Mount Evans Wilderness

National park · USA

Description

Wilderness around the fourteen-thousand-foot Mount Blue Sky west of Denver, once served by the highest paved road in North America. Bristlecone pines, alpine lakes and mountain goats fill the high country.

Key facts

Mount Evans Wilderness is in Colorado.

Region
Colorado
Area
297km²
Established
1980
Lakes nearby
Beartrack Lakes (0.9km), Roosevelt Lakes (1km), Little Beartrack Lakes (2.4km)
Trailhead
5.2km
Nearest village
Shawnee · 17km