Echo Mountain
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Plan your visit

The drive is the whole advantage — 36 miles of it. Here's exactly how to get here, where to park, and the one road your phone will try to send you down.

From downtown Denver
36 mi / 50 min
From Evergreen
20 min
From Golden
22 mi
Wide view of a snow-covered ridgeline with groomed runs cut through the trees

Plan your visit

19285 CO-103, Idaho Springs, CO 80452. Closer than you think, and further than your phone makes it look.

DenverI-70 westCO-103EEcho Mountain
Downtown Denver
36mi · ~50 min
Evergreen
20min away
Golden
22mi · ~35 min

50minutes · 36 miles

Please don't count on a rideshare home

Drivers don't circulate up here, and we have no indoor space to wait in while you refresh the app.

If you do come by Uber or Lyft, have your return ride booked, confirmed, and guaranteed before you arrive.

From Denver and the Front Range

  1. 1I-70 west toward Evergreen.
  2. 2Exit 252 to CO-74 south.
  3. 3Right onto CO-103.
  4. 412 miles west toward Mt. Blue Sky.
  5. 5Driveway on the right at the white and green Echo Mountain sign.

From Idaho Springs and points west

  1. 1Exit 240 to CO-103.
  2. 220 miles south past Echo Lake and Mt. Blue Sky.
  3. 3Driveway on the left.

Do not take Little Bear Creek Rd.

Navigation apps sometimes route out of Idaho Springs via Miner St. onto Little Bear Creek Rd. It is a gravel switchback road with no guardrails. Stay on CO-103.

Lower lot, on the right

Skiing and snowboarding.

Upper lot, on the left

Tubing. Watch for the tubing check-in sign at the split.

Winter driving

4WD or AWD recommended

CO-103 is plowed but it is a mountain road in winter.

Snow tires

Real ones. All-seasons are a compromise you feel at 9,000 feet.

Chains or traction devices

Keep a set in the trunk between November and April.

Renting a car?

Pay for the AWD. It is the cheapest insurance on the trip.

Read Colorado's traction law
Aerial view of a snow-covered mountain lodge and village below a ski hill

Staying over

Origin Red Rocks in Golden, 22 miles away, holds an exclusive rate for confirmed Echo guests. The booking link arrives in your purchase receipt.

Never done this before?

Good. That is who we built this place for. Rentals are at the base, lessons start in the beginner area, and nobody here is going to look at you funny for falling over.

Everyone was new once. Most of them were new right here.

Start here