Spectacular view! And great shot of the view. My eye is led from one element to the other in the photo, trees in foreground, mountain range to mountain range, to clouds. And I actually think the road helps lead your eye through the picture. I think you did a great job capturing the feeling of awe one would have standing there in person.
I definitely think the contrast could be increased even more from your original picture to make it “pop” better. I like @josiahw’s edit as far as that goes, but it feels almost…. too, blue? and pasty to me. Perhaps too much contrast.
I would maybe try warming the photo up as well.