This highway forms half of the Mount Evans Scenic Byway, running from the summit of Mount Blue Sky to the junction with SH 103 at Echo Lake Park, about  south of Idaho Springs, the nearest municipality to SH 5.
This road forms half of the Mount Evans Scenic Byway, running from the summit of Mount Blue Sky to the junction with SH 103 at Echo Lake Park, about  south of Idaho Springs, the nearest town to SH 5.