Colorado back roads

We left Questa, NM. elev. 6,200 ft. elevation, for Colorado Springs today. We took these back highways due to I-25 section being closed because of fires and smoke. Look what's up ahead! EGAADS.
We climbed over N. La Veda Pass (9,413 ft. elevation) in the Culebra Range Mtns. on the way to Colorado Springs, CO.  The drive in the Mountains was breathtaking !! (in more ways than one)