Flying Adventures

Rollins Pass & the Needles Eye Tunnel

On a spectacular late summer day, I flew over the Rollins Pass area. Here are some pictures of the pass as well as the Needles Eye Tunnel area. This was really the first snow of the season.

More historical information on this area is found at this link.

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Looking NW towards Rollins Pass and the Needles Eye Tunnel Same picture labeled Close up view of the possible bypass 4W road to get around the closed (collapsed) tunnel Old railroad trestles on the West side of the tunnel
Another view of the old trestles Wood debris on the old RR grade (probably for snow sheds) Berthoud Pass near Winter Park Looking NW toward Winter Park & Fraser

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