Colorado State Highway 91

State Highway 91
Route information
Maintained by CDOT
Length:	22.58 mi[1] (36.34 km)
Highway system
Colorado State Highways ← SH 90 SH 92 →

View of the Climax mine in the Tenmile Range off of SH 91 north of Leadville.

State Highway 91 is a stretch of highway in Colorado that connects Leadville to Interstate 70 at Copper Mountain.

Route description

SH 91 stretches 22.5 miles (36.2 km), starting at its southern junction with U.S. Highway 24 near Leadville. It runs northeast over Fremont Pass, passing the ghost town of Climax, home of the now-quiet Climax mine. Climax has shut down operations in Climax, but still runs the Henderson molybdenum mine in Empire.

SH 91 ends at its junction with I-70 at Wheeler Junction. Since the development of the Copper Mountain Ski Area, Wheeler Junction is more commonly referred to as Copper Mountain.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Destination	Notes
Lake		0.000	US 24
Summit		22.605	I-70	Interchange

References

1. ^ "Segment list for SH 91". http://www.dot.state.co.us/app_DTD_DataAccess/Highways/index.cfm?fuseaction=Description&route=091&begRefPt=0&endRefPt=500&Printable=true. Retrieved 2007-05-12.