A travel management plan that forest officials implemented in 2012 closed the area to winter motorized use, putting an end to legal use of motorized over-snow travel.
If you enjoy hiking on Colorado's trails, you've likely found yourself at some point walking along the Continental Divide Trail, which turns 44 years old on Thursday.
Some of the coldest temperatures of the year chilled Colorado Wednesday evening into Thursday morning, with one location dropping to almost 50 degrees below zero.