Trail Ridge Road is the highest continuously paved road in the United States and the primary arterial through Rocky Mountain National Park. Being continuously paved is an important distinction because the road up Mount Evans is actually the highest but it dead-ends. I wanted to drive Trail Ridge before snow made that impossible and the park closed the road for the season in a month or so.
The weekend after climbing South Arapahoe Peak, I only hiked a few miles along the Ute Trail, which juts off from Trail Ridge Road, before stopped at a few pull-offs along the road to take in the awesome views. That morning, the Ute Trail abounded with elk and impressive perspectives of the northwest face of Longs Peak as the sun brightened the landscape and turned the sky colors.
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