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Mark A Steiner wrote:Here is a view (October 10, 2011) of DSP&P section houses on Boreas Pass. Imagine keeping this line open during years when blowing snow and heavy drifting was much worse than is often experienced today.
Trust me ,this is the same building at some time in the 1980's. I don't have the exact date. An amazing restoration I would say
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I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion. H D Thoreau
"Only for cars and ATVs- no problems on foot, bike, or dirtbike. It's better that way anyway, and there are about 1 million raspberries to stop and eat along that road."
While "gb" may have more current information, it was my understanding that above the Sherrod Curve the approach to the West Portal of the Alpine Tunnel is closed to all "motorized" vehicles, i.e. "dirtbike, etc.
This came out of my communication with the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest office in Gunnison last month when I traveled over there.
"Only for cars and ATVs- no problems on foot, bike, or dirtbike. It's better that way anyway, and there are about 1 million raspberries to stop and eat along that road."
While "gb" may have more current information, it was my understanding that above the Sherrod Curve the approach to the West Portal of the Alpine Tunnel is closed to all "motorized" vehicles, i.e. "dirtbike, etc.
This came out of my communication with the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest office in Gunnison last month when I traveled over there.
You're probably right, but I did see dirtbikes up there last summer. There is enough room from them- whether or not they're supposed to get by the rockfall is another question I guess.
