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Vail Pass is a 10,662 [2]-foot-high (3,250 m) ... due to its extreme grade, high elevation and frequent weather related hazardous driving conditions. ...
Vail Pass: 10,666 feet 3,251 m 7.0% Asphalt Coal Bank Pass: 10,640 feet 3,243 m 6.5% NB ... Pass [a] Elevation [s] Trail Coordinates [f] Electric Pass [u] 13,494 feet ...
The US 6 corridor crosses two passes: Loveland Pass, at an elevation of 11,992 feet (3,655 m), and Vail Pass, at 10,666 feet (3,251 m). [2] Engineers recommended tunneling under Loveland Pass to bypass the steep grades and hairpin curves required to navigate US 6. The project was originally called the Straight Creek Tunnel, after the waterway ...
Vail was incorporated in 1966, four years after the opening of Vail Ski Resort. The ski area was founded by Pete Seibert and local rancher Earl Eaton in 1962, at the base of Vail Pass. The pass was named after Charles Vail, the highway engineer who routed U.S. Highway 6 through the Eagle Valley in 1940, which eventually became Interstate 70.
Black Lake is a reservoir at Vail Pass in Eagle County, Colorado. The reservoir collects and stores water for the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District. It lies at an elevation of over 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) and sits alongside Interstate 70.
The tunnels are sloped with a 1.64% grade, with an elevation of 11,013 feet (3,357 m) at the east portal and 11,158 feet (3,401 m) at the west portal. At its dedication, the Eisenhower Tunnel was the highest vehicular tunnel in the world. [ 1 ]
The Eisenhower Tunnel is the highest point along the Interstate Highway System, with an elevation of 11,158 feet (3,401 m). Route description ... from Vail Pass.
The Vail Pass Camp is a multi-component prehistoric site, situated at the summit of Vail Pass (elevation 3,224 meters (10,577 ft)) (Gooding 1981), just below the timberline in Colorado. The camp was occupied for over 7000 years, inhabited by various North American aboriginal groups, and is the first open lithic-scatter site.