SH 62 starts at a junction with
SH 145 just north of
Placerville, Colorado in the
San Miguel River valley and heads northeast up the Leopard Creek Canyon. The highway bends slowly to the east before crossing the
Dallas Divide at an elevation of . It then follows Cottonwood and Dallas creeks downstream to
Ridgway, Colorado. The highway crosses the
Uncompahgre River just before ending at a junction with
US 550. State Highway 62 is part of the
San Juan Skyway, designated as a
National Scenic Byway in 1996. ==Major intersections==