The road runs westward from Sheep Lakes to the Alpine Visitor Center.

[3] A rockslide closed the road in 1953 and it was not re-opened until 1968 when the National Park Service cleared the rocks and paved the lower third of the route.

[2] Both the one-way Old Fall River Road and the paved Trail Ridge Road are maintained and open to motor vehicles from Memorial Day weekend through the first major autumn snowstorm.

Both roads are also open to bicycles from April 1 through November 30, but are not patrolled in the pre- and post-season times.

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