5.4.2 The Moffat Road over Rollins Pass.5.4 Rollins Pass as an historic railroad route.5.3.3 Mining efforts on Guinn Mountain at Yankee Doodle Lake.5.3.2 Middle Park and South Boulder Wagon Road Company.
5.3 Rollins Pass as an historic wagon road.5.2 Rollins Pass as a late-prehistoric and historic Native American route.5.1 Rollins Pass as a prehistoric Paleoindian & Native American hunting complex.
In 2012, Rollins Pass was listed as one of the most endangered sites in Colorado. Rollins and his toll wagon road that traversed the pass. In 1997, additional areas on the pass were added to the National Register of Historic Places to include achievements made by John Q.A. The abandoned rail route over Rollins Pass was nominated for and accepted into the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 because of significant events and engineering feats accomplished by railroading efforts in the early 20th century. Over the past 10,000 years, the pass provided a route over the Continental Divide between the Atlantic Ocean watershed of South Boulder Creek (in the basin of the South Platte River) with the Pacific Ocean watershed of the Fraser River, a tributary of the Colorado River. Rollins Pass is at the boundaries of Boulder, Gilpin, and Grand counties. The pass is located on and traverses the Continental Divide of the Americas at the crest of the Front Range southwest of Boulder and is located approximately five miles east and opposite the resort in Winter Park-in the general area between Winter Park and Rollinsville. There are no strong climate signals that would point toward an unusually wet (snowy) or dry November.Rollins Pass, elevation 11,676 ft (3,559 m), is a mountain pass and active archaeological site in the Southern Rocky Mountains of north-central Colorado in the United States. There is an increased likelihood that temperatures will average above normal. Outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for November: NOVEMBER: CARIBOU’S TOP 5 COLDEST (AVERAGE TEMPERATURES):ĪVERAGE HIGH……………………….38.3ĪVERAGE LOW……….24.7ĪVERAGE # OF DAYS W/HIGHS 1 INCH………….….3 (2.8)ĪVERAGE # OF DAYS W/SNOWFALL > 3 INCHES…………1 NOVEMBER: CARIBOU’S TOP 5 WARMEST (AVERAGE TEMPERATURES): The greatest snow depth ever observed during the month of November was 28 inches on November 27, 1974. 1960 holds the honors for the least snowy November with only 1.5 inches. The snowiest November was in 1974 with a monthly total of 34.9 inches. In many years the winter snow pack becomes established during the 2nd half of the month. The largest calendar day snowfall of 20.9 inches was observed on November 21, 1986. The largest snowfalls of a foot or more have all been during the 2nd half of the month, and especially during the last 10 days of the month. Snow is possible at any time during the month of November, but the likelihood and frequency of snowfalls increases during the course of the month. November is on average the cloudiest month of the year at Caribou. The coldest temperature ever observed in November was 8 below on November 30, 1995. The warmest temperature ever observed during the month of November was 68 degrees on November 1, 1956. The average low temperature falls from 30 on the 1st to 18 by the end of November. Temperatures continue to rapidly cool with the average high falling from 45 degrees on the 1st to 32 by the end of the month. A STATISTICAL PREVIEW OF CARIBOU'S NOVEMBER WEATHER.