Great vistas and wildflowers! How to get there: The loop starts and ends at SH 135/Whiterock Ave in Crested Butte. Up the Washington Gulch Road and down Slate River Road. From Denver to Crested Butte 217 miles 4 hr 30 mins GPS SH135/Whiterock Ave 38.8679 -106.9808 In General: Length: 22 miles Driving Time: min. 1 hour 30 mins Washington … Read more
Head north on SH 135 which will become Co Rd 317/Gothic Rd. Follow the road through Gothic to Schofield Pass.
This road is passable by 2wd vehicle to the pass. Return the way you came.
From SH 135 and Whiterock Ave in Crested Butte, head west on Whiterock Ave which will become CR 12, the Kebler Pass Rd.
This generally smooth, wide gravel road connects Crested Butte with SH133 at Paonia SP and provides access to Lake Irwin/Robinson Basin and the Ohio Pass Rd.
The road heads north from the Kebler Pass Rd 6.8 miles west of SH135 and ends in Robinson Basin north of Lake Irwin.
Moderately rough 4wd road. 2wd vehicles can access Lake Irwin and possibly beyond.
Starts from the Kebler Pass Rd about 7 miles west of Crested Butte and connects with SH 135 two miles north of Gunnison.
This road winds its way up to Ohio Pass at an elevation of 10,074′ in two miles. This first section may not be passable to 2wd vehicles depending on conditions. As you drop down from the pass, it will travel through a large aspen forest before emerging into hay meadow bottoms and cattle ranches along Ohio Creek.
Starting from Whiterock Ave in Crested Butte, drive 6.6 miles SE on SH 135 to Cement Creek Rd on the left.
In good conditions, the road is passable to 2wd vehicles for the first 8 or 9 miles, and then deteriorates as it approaches timberline.