A view of the Mount Evans Scenic Byway from near the mountain’s summit. (The Denver Post)
Labor Day weekend will be the last chance to take the easy way up one of Colorado’s most popular fourteeners.
On Sept. 2, the Colorado Department of Transportation will close the top portion of Mount Evans Highway, the highest paved road in North America that rises nearly 9,000 feet to the 14,264-foot summit of Mount Evans.
The five-mile stretch of State Highway 5 from Summit Lake to the top of Mount Evans closes annually the day after Labor Day per an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service. Weather permitting, the lower 10 miles of highway — from Echo Lake to Summit Lake — will be open until early October.
Hoping to get to the top before the closure? Bundle up. Forecasts through Labor Day call for high temperatures in the 40s with a daily chance of rain and snow, .
The summit is already , as tweeted earlier this week by the National Weather Service in Boulder. The photo comes from a camera outside the .
Mt. Evans had a dusting of this morning! Additional 1-2 in possible overnight tonight above timberline.
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
The road usually reopens in late May around Memorial Day.
