This "playground in the sky" climbs from the rugged Plateau Canyon floor to the cool evergreen mesa forests, 11,000 feet up. Featured are hundreds of sparkling lakes, wildflower meadows and forests of shimmering aspen and pine.Take a side trip to Lands End Overlook where the Grand Valley unfolds below.

63 miles / 101.4 km, I-70 to Cedaredge with spur to Lands End (view map)

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