Trail Ridge Road historically opens in late May, according to the national park. The road's earliest opening was May 7, in 2002, and its latest was June 26, in 1943.

Trail Ridge Road historically opens in late May, according to the national park. The road's earliest opening was May 7, in 2002, and its latest was June 26, in 1943.

While Independence Pass is opening at its earliest date in six years, Rocky Mountain National Park announced Thursday that Trail Ridge Road will likely not reopen in time for Memorial Day weekend.

The 11-mile road is located above 11,500 feet, making it the highest continuous paved road in the U.S., cresting at 12,183 feet above sea level, according to the park, with few guardrails and no ...

The road closed for the winter Oct. 25. Other years the park didn't get Trail Ridge Road open by Memorial Day were 2019-2022, 2015, 2011 and 2010, the park previously reported.

The highest continuously paved road in the United States, U.S. Highway 34 Trail Ridge Road, is not anticipated to open over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, according to Rocky Mountain ...

Trail Ridge Road is the highest continuous paved road in the United States. It climbs to 12,183 feet and connects the towns of Estes Park and Grand Lake.

Trail Ridge Road typically opens the last week in May, weather permitting. In 2024, Trail Ridge Road opened on May 31, Patterson added. Old Fall River Road closed to vehicles for the season on Oct. 8.

Trail Ridge Road was partly a project of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a programme created to employ men ages 18-25 to combat the country's economic downturn and improve the US' forests ...