I hate that pass, everytime I've gone over it it's been snowing! Now being from Wisconsin I know how to drive in the snow & have made it everytime just fine, but what are people from Texas doing driving over that pass when it's snowing? Wait I know, they are getting stuck in the ditch!
We Love Loveland pass. Mags and I lived in Fort Collins and Hiked there a lot. Loveland has a ton of history. For starters did you know that Thousands of people send there valentines cards there first before there destinations just to have them stamped. Every year since the early 1900,s maybe older? Loveland designs a new postal stamp. Its usually of cupid with no britches on! Just his butt. lol Loveland museum is wonderful! and they do not charge admission. A must see. There you can see all of the stamps used through the years. They farmed sweet potatoes there. The mineral belt is not far west. There, you can find gold along with many interesting rocks and minerals!!!!! winters are brutal and the detecting is ok seeing the history dosent go back as far as the east coast.
Oye 4-H, ay yi yi, I'm an idiot! This is Loveland Pass over by Keystone, where you bypass the Eisenhower Tunnel. You're dead on with your info about Loveland, CO though. Remember, I haven't been up here that long (5 years), so forgive me for the confusion!
There's very few guardrails on many of these roads. Somebody told me the state preferred you went on off the side rather than block the road. Very rarely do you hear of that happening, though.