If heaven is in Colorado, it is somewhere far west in the San Juan Mountains, along the 63-mile Alpine Loop. Heaven probably doesn’t have as many motors. But the traffic from Jeeps, ATVs and dirt ...

Southwest Colorado’s remote Alpine Loop Backcountry Byway takes adventurers through remarkable historic sites and rugged, out-of-this-world scenery. “No one could’ve forecasted snow,” I said to my ...