Sneffels Range in the background

One would not be far off to declare this region among the most beautiful on the planet. Property prices seem to suggest many think the same way.

The Divide is the 9000 ft pass on CO62 west of Ridgway which separates the San Juan Mtns on the south and the Uncompahgre Plateau to the north.

There was once a town within this view down in the valley; a toll road had been built in 1880, a railroad came through in 1890. The town's post office closed in 1910; there is nothing left of the town.

The railroad ran along the faint line across the bottom with the line of trees to the right; Hwy62 is barely discernible in the trees just above the midline.

This view was captured from a friend's home on the north side of the pass.

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