Trail Overview

Elevenmile Canyon Scenic & Historic Auto Tour follows the former Colorado Midland Railroad route and South Platte River through a canyon. There are several FS campgrounds and picnic areas. This is a USFS fee area and $10 (as of 2024). This area is popular for trout fishing and rock climbing and can be very busy on weekends, especially the the fall. The highlight of this road is driving through the 3 narrow rock tunnels.

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Difficulty

This is a maintained gravel road, suitable for any street-legal vehicle. While most of it is two lanes wide, the tunnels are single-lane.

History

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1143853.pdf

Technical Rating

Alek Byers

Jun 06, 2026

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Lots of people fishing and camping but it’s a beautiful drive so I would say that’s expected

Benjamin Williams

Sep 27, 2025

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Billy P

Jul 21, 2025

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Lots of fly fishing folks, dusty, and washboarding rattled the whole time.

DJ Atha

Jul 08, 2025

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Zach jones

Apr 09, 2025

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