Rocky Mountain National Park has announced on Facebook that Trail Ridge Road officially opened yesterday — although night closures are still in effect.
The crews who’ve worked so hard to clear the snow away from the buildings at the Alpine Visitor Center added a tip of the hat to this, Rocky’s centennial year.
This is what they faced two days ago:
Which required a lot of this:
But there were rewards to be had, like this view last night:
For current road and trail conditions in the park, see the NPS Rocky Mountain National Park website.