Pass, located in both Boulder and Gilpin counties, went under Stage 2 Fire Restrictions. On Friday, July 10, 2020, the west side of Rollins Pass, located in Grand County, went under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions on USFS lands only. Nature caused On Saturday, August 3, 1996, a lightning strike caused one of the easternmost wooden trestles near the summit to catch fire; the blaze was extinguished by fire crews before the trestle's integrity could be compromised. The wooden trestle was likely saved by the use of coal-tar creosote applied to treat and preserve the wood, as part of the Bethell process. Human or equipment caused On September 27, 1915, Mart Wolf, owner of the Elk Creek Saloon, set fire to his establishment in the town of Arrow on the west side of Rollins Pass in the hopes of collecting insurance money totaling $1,000. Due to high winds, the fire quickly spread and Arrow was all but snuffed out of existence. On Wednesday, October 30, 1918, a fire started at or near the boiler house (on the south side of the Corona shed) and fanned by winds claimed the power station, telegraph system at the summit, along with several miles of track, snowsheds, as well as buildings at Corona, including the destruction of the water tank upon which the Weather Bureau's observation station was mounted. Train service over the pass, after the rails were relaid, resumed on Friday, November 1, 1918; snowshed reconstruction caused delays, yet continued through November and December. A new electric lighting system was installed at the summit the next year (1919). Box cars were used as temporary buildings as the workers' quarters (for watchmen and operators), the depot, telegraph office, eating house (not to be confused with the dining hall), and more were destroyed. In 1923, a train caused a wildfire on the east side of Rollins Pass on Giant's Ladder. On Thursday, October 15, 1925, passenger train No. 2, including caboose, was completely destroyed by a fire in the Corona snowshed; the fire consumed roughly of snowshed. On Wednesday, January 26, 1927, the town of Rollinsville was nearly destroyed by a fire believed to have been started by a spark from a locomotive. Five buildings were destroyed and 20 guests in the Rollinsville hotel lost their personal belongings when the hotel burned to the ground. On Friday, August 19, 1938, a manmade fire started and was