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These byways follow existing roads or highways and are signed with a Colorado blue columbine (the Colorado state flower) logo denoting the route. The Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways Program was established in March 1989, and is one of the oldest state scenic byway programs.
The road over the pass goes north from the town of Como in the northern South Park northeast of Fairplay, crossing the path northward to Breckenridge. In good weather, it furnishes an alternative route to nearby Hoosier Pass, offering splendid views of aspen trees and nearby Mount Silverheels and the Tenmile Range. The round trip up to the top ...
At Fairplay SH 9 leaves US 285 to head northwest, following the middle fork of the South Platte most of the way to Hoosier Pass where it crosses the Continental Divide 11,532 ft (3,515 m) above sea level. Switchbacks drop the highway to the Blue River which it follows north through Breckenridge to Dillon Reservoir.
In December 1961, skiing was introduced to Breckenridge when several trails were cut on the lower part of Peak 8, connected to town by Ski Hill Road. In the ensuing decades, the ski area was gradually expanded onto adjacent peaks, with trails opening on Peak 9 in the early 1970s, Peak 10 in 1985, Peak 7 in 2002, and Peak 6 in 2013.
Colorado offers many ski resorts. The following table compares their various sizes, runs, lifts, and snowfall: ... Breckenridge: Breckenridge: 2,908 12,998 9,600 ...
Is the Blue Ridge Parkway completely closed? No. The National Park Service announced on Wednesday that the Blue Ridge Parkway had reopened from Milepost 0 to Milepost 200.1 in Virginia. The ...
This partial list of city nicknames in Colorado includes some of the sobriquets, pseudonyms, and slogans that identify, or have identified, the cities and towns of the U.S. state of Colorado. City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its ...
Blue Ridge Road, a New York State Scenic Byway in Essex County, New York; Ridge Road (Western New York) Ridge Route in California; Trail Ridge Road, one of the highest roads in the US, located in Rocky Mountain National Park; U.S. Route 6 Business (Gary, Indiana), a former route, part of which was named Ridge Road