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The Atlas/Colorado/Molas Pass Overlook

Molas Pass Overlook

Molas Pass crests at 10,910 feet on US-550 between Silverton and Durango, offering one of the most expansive panoramas in the San Juan Mountains. A large gravel pullout with pit toilets and picnic tables faces Molas Lake in the foreground, with Snowdon Peak, the Animas River Gorge, and a wall of 13,000-foot summits filling the horizon. It sits roughly midpoint on the Million Dollar Highway's most dramatic stretch — enough elevation and space for a long break without the white-knuckle exposure of the cliffside miles farther north.

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The civilized mid-point breather on the Million Dollar Highway: big parking, pit toilets, and a 360-degree San Juan panorama before (or after) the serious cliff miles between Ouray and Silverton.

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