About Us
Learn more about us, our dedication to historic preservation, and our passions for Rollins Pass and the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado.
“It was immediately apparent not just how much passion Travis had for Rollins Pass but also how much knowledge he had about its history, about its cultural importance, but also about how historic preservation worked.”
—Colorado State Archaeologist and the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer at History Colorado
WHO ARE THE FOUNDERS OF PRESERVE ROLLINS PASS?
B. Travis Wright, MPS and Kate Wright, MBA live in Colorado and are the co-founders of Preserve Rollins Pass.
Through partnerships with state and federal representatives, Native American tribes, special interest groups across the nation, archaeologists, historians, and university professors, Preserve Rollins Pass applies strategic pressures to protect the integrity of this national historic district. Credited for their professional facilitation, negotiation best practices, and ability to deliver a “master class on how to make a point,” Preserve Rollins Pass makes the case for preservation, delivered through breathtaking videography and photography, modern marketing, technology, and presentation skills. These efforts—combined with active volunteer and public outreach, education, and field archaeology—have culminated in the collapse of significant threats to the area, including a proposed federal land exchange involving Rollins Pass.
Co-founder, B. Travis Wright, MPS is a 2022 Colorado Preservation Inc. State Honor Award recipient for his advocacy of Rollins Pass, is President of the Board of the Grand County Historical Association, and is Vice Chair of the Gilpin County Historic Preservation Commission. Kate and Travis were recognized with the Partner of the Year award by Headwaters Trails Alliance in appreciation of their contributions to the meticulous planning and logistics related to the area in 2023.
Kate is a dual-degree graduate from the University of Denver, Daniels College of Business with a Master of Business Administration. Travis is a two-time graduate of the University of Denver: after graduating summa cum laude, he received a master’s degree with concentrations in both alternative dispute resolution and web-enabled information systems.
They have two rescue dogs: Moffat, named after the Moffat Tunnel and the Moffat Road, and Maggie, named after Margaret Crawford, who traversed Rollins Pass in June 1874 to settle in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
ROLLINS PASS AND THE MOFFAT TUNNEL ARE OUR PASSIONS
We love talking anything related to Rollins Pass (Corona Pass, Boulder Pass, South Boulder Pass, Dart Pass—sometimes Dartt Pass, Moffat Pass, Rollinsville Pass) as well as the Moffat Tunnel at any time. We call Fraser home and enjoy meeting folks over a cup of coffee—any time of day, or virtual coffee on Zoom or Microsoft Teams if it is more convenient.
We also enjoy meeting on or atop the pass year-round… and sometimes our meetings aren’t scheduled: we have treated families to hot pizza while they waited for a tow truck in an area of Rollins Pass that doesn’t have cell signal, given groups of bicyclists our reserve water from the back of our truck, shuttled stranded motorists back to town, or opened our lunch kits to those who needed additional calories or protein to get over the pass and through their day. We also share stories, take family photographs, roll the cameras for groups of snowmobilers, help look for lost dogs, answer historical questions, advise on closure areas, contribute to academic projects, homeschool studies, and capstone research, suggest scenic vistas to honor ancestors, provide directions, and sometimes tuck complimentary signed books under windshield wipers of out of state vehicles parked on the pass.
Partner of the Year • State Honor Award • Archaeology & Historic Preservation Award
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION
B. Travis Wright, MPS has a passion for history and is an active advocate for historic preservation throughout Colorado.
EAST PORTAL CAMP CABINS
Historian B. Travis Wright, MPS is an active advocate for the imperiled East Portal Camp Cabins at the Moffat Tunnel, listed as one of Colorado’s Most Endangered Places in 2020 and officially created as a Gilpin County Local Historic Landmark in 2023.
RECOMMENDATIONS
B. Travis Wright, MPS & Kate Wright, MBA are honored to receive recommendations and reviews for their books, presentations, and documentaries on Rollins Pass and the Moffat Tunnel.
REVIEWS
We always enjoy reading compelling reviews, yours if we are so honored, and would like to be able to share your words and thoughts on our recommendations page with others.
ROLLINS PASSION
For us, the story of Rollins Pass is interwoven with the story of who we are and encapsulates our excitement for all things related to this resplendent place: our Rollins Passion.
STATE HONOR AWARD
At Colorado Preservation, Inc.’s 32nd Annual Dana Crawford & State Honor Awards event held on Thursday, June 9, 2022, B. Travis Wright, MPS of Preserve Rollins Pass was recognized and celebrated with a State Honor Award for excellence in historic preservation and preservation leadership for over a decade of work on Rollins Pass in Colorado. The story of Travis’ efforts on Rollins Pass for his State Honor Award were shared by Holly Kathryn Norton, PhD, State Archaeologist and Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) as well as by Garrett W. Briggs, a Southern Ute tribal member and Colorado’s first Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO).
TRAIL ADOPTERS
Award-winning Rollins Pass trail adopters and route historians Kate & B. Travis Wright maintain N76 and support the Fjällräven Classic USA. For their efforts in 2023, the Wrights received the Partner of the Year award from Headwaters Trails Alliance. Since 2022—the inaugural year for the course over Rollins Pass—we’ve served as the official Rollins Pass route historians for the 30.5 mile course comprising Fjällräven Classic USA.
WITH GRATITUDE
Preserve Rollins Pass is deeply appreciative of countless organizations and individuals for generously sharing scientific information, historic preservation expertise, research, knowledge, insight, photographs, time, and heartwarming stories. With gratitude for the many experts who make our work possible, we thank you.
CONTACT US
When it comes to those we meet about Rollins Pass and the Moffat Tunnel, there are those who are our friends and those who will soon be our friends. We invite you to share your perspective and contribute insights that help shape our work moving forward.
B. Travis Wright, MPS is “an extraordinary champion of the entire Rollins Pass region.”
“East Portal Cabins—history didn’t end when the tunnel opened,” The Mountain Ear (page 17)—June 8, 2023
OUR COMMITMENT TO AUTHENTIC IMAGERY: WE DO NOT USE SYNTHETIC OR ARTIFICIALLY-GENERATED IMAGES
All photographs and video we use and publish are directly made with a camera, except for scanned images or archival video of historical significance. We do not use synthetic or artificially-generated images that appear lifelike. While we may employ smart tools or AI-powered enhancement techniques, these methods do not result in significant alterations to the image as a whole, nor do they create misleading representations. The enhancements we apply do not modify the appearance of the subject beyond the way the subject appears in nature.
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