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There is a point west of Salida where fall starts moving faster than you do. Leave town on U.S. Highway 50 and the Arkansas River Valley is still broad and relatively low. Drive through Poncha Springs, begin climbing toward Monarch Pass, and every few miles seem to push the season forward. Cottonwoods turn along the lower drainages. Aspens brighten the …
There are Colorado drives where the road is simply how you get somewhere. Independence Pass is not one of them. From Twin Lakes, Colorado Highway 82 leaves the broad Upper Arkansas River Valley and climbs into the heart of the Sawatch Range, passing forests, rushing creeks, alpine tundra, old mining country, waterfalls, ice caves, and some of the biggest mountain …
