OPPS! Larry Hoy, who lives about 15 minutes from me, pointed out that
it isn't trail ridge road!
That goes though the same area, and I have driven in that too, just not
yesterday!
The correct name is: Mount Evans Scenic Byway
<http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/arnf/districts/ccrd/scenic-drives/#Mount>
It goes up almost to the top of the mountain to 14,264 ft and is the
highest paved road climb in North America.
<http://www.denvergov.org/Mountain_Parks/88faq370.asp>
<http://momentsoflight.com/trips_co_mtevans.html>
Trail Ridge Road is : 12,183 ft and the highest continuous paved road
in North America.
Thanks Larry!
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:26:02 -0600, Andrew B. Lundgren wrote:
>I was on Mt. Evans yesterday. I took my B up trail ridge road and got
>some pictures I though I would share. Trail ridge road is "the highest
>continuous motorway in the United States, with more than eight miles
>lying above 11,000' and a maximum elevation of 12,183'." See:
><http://www.rmnp.com/RMNP-Areas-TrailRidge.HTML>
>
>The B ran great all the way to the top.
>
><http://www.lundgren.us/~lundgren/2003Aug/P13Aug2003Wed_1534_37>
>
>Feel free to poke around the site. It is mostly just family pictures so
>won't be of much interest to most. Bandwidth is only 256k, so YMMV!
>
>Andrew
--
Andrew Lundgren
lundgren@byu.net
http://www.Lundgren.us
/// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
/// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
|