Colorado High Country residents cut driving as gas tops $4.50
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Updated · Summit Daily · May 5
Colorado High Country residents cut driving as gas tops $4.50
4 articles · Updated · Summit Daily · May 5
AAA said May 5 prices reached $5.79 in Pitkin County, $4.70 in Eagle County and $4.64 in Vail, while Colorado's average neared the 2022 record $4.92.
Regional director Skyler McKinley warned residents to budget for $4.50 to $5 fuel, with drivers expected to combine errands, reduce trips and reconsider summer travel.
Diesel in Vail rose to $5.68, up more than $2 year on year, as mountain transport costs, limited station competition, seasonal fuel changes and the war with Iran push prices higher.
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