The highest road in North America is about to get a much-need facelift.
Colorado’s Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway will close Tuesday for more than a year as it undergoes road improvements. This means there will be no access by car to Mount Blue Sky during that time.
Reservations to visit the iconic peak in the final days before the closure quickly booked up, as first-timers and longtime Mount Blue Sky lovers alike ascended the peak over Labor Day weekend.
“It’s been on our list to bike up here, and we realized this is the last weekend for like a year,” said Shelby Ahrendt, who biked up the byway with Garret Fox to visit the peak for the first time. The pair live in Golden and moved to Colorado a year ago.
“End of the season, it’s one of our favorite mountains to go to. Figured we’d get one last trip up here before it closes for almost a year and a half,” said Michael Dokovna, who visited the peak with his wife Julie, their two young children, and their dog.