The highway can be seen on the left side of the photograph, with one car driving along on it. A river can be seen just down a ridge on the right side of the road with a bridge over the top of it. Mesas and mountains can be seen on all sides of the road. Yellow trees line the sides of the road, with pine intermingled with them.
(on back) Approaching Ouray, Colorado from the north. Mt. Abrams in the distance. U.S. Hyw. 550, Col. 789.