Down the West Side Trail Ridge Road

This sign tells about the road. Click on it to enlarge the picture and you can read what it says.

There is just so much snow still around. Just hard to believe.

Splitting North America with a serpentine line, the Continental Divide is quite literally the roof of the continent. If rain falls on the west side of its apex, it will eventually find its way to the Pacific Ocean. If it falls on the east side, it will end up in the Gulf of Mexico.

The "Great Divide" separates drainages to the Atlantic from the drainage to the Pacific Ocean. It traverses America from Alaska almost to Cape Horn. (The southern most tip of South America.)

The Divide is a place of high drama, and Trail Ridge Road is the finest place to encounter it without hiking miles of steep terrain. Built from 1929 to 1939, this route is the highest continuous auto road in the country and holds the highest byway distinction. It's truly an all-American icon—the road itself is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.