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This is one amazing stretch of road. Driving this asphalt sliver south from Ouray to-
wards Silverton positions drivers on the outside edge, a heartbeat from free-fall. Much of it
is cut into the mountains and gains elevation by switching back in tight hairpins and S-
bends. The brooding mountains loom large and close, snow clinging to their lofty mist-
shrouded peaks even in high summer. In good weather the road is formidable. In drizzle or
rain, fog or snow, it can be downright scary.
