Scenic Drives Across the Continental Divide Looking east from Cottonwood Pass. Photo by Donald Giannatti on Unsplash You don’t have to hike miles to see the Continental Divide in Colorado. Several ...

Cottonwood Pass, which connects Chaffee and Gunnison counties, also opened Thursday. About a half-million vehicles travel over the pass each year, which crosses the Continental Divide at 12,120 feet.

Independence Pass is now open for the 2025 summer travel season. The opening marks the first time the road will be open since late October. Crews from the Colorado Department of Transportation ...

Independence Pass is about to emerge from its long, winter slumber. The stretch of Colorado Highway 82 crossing the 12,095-foot Continental Divide usually opens for Memorial Day weekend, but the ...

Independence Pass Foundation Executive Director Karin Teague and summer field ecologist Cassidy Bromka patch asphalt near the summit overlook trail. The Independence Pass Foundation has long partnered ...

A 2,300 foot vertical climb, 10-mile race will kick off on Independence Pass on Saturday. The Ride the Pass annual community bike ride will be back for its 31st year. The event is open to competitors ...

A friend of mine, Bob Sargent of Savory Catering in Boulder, challenged me to complete all 25 rides in one year, in no particular order, saying we’d drink champagne as we rode up the final climb ...

JASON BLEVINS The Colorado Sun Feb 21, 2025 Updated May 17, 2025 ...

About two-thirds of Colorado land is managed by the federal government. And there are a lot fewer federal workers managing those acres as of this week. A Valentine’s Day slashing of federal jobs by ...

A U.S. Forest Service snow ranger’s headwear during a patrol near Vail Pass on Dec. 6, 2022, in Eagle County. (Hugh Carey/The Colorado Sun file) ...

The taut, disturbing stories in Bob Johnson’s “The Continental Divide” share the setting of a rural hamlet in Indiana — and transcend it. By Stuart Dybek Stuart Dybek is the author, most ...