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Schematic map of the Trail Ridge Road northern sections. Fall River Road was the first road into the park's high country. It opened in 1921 and quickly proved inadequate for motor travel as a single-track road with steep grades (up to 16%), tight curves and a short annual season due to snowpack. [ 7 ]
West Portal Road – Grand Lake and Village: former SH 278: Rocky Mountain National Park: 16.3: 26.2: Grand Lake Entrance Station Rocky Mountain National Park entrance fee required: 25.7: 41.4: Colorado River Trailhead Eastbound road closure gate (closed winters) Larimer: 49.4: 79.5: Many Parks Curve Westbound road closure gate (closed winters ...
U.S. Route 34 (US 34) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 1,122 miles (1,806 km) from north-central Colorado to the western suburbs of Chicago.Through Rocky Mountain National Park it is known as the Trail Ridge Road where it reaches an elevation of 12,183 feet (3,713 m), making it one of the highest paved through highways in the United States.
Schematic map of Trail Ridge Road's northern sections. Trail Ridge Road is 48 miles (77 km) long and connects the entrances in Grand Lake and Estes Park. [114] [115] Running generally east–west through many hairpin turns, [6] the road crosses Milner Pass through the Continental Divide [115] at an elevation of 10,758 ft (3,279 m).
The byway consists of the 48-mile (77 km) Trail Ridge Road (U.S. Highway 34) and the connecting 6.9-mile (11 km) Beaver Meadow Road (U.S. Highway 36). With a high point at 12,183 feet (3,713 m) elevation, Trail Ridge Road is the highest continuous paved road in North America. The higher portion of Trail Ridge Road is closed from October to May.
A panoramic view of the range is available from sections of Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. One of the northernmost peaks, Nokhu Crags , is prominently visible from the west side of Cameron Pass .
The pass is not, however, the high point on Trail Ridge Road, which crests at 12,183 ft (3,713 m) [2] east of the pass within Rocky Mountain National Park. Along with the rest of Trail Ridge Road, the pass is generally closed in winter from the first heavy snow fall (usually October) until the opening of the road around Memorial Day.
However, as at Milner Pass on the Continental Divide, the road does not descend after reaching the pass from the west, but instead continues to climb along a side ridge; thus, neither pass is the high point on Trail Ridge Road, which crests at 12,183 feet (3,713 m) elevation, east of Fall River Pass, still within Rocky Mountain National Park.