Loveland Pass
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Oct 16, 2026
Sam DenbyNARRATOR
Even under the best conditions, the slower speeds of the tunnel turn it into a choke point that causes massive, notorious traffic backlogs.
Sam DenbyNARRATOR
If the tunnel closes, an entire interstate's worth of traffic must divert onto the winding, treacherous, two-lane Loveland Pass, which turns a bad traffic situation catastrophic.
Sam DenbyNARRATOR
But there simply are not alternatives.
Sam DenbyNARRATOR
The next shortest diversion is two hours long over another treacherous mountain pass, so CDOT does everything possible to keep Eisenhower Tunnel open.
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Sam DenbyNARRATOR
could be damaged to an extent that could take months or years to fix, let alone the risks to any drivers trapped inside.
Sam DenbyNARRATOR
What this means is that hazmat trucks must take the treacherous Loveland Pass instead, which CDOT plows up to its near 12,000 foot, 3,700 meter peak all through the winter, making it Colorado's highest year-round road.
Sam DenbyNARRATOR
Of course, navigating a fuel tanker up a steep, winding road to 12,000 feet in the middle of a Colorado winter is far from safe.
Jason KovaleskiGUEST
We went to
Ryan MulveyHOST
the Loveland Pass that one time when we got to the top.
Ryan MulveyHOST
You could definitely feel you have to take a bigger breath to get more oxygen.
Ryan MulveyHOST
I felt
Crappie KirbyHOST
Yeah.
Christian CorleyGUEST
He actually used to drive a 1953 Willy Jeep up and over Loveland Pass before...
Christian CorleyGUEST
Now there's a hole in the mountain.
Crappie KirbyHOST
Yeah.
RomanHOST
The car doesn't need to spool up any turbos, right? The thing was just boom.
RomanHOST
And also we're in the mountains, where we're Loveland Pass, and you're at, like, 9,000.
RomanHOST
And so norm- naturally aspirated cars are at a huge disadvantage.
RomanHOST
Uh, I've gone, I've come to really like turbos in the mountains, Tommy.
Dana WrightHOST
Yeah.
Mark EwingGUEST
And they were actually below Loveland Pass, which is, like, 11,000 feet, and a lot of people said, "That plane will never get over the top of that." But it was, it, it was a fatal decision, and a- again, I hope it, I hope it never happens again.
Mark EwingGUEST
Uh, boy, that would be really something.
Mark EwingGUEST
But Utah State and Wichita State never played football again.
ArielleHOST
If you get a pass, they have four days each at Brett Keystone Vale in Beaver Creek and Crested Butte.
ArielleHOST
Loveland, for five and under, they have free skiing, free season pass when a parent has a current Loveland pass.
ArielleHOST
A-Basin does free skiing for kids four and under.
ArielleHOST
If you have a basin season pass and Icon does child pass purchases.
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ShiroHOST
So if you live in Denver, which pass is the best option, Icon or Epic? So I've obviously lived in Denver for a few years before as well.
ShiroHOST
And this is kind of a tough one.
ShiroHOST
I think it's also pretty split, but I feel like Icon has a slight edge because you have a basin that you can access through Loveland Pass and don't have to go through Eisenhower Tunnel, right? Which is great.
ShiroHOST
And then you have Winter Park and Mary Jane, which is partially on I-70, but it's in a completely different county.
Patrick KingHOST
You know, we've got the high country here, but we don't have the boulders that you have up in the Rocky Mountains.
Patrick KingHOST
And so it always surprised me when you'd see, like, this giant boulder in the middle of, like, Loveland Pass, for instance.
Patrick KingHOST
You know, and you're like, ooh, boy, that's a big...
Patrick KingHOST
And, you know, thank goodness nobody was crushed under it or something like that.