Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow Road
Rock Cut Overlook, CO

Here on the roof of the Rockies, the climate is rigorous. Severe weather can come at any time. Periods of drought may occur both summer and winter, and winter blizzards are frequent. Temperatures remain below freezing all winter, and they frequently drop below freezing in summer. Wind speeds here can exceed 150 miles per hour in either summer or winter and ultraviolet radiation is twice what it is at sea level. Sunlight is 50 percent more intense.