Stoney Pass Road

Stoney Pass Road climbs gently from the Goose Creek area into the pine-draped ridges and open hills of the South Platte high country, tracing the edge of the Hayman burn scar with big views and a steady, scenic rhythm. Once a wagon path into the South Platte gold belt of the 1800s, the route now links Matukat Road to the Wellington Lake area as a relaxed forest drive. Dispersed campsites dot the area, and while the memory of one of Colorado's largest wildfires still remains, the quiet regrowth of the forest brings a great sense of solitude to users of Stoney Pass Road.