This video follows the highest continuous highway in the United States which is US-34 in Colorado along Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. We reach a maximum elevation of 12,183 feet in this video. Enjoy the epic views! Trail Ridge Road spans the Park and connects Estes Park on the east side to the town of Grand Lake on the western slope. It's the highest continuous paved road in the United States, reaching an elevation of 12,183 feet. It follows a path that the Ute and other Native American peoples used for thousands of years.Trail Ridge Road facts:- 48 miles long, 11 miles above treeline- Highest elevation, 12,183 feet- Normally windy and 20 to 30 degrees colder than Estes Park or Grand Lake- See Wyoming to the north, the Great Plains on the east, the Rockies on the south and west- See elk, pikas, marmots, ptarmigans and bighorn sheep- 200 species of tiny alpine plants with a 40 day growing season- Crosses the Continental Divide at Milner Pass, elevation 10,120 feet.- Also known as US 34
