Creek Passes<\/a> \u2014 Heading south from Lake City, the road runs down to Creede to the south.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado 103 and Colorado 5 over Squaw Pass and up Mount Evans<\/a> \u2014 Dress warmly no matter what the weather down below if you plan to ride to the top of Mount Evans.<\/p>\n

\u00bb US Highway 24 over Tennessee Pass<\/a> \u2014 From Minturn up to Leadville, this road takes you past Camp Hale where the soldiers on skis trained during World War II.<\/p>\n

\u00bb US Highway 34 over Trail Ridge Road<\/a> \u2014 The highest through road in the U.S., this one is a must. It runs from Grand Lake over to Estes Park.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Colorado Highway 141 through Unaweep Canyon and the Dolores Canyon<\/a> \u2014 A Colorado jewel that most people miss. Don’t be one of them.<\/p>\n

\u00bb US Highway 24 over Wilkerson Pass<\/a> \u2014 Heading to South Park from Colorado Springs, this road will take you past Pikes Peak.<\/p>\n

\u00bb US Highway 160 over Wolf Creek Pass<\/a> \u2014 Beginning its climb at South Fork, Wolf Creek Pass offers spectacular views as it descends on the west toward Pagosa Springs.<\/p>\n

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Colorado has some of the best motorcycle roads in the world, both paved and unpaved. This site focuses primarily on the paved ones and this page lists the best below. By request, however, I have started adding some unpaved roads, too. You\u2019ll find what I have so far on the Dirt Roads and Side Trips … Continue reading “Great Motorcycle Roads In Colorado”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}