This weekend is your last chance to drive up Mt. Blue Sky until 2026

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Colorado State Highway 5, which leads to the summit of Mt. Evans. July 6, 2021.
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Colorado State Highway 5, which leads to the summit of Mt. Blue Sky. July 6, 2021.

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Colorado State Highway 5, which leads to the summit of Mt. Evans, has buckled as permafrost beneath it has melted. July 6, 2021.

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Colorado State Highway 5, which leads to the summit of Mt. Evans, has buckled as the permafrost beneath it has melted. It's also diverting groundwater that would otherwise continue to run downhill. July 6, 2021.

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Colorado State University research scientist Jeremy Shaw stands above one of the alpine pools he's been studying beneath the summit of Mt. Evans. July 6, 2021.

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