My sister and I drove up to Mount Evans early October 2007. The top portion of the road was closed due to ice on the road. No matter what time of year it is, know that it is probably 50 degrees colder on Mount Evans than in Denver. So if even if its July, you still will want a jacket... more

I went on Sept 20, 2008. I hesitated to go because I was staying in downtown Denver and didn't want to make the drive. My boyfriend pushed for us to go and I'm glad he did. It took about 1 hour to drive which wasn't too bad. Once you enter the Mt Evans entrance you have to drive about 15... more

The Mt. Evans scenic byway is GORGEOUS. I can't understand why this isn't the #1-rated attraction in the Denver area. It's reasonably close but feels a million miles away... the scenery is mind-bogglingly beautiful. You go south out of Denver and then rise slowly through coniferous forest, past wind-twisted trees with orange-brown-and-gray-swirled bark, past a beautiful mountain lake... then the... more

We decided to drive up Mt. Evans after visiting Rocky Mountains National Park that day. Unfortunately we were rather late, we took almost an hour to drive the 30 miles from the Interstate to the top of the road and arrived there just before sunset. Furthermore a thunderstorm was quickly approaching us so we didn't have the heart to hike... more