Re: Cumbres Pass before the road was paved.

Earl Wrote:
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> At some point the toll road was turned over to the
> local governments, who I guess turned it over to
> the state for a highway. The road seems to use
> the current forest service road to Osier then
> follow the toll road route over Cumbres to Chama.
> From what I can find the "present" route up the
> Conejos River and over La Manga Pass dates from
> around 1923.
>
> One has to wonder what kind of improvements were
> made to the road to make it a "highway". There
> has never been any signs of bridges where the road
> crossed Osier Creek, Cascade Creek, Long Creek and
> the Los Pinos River. Back then you had better be
> good at fording creeks and rivers.

Interesting = No bridges.