Chris Dillmann/Vail DailyThe Colorado Department of Transportation unveiled the newly reconstructed Vail Pass Rest Area on Tuesday, allowing travelers to carry on a more than 6,000 year-old tradition. The ribbon is cut for the new Vail Pass rest area Tuesday atop Vail Pass. The new Vail Pass rest area offers information about the area, which has evidence of human settlement going back thousands of years. Hope Wright, Colorado Department of Transportation real estate asset manager, speaks at the ribbon cutting for the Vail Pass rest area Tuesday. “This was the path of easiest transit, and they would stop here where this rest area is today and camp on these hilltops.”This story is from VailDaily.com .