Travel Southwest Colorado in the footsteps of adventuresome explorers and pioneers who helped settle the region. Follow the historic route traveled by Spanish explorers Dominguez and Escalante, experience the narrow gauge railroad that transported
supplies and ore to/from the area’s historic mining towns, and marvel at the Galloping Goose, half truck, half train that carried supplies, mail and passengers into the mountains until the early 1950s.
Experience what life was like for adventurers who traversed the region by stagecoach. Celebrate the hundreds of miles of National Scenic Byways that today join the region together as threads woven into a tapestry of mountains, canyons, mesas, and valleys.
Total Number of Days/Nights: 5
Destinations include:
Rio Grande Southern Train Depot
Red Mountain Toll Road
Galloping Goose Railcars
Ridgway Railroad Museum
Durango & Silverton Train
Million Dollar Highway
Mancos Valley Stage Lines
San Juan Historical Museum
Cimarron Railroad Exhibit
Dominguez and Escalante Expedition
San Juan Skyway