Need-To-Know Info About Pass Closures
Monday, February 11th, 2008I got an email from Steve in New Zealand asking about early and late season road closures. He asked:
I found your website and it is REALLY great. Myself and 3 or 4 friends are coming over from New Zealand in 2009 for a 12 day bike ride. One thing which would really help overseas people is to know which roads are NOT passable during the “early” months (ie Apr/May/Jun). We are planning on being there the first 2 weeks of June, so it would be very handy to know which roads are NOT passable, given “normal” weather conditions. Obviously it is not possible to predict the exact weather in advance but knowing that certain roads are likely impassable means that detours can be pre-planned (where practical of course).
I did some checking and found six roads that the Colorado Department of Transportation says close for the winter:
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US 34 over Trail Ridge Road
CO 82 over Independence Pass
CO 5 to the top of Mount Evans
COS 1 to the top of Pike’s Peak
GCR 12 over Kebler Pass
FR 209, 306 over Cottonwood Pass
For more info on this subject, check the What You Need page.
