Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway
The highest paved road in North America, topping out at 14,130 feet on the mountain long known as Mount Evans. CDOT aims for Memorial Day weekend each year, and the weather gets the final say.
This year
Live plow-season reports load here. For today's conditions, go straight to CDOT's status page.
Conditions change by the hour at 14,130 feet — check CDOT's status page before you drive.
The record
Usually opens Memorial Day weekend, weather permitting; the last miles to the summit can lag into June. The summit closes after Labor Day; the road to Summit Lake follows as the snow arrives. The winter closure covers the summit road above Echo Lake.
We're still assembling this road's year-by-year record from CDOT archives — it will appear here as it's confirmed. In the meantime, CDOT's page has current conditions.