Cache la Poudre - North Park

This scenic byway crosses the Continental Divide, linking Fort Collins with North Park. The road follows the Cache la Poudre River canyon, once a transit corridor for Native Americans and European explorers and trappers. Cache la Poudre is Colorado's only National Wild and Scenic River and is normally swamped with rafters and fishermen. Cameron Pass (10,276 feet) is the entrance to the Colorado State Forest, a 70,000 acre preserve of evergreen thickets and glaciated mountains. North Park is a bowl shaped valley full of deer, pronghorns, elk, moose, beaver, coyote, and waterfowl, all flocking to the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge to hang out with the ever-growing hordes of people trying to escape the cities...