![]() Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, The Adventurist, to get outdoors news sent straight to your inbox. (Provided by Rocky Mountain National Park) Trail Ridge Road is OPEN Trail Ridge Road is the stretch of U.S. Trail Ridge Road plowing operations started in April. The annual effort to open Trail Ridge Road across Rocky Mountain National Park to traffic is well underway. While the full road only opens summer and fall (late May-mid-Oct.). The following Fun Fact was originally published on May 19, 2003. Strongly suggest a four wheel drive for the hills. ![]() Due to melting snow on the road and the potential for freezing temperatures visitors should be prepared for icy conditions. Steep hills, narrow roads, blind corners, blind uphills and downhills. “Although a rock slide closed the Fall River Road in 1953, it was reopened to one-way traffic in 1968 and now serves as a Motor Nature Trail.” An old car makes its way up Fall River Road, date unknown. The main entrance to the park's west side is on Trail Ridge Road (US 36). Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park is open to vehicles for the 2023 summer season. “Two-way traffic was terminated with the opening of Trail Ridge Road in 1932,” according to History Colorado. There are two reservation levels for the park, and the one excluding the Bear Lake corridor is sufficient to access Old Fall River.Ĭonstruction on Old Fall River Road began in 1913 and utilized “convict labor,” according to History Colorado, and the route was completed all the way to Grand Lake in 1920. ![]() Timed-entry reservations are required from 9 a.m. Vehicles longer than 25 feet and those pulling trailers are prohibited. Instead of using your typical snowplow, they must use vehicles that. Due to melting snow on the road and the potential for freezing. It typically takes about 40 days to reopen the road. Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park is open to vehicles for the 2023 summer season. It is a far bigger job than most people realize. Park crews typically try to get the road opened by the Fourth of July. At some point in April, the National Park Service begins the process of clearing Trail Ridge Road. The scenic, one-way, 9.4-mile road climbs from 9,000 feet to the pass at 11,796 feet. It generally closes for winter the third week of October but can remain open longer depending on conditions. Historic Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park, a narrow and winding unpaved road from the Endovalley picnic area to Fall River Pass near the Alpine Visitor Center on Trail Ridge Road, will open for the season on Saturday. Trail Ridge Road can be temporarily closed due to snow and ice at higher altitudes as early as late September. Trail Ridge Road was temporarily closed Aug.
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