Trail Ridge Road
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Trail Ridge Road is the famous name for the stretch of U.S. Highway 34 that traverses Rocky Mountain National Park from Estes Park, Colorado in the east to Grand Lake, Colorado in the west. It crosses the Continental Divide at Milner Pass (elev. 10,758 ft/3,279 m) and reaches a maximum elevation of 12,183 ft (3,713 m), near Fall River Pass (elev. 11,796 ft/3,595 m). It is the highest paved continuous highway in the United States; the road to the top of Mount Evans is the highest paved road in North America but reaches a dead end at the summit. Trail Ridge Road is closed during the winter and often well into spring and even summer depending on the snowpack.
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