List of mountain passes in Colorado
The following tables list some important mountain passes in the Rocky Mountains of the U.S. state of Colorado.
Mountain passes and highway summits traversed by improved roads
Pass[1] | Maximum elevation[2] | Maximum grade[3] | Road surface[4] | Route[5] | WGS84[6] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trail Ridge High Point[7] | 12,183 feet 3,713 m |
5.4% WB | Asphalt | 40°25′42″N 105°45′32″W | |
Cottonwood Pass[8] | 12,126 feet 3,696 m |
Asphalt | Chaffee CR 306 Gunnison CR 209 |
38°49′40″N 106°24′33″W | |
Independence Pass[8] | 12,095 feet 3,687 m |
6.0% | Asphalt | 39°06′32″N 106°33′50″W | |
Cumberland Pass | 12,015 feet 3,662 m |
Gravel | 38°41′21″N 106°29′03″W | ||
Loveland Pass[8] | 11,992 feet 3,655 m |
6.0% | Asphalt | 39°39′49″N 105°52′45″W | |
Iceberg Pass | 11,827 feet 3,605 m[9] |
Asphalt | 40°25′03″N 105°44′46″W | ||
Fall River Pass | 11,796 feet 3,595 m |
Asphalt west Gravel east |
Fall River Road[10] | 40°26′29″N 105°45′11″W | |
Guanella Pass | 11,669 feet 3,557 m[9] |
Asphalt | Guanella Pass Road | 39°35′42″N 105°42′40″W | |
Hoosier Pass[8] | 11,541 feet 3,518 m |
8.0% NB | Asphalt | 39°21′42″N 106°03′45″W | |
Slumgullion Summit | 11,530 feet 3,514 m |
9.4% NB 7.9% SB |
Asphalt | 37°59′15″N 107°12′48″W | |
Boreas Pass[8] | 11,481 feet 3,499 m |
Gravel | 39°24′40″N 105°58′10″W | ||
Old Monarch Pass[8] | 11,375 feet 3,467 m |
Gravel | former US 50 | 38°29′48″N 106°20′17″W | |
Fremont Pass[8] | 11,318 feet 3,450 m |
5.7% | Asphalt | 39°21′59″N 106°11′12″W | |
Berthoud Pass[8] | 11,315 feet 3,449 m |
6.1% NB 6.0% SB |
Asphalt | 39°47′54″N 105°46′40″W | |
Monarch Pass[8] | 11,312 feet 3,448 m |
6.4% | Asphalt | 38°29′48″N 106°19′32″W | |
Cordova Pass | 11,248 feet 3,428 m[9] |
Gravel | 37°20′54″N 105°01′29″W | ||
Eisenhower Tunnel[11] | 11,158 feet 3,401 m |
7.0% EB 6.0% WB |
Concrete | 39°40′44″N 105°55′29″W | |
Shrine Pass | 11,089 feet 3,380 m[9] |
Gravel | former SH 293 | 39°32′46″N 106°14′27″W | |
Juniper Pass | 11,020 feet 3,359 m |
Asphalt | 39°40′19″N 105°33′53″W | ||
Red Mountain Pass | 11,018 feet 3,358 m |
7.2% | Asphalt | 37°53′56″N 107°42′43″W | |
Molas Pass | 10,910 feet 3,325 m |
7.0% | Asphalt | 37°44′16″N 107°41′53″W | |
Spring Creek Pass[8] | 10,901 feet 3,323 m |
7.5% | Asphalt | 37°56′27″N 107°09′33″W | |
Wolf Creek Pass[8] | 10,857 feet 3,309 m |
6.8% | Asphalt | 37°28′59″N 106°48′07″W | |
Marshall Pass[8] | 10,842 feet 3,305 m |
Gravel | 38°23′29″N 106°14′50″W | ||
Grand Mesa Summit[12] | 10,839 feet 3,304 m |
6.4% NB | Asphalt | 39°01′39″N 108°01′54″W | |
Milner Pass[7][8] | 10,759 feet 3,279 m |
5.4% WB | Asphalt | 40°25′11″N 105°48′41″W | |
Vail Pass | 10,666 feet 3,251 m |
7.0% | Asphalt | 39°31′50″N 106°13′02″W | |
Coal Bank Pass | 10,640 feet 3,243 m |
6.5% NB | Asphalt | 37°42′02″N 107°46′37″W | |
Tennessee Pass | 10,424 feet 3,177 m |
6.0% | Asphalt | 39°21′44″N 106°18′38″W | |
Ripple Creek Pass | 10,343 feet 3,153 m[9] |
Gravel | former SH 132 | 40°06′43″N 107°17′44″W | |
Buffalo Pass[8] | 10,300 feet 3,139 m[9] |
Gravel | 40°32′37″N 106°41′06″W | ||
Cameron Pass | 10,276 feet 3,132 m |
3.8% EB 3.1% WB |
Asphalt | 40°31′15″N 105°53′33″W | |
La Manga Pass | 10,230 feet 3,118 m |
5.2% | Asphalt | 37°04′39″N 106°23′10″W | |
Lizard Head Pass | 10,222 feet 3,116 m |
4.1% | Asphalt | 37°48′40″N 107°54′22″W | |
Tenderfoot Pass | 10,200 feet 3,109 m |
Asphalt | 38°45′46″N 105°09′24″W | ||
North Pass[8] | 10,149 feet 3,093 m |
6.0% | Asphalt | 38°12′51″N 106°34′21″W | |
Ohio Pass | 10,065 feet 3,068 m |
Gravel | Gunnison CR 703 | 38°50′05″N 107°05′30″W | |
Red Hill Pass | 10,051 feet 3,064 m[9] |
6.0% | Asphalt | 39°16′03″N 105°57′40″W | |
Cochetopa Pass[8] | 10,022 feet 3,055 m |
6.0% | Gravel | former SH 114 | 38°09′46″N 106°36′00″W |
Cumbres Pass | 10,022 feet 3,055 m |
6.3% | Asphalt | 37°01′14″N 106°27′00″W | |
Kebler Pass | 10,007 feet 3,050 m |
Gravel except asphalt over pass | former SH 135 | 38°50′51″N 107°05′54″W | |
Kenosha Pass | 10,001 feet 3,048 m |
5.3% EB | Asphalt | 39°24′46″N 105°45′27″W | |
Cucharas Pass | 9,941 feet 3,030 m[9] |
5.9% NB 5.4% SB |
Asphalt | 37°19′13″N 105°04′25″W | |
Dunckley Pass | 9,763 feet 2,976 m[9] |
Gravel | former SH 132 | 40°12′06″N 107°09′31″W | |
Willow Creek Pass[8] | 9,621 feet 2,932 m[9] |
6.3% | Asphalt | 40°21′01″N 106°05′21″W | |
Old Rabbit Ears Pass[8] | 9,573 feet 2,918 m |
Asphalt | former US 40 | 40°23′59″N 106°37′03″W | |
Gore Pass | 9,527 feet 2,904 m |
6.3% | Asphalt | 40°04′33″N 106°33′39″W | |
Wilkerson Pass | 9,507 feet 2,898 m |
5.8% | Asphalt | 39°02′17″N 105°31′32″W | |
Currant Creek Pass | 9,482 feet 2,890 m |
Asphalt | 38°50′13″N 105°38′10″W | ||
Rabbit Ears Pass[8] | 9,426 feet 2,873 m |
6.8% | Asphalt | 40°23′05″N 106°36′42″W | |
North La Veta Pass | 9,413 feet 2,869 m |
6.0% | Asphalt | 37°36′48″N 105°11′27″W | |
Bigelow Divide | 9,403 feet 2,866 m |
Asphalt | 38°05′55″N 105°07′40″W | ||
Pass Creek Pass | 9,400 feet 2,865 m |
Gravel | former SH 305 | 37°37′14″N 105°13′46″W | |
La Veta Pass | 9,380 feet 2,859 m[9] |
Gravel | former US 160 | 37°35′35″N 105°12′12″W | |
Trout Creek Pass | 9,346 feet 2,849 m |
5.2% | Asphalt | 38°54′36″N 105°58′30″W | |
Battle Mountain Summit | 9,267 feet 2,825 m |
Asphalt | 39°31′23″N 106°23′23″W | ||
Ute Pass | 9,165 feet 2,793 m |
5.6% | Asphalt | 38°56′30″N 105°09′27″W | |
Wind River Pass | 9,130 feet 2,783 m[9] |
Asphalt | 40°17′45″N 105°32′38″W | ||
Black Mesa Summit | 9,121 feet 2,780 m |
Asphalt | 38°28′33″N 107°32′52″W | ||
Hardscrabble Pass | 9,085 feet 2,769 m |
Asphalt | 38°09′32″N 105°17′58″W | ||
Poncha Pass | 9,010 feet 2,746 m |
2.9% | Asphalt | 38°25′20″N 106°05′13″W | |
Dallas Divide | 8,970 feet 2,734 m |
6.4% EB 5.0% WB |
Asphalt | 38°05′40″N 107°53′18″W | |
McClure Pass | 8,755 feet 2,669 m |
8.0% | Asphalt | 39°07′44″N 107°17′02″W | |
Muddy Pass[8] | 8,710 feet 2,655 m[9] |
5.6% | Asphalt | 40°22′45″N 106°34′44″W | |
Blue Mesa Summit[8] | 8,704 feet 2,653 m |
Asphalt | 38°23′10″N 107°25′58″W | ||
Wondervu Hill | 8,660 feet 2,640 m |
Asphalt | 39°55′28″N 105°23′48″W | ||
Promontory Divide | 8,579 feet 2,615 m[9] |
Asphalt | 37°56′16″N 105°19′37″W | ||
Baxter Pass | 8,400 feet 2,560 m[9] |
Gravel | 39°34′55″N 108°57′09″W | ||
Gunsight Pass | 8,332 feet 2,540 m[9] |
Gravel | former SH 289 | 40°12′33″N 106°19′54″W | |
Douglas Pass | 8,268 feet 2,520 m |
7.0% | Asphalt | 39°35′51″N 108°48′11″W | |
Cerro Summit | 7,958 feet 2,426 m |
Asphalt | 38°26′38″N 107°38′29″W | ||
Raton Pass[13] | 7,834 feet 2,388 m[13] |
Asphalt | 36°59′26″N 104°28′54″W | ||
Floyd Hill | 7,820 feet 2,384 m |
Asphalt | 39°43′22″N 105°24′49″W | ||
Yellowjacket Pass | 7,783 feet 2,372 m |
Asphalt | 37°15′45″N 107°26′55″W | ||
Golden Gate Pass | 7,754 feet 2,363 m[9] |
Asphalt | 39°48′57″N 105°23′49″W | ||
Yellow Jacket Pass | 7,420 feet 2,262 m[9] |
Gravel | Routt CR 114 | 40°18′11″N 106°52′13″W | |
Monument Hill | 7,352 feet 2,241 m |
Asphalt | 39°07′26″N 104°51′51″W | ||
Palmer Saddle | 7,230 feet 2,204 m |
Asphalt | 39°07′22″N 104°54′46″W | ||
Unaweep Divide | 7,048 feet 2,148 m |
Asphalt | 38°47′26″N 108°39′18″W | ||
Gypsum Gap | 6,100 feet 1,859 m |
Asphalt | 38°01′20″N 108°42′33″W |
Mountain summit highways
Highway[14] | Maximum elevation | Maximum grade[3] | Road surface[4] | Route[5] | WGS84[6] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mount Evans Scenic Byway[15] | 14,160 feet 4,316 m[9] |
15% | Asphalt | 39°35′17″N 105°38′33″W | |
Pikes Peak Highway[16] | 14,115 feet 4,302 m[17] |
8% | Asphalt | Pikes Peak Toll Road | 38°50′26″N 105°02′40″W |
Mountain passes traversed by unimproved roads
Mountain passes traversed by foot trails
Pass[1] | Elevation[18] | Trail | WGS84[6] |
---|---|---|---|
Electric Pass[26] | 13,494 feet 4,113 m |
39°02′48″N 106°51′11″W | |
Elkhead Pass | 13,245 feet 4,037 m |
38°57′06″N 106°22′02″W | |
The Keyhole | 13,163 feet 4,012 m |
40°15′39″N 105°37′16″W | |
The Notch | 13,035 feet 3,973 m |
40°15′15″N 105°36′49″W | |
Hermit Pass | 13,015 feet 3,967 m |
38°05′41″N 105°39′17″W | |
Blue Lake Pass | 12,969 feet 3,953 m |
37°59′52″N 107°47′43″W | |
Denver Pass | 12,907 feet 3,934 m |
37°57′17″N 107°33′43″W | |
Triangle Pass | 12,907 feet 3,934 m |
38°59′40″N 106°54′28″W | |
The Window | 12,877 feet 3,925 m |
37°40′08″N 107°23′34″W | |
Trimble Pass | 12,874 feet 3,924 m |
37°34′47″N 107°35′51″W | |
Red Mountain Pass[8] | 12,860 feet 3,920 m |
39°00′48″N 106°35′40″W | |
Fall Creek Pass | 12,848 feet 3,916 m |
39°26′32″N 106°28′38″W | |
Conundrum Pass | 12,779 feet 3,895 m |
39°00′26″N 106°54′34″W | |
McHenrys Notch | 12,736 feet 3,882 m |
40°15′50″N 105°39′42″W | |
Coffeepot Pass | 12,726 feet 3,879 m |
38°59′32″N 106°54′11″W | |
Sunnyside Saddle | 12,677 feet 3,864 m |
37°54′26″N 107°37′08″W | |
Columbine Pass | 12,674 feet 3,863 m |
37°35′56″N 107°36′12″W | |
Richmond Pass | 12,667 feet 3,861 m |
37°56′50″N 107°42′09″W | |
Willow Pass | 12,556 feet 3,827 m |
39°06′33″N 106°59′08″W | |
Whiskey Pass | 12,549 feet 3,825 m |
former SH 152 | 37°12′08″N 105°10′03″W |
Heckert Pass | 12,546 feet 3,824 m |
39°07′25″N 107°02′31″W | |
Pawnee Pass[8] | 12,542 feet 3,823 m |
40°04′33″N 105°38′06″W | |
Venable Pass | 12,539 feet 3,822 m |
38°03′56″N 105°37′32″W | |
Halfmoon Pass | 12,523 feet 3,817 m |
37°54′03″N 106°47′03″W | |
Copper Pass | 12,510 feet 3,813 m |
38°59′58″N 106°54′55″W | |
Stone Man Pass | 12,506 feet 3,812 m |
40°15′34″N 105°39′10″W | |
Hunchback Pass | 12,500 feet 3,810 m |
37°42′17″N 107°31′12″W | |
Buckskin Pass | 12,462 feet 3,798 m |
39°06′07″N 106°59′31″W | |
Trail Rider Pass | 12,421 feet 3,786 m |
39°06′17″N 107°02′56″W | |
Cony Pass | 12,418 feet 3,785 m |
40°10′41″N 105°39′58″W | |
Frigid Air Pass | 12,408 feet 3,782 m |
39°03′13″N 107°01′13″W | |
West Maroon Pass | 12,408 feet 3,782 m |
39°02′09″N 106°59′51″W | |
The Saddle | 12,398 feet 3,779 m |
40°28′45″N 105°39′25″W | |
Fancy Pass | 12,398 feet 3,779 m |
39°24′38″N 106°30′23″W | |
Storm Pass | 12,355 feet 3,766 m |
38°42′44″N 107°10′37″W | |
Lake Pass[8] | 12,218 feet 3,724 m |
38°59′49″N 106°33′43″W | |
Gunsight Pass | 12,201 feet 3,719 m |
37°15′43″N 106°41′11″W | |
Gunsight Pass | 12,185 feet 3,714 m |
38°41′00″N 106°35′59″W | |
Ptarmigan Pass[8] | 12,168 feet 3,709 m |
40°18′38″N 105°42′04″W | |
Black Powder Pass[8] | 12,159 feet 3,706 m |
39°25′25″N 105°57′19″W | |
Tincup Pass[8] | 12,154 feet 3,705 m[9] |
38°42′33″N 106°26′03″W | |
Chalk Creek Pass | 12,139 feet 3,700 m |
38°36′23″N 106°21′02″W | |
Avalanche Pass | 12,100 feet 3,688 m |
39°06′41″N 107°08′38″W | |
Granite Pass | 12,083 feet 3,683 m |
40°16′28″N 105°36′20″W | |
Boulder-Grand Pass[8] | 12,077 feet 3,681 m |
40°13′28″N 105°40′09″W | |
French Pass[8] | 12,046 feet 3,672 m |
39°26′22″N 105°57′05″W | |
Napoleon Pass | 12,034 feet 3,668 m |
38°41′56″N 106°27′37″W | |
Searle Pass | 12,034 feet 3,668 m |
Colorado Trail | 39°27′31″N 106°13′40″W |
Kokomo Pass[8] | 12,027 feet 3,666 m |
Colorado Trail | 39°25′43″N 106°13′38″W |
Browns Pass[8] | 11,998 feet 3,657 m |
38°51′14″N 106°21′34″W | |
Tomichi Pass | 11,962 feet 3,646 m |
38°36′13″N 106°23′00″W | |
Taylor Pass | 11,929 feet 3,636 m |
39°01′13″N 106°45′20″W | |
Uneva Pass | 11,922 feet 3,634 m |
39°32′46″N 106°11′00″W | |
Arapaho Pass[8] | 11,905 feet 3,629 m |
40°00′52″N 105°40′41″W | |
Eccles Pass | 11,893 feet 3,625 m |
39°36′27″N 106°10′19″W | |
Rogers Pass[8] | 11,886 feet 3,623 m |
39°52′13″N 105°41′47″W | |
Buchanan Pass[8] | 11,837 feet 3,608 m |
40°07′52″N 105°37′49″W | |
Caribou Pass | 11,804 feet 3,598 m |
40°01′12″N 105°41′27″W | |
Ptarmigan Pass | 11,777 feet 3,590 m |
39°41′11″N 106°00′12″W | |
Vasquez Pass[8] | 11,693 feet 3,564 m |
39°47′16″N 105°49′45″W | |
Timberline Pass | 11,484 feet 3,500 m |
40°22′32″N 105°40′20″W | |
Juniper Pass | 11,040 feet 3,365 m |
immediately south of SH 103 | 39°40′20″N 105°33′54″W |
Weminuche Pass | 10,567 feet 3,221 m |
37°41′11″N 107°19′26″W | |
La Poudre Pass[8] | 10,175 feet 3,101 m[9] |
40°28′36″N 105°49′24″W | |
Windy Pass | 9,957 feet 3,035 m |
37°25′36″N 106°51′14″W | |
Mosca Pass | 9,750 feet 2,972 m |
former SH 150 | 37°43′58″N 105°27′16″W |
See also
- Colorado mountain peaks
- Colorado mountain ranges
- List of mountain passes
- List of passes of the Rocky Mountains
References
- Pass name from the United States Geographic Names Information System except as noted.
- Maximum topographic elevation data from the Colorado Department of Transportation except as noted.
- Maximum grade data from the Colorado Department of Transportation except as noted.
- Road surface material information from the Colorado Department of Transportation except as noted.
- Route information from the Colorado Department of Transportation except as noted.
- World Geodetic System 1984 location coordinates from the United States Geographic Names Information System except as noted.
- Trail Ridge Road (U.S. Highway Route 34) crosses the Continental Divide at Milner Pass but reaches its highest point several miles northeast of the pass. Trail Ridge Road is the highest paved through highway in North America. The highway is closed from about October 22 through about May 22.
- This pass lies on the Continental Divide of the Americas.
- Topographic elevation data from United States Geological Survey 1:24000 topographic map.
- Fall River Road is closed due to flood damage until about July 1, 2015.
- The highest elevation in the Eisenhower Tunnel is a short distance inside the West Portal. The tunnel passes under the Continental Divide a few miles west of Loveland Pass. The Eisenhower Tunnel is the highest elevation on the Interstate Highway System of the United States.
- Grand Mesa Summit is the highest point on State Highway 65, the Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway. Conditions can be quite severe in winter, though the road generally remains open.
- Raton Pass is the highest point on Interstate Highway Route 25. The pass is located 1,132 feet (345 m) south of the Colorado state line in the New Mexico. I-25 has an elevation of approximately 7,820 feet (2,384 m) at the state line.
- Highway name from the Colorado Department of Transportation.
- The Mount Evans Scenic Byway, Colorado State Highway Route 5, ends about one quarter mile (400 m) from the summit of Mount Evans. The highway is the highest paved road in North America. The highway is closed during the winter, and the upper section above Summit Lake at 12,836 feet (3,912 m) is closed from about September 30 through about June 10.
- Pikes Peak Highway ends on the summit of Pikes Peak. Pikes Peak is the most visited mountain summit in North America.
- "PIKES PEAK". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
- Topographic elevation data from the United States Geographic Names Information System except as noted.
- Argentine Pass is the highest road over the Continental Divide in North America.
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- "BLM Colorado Press Release". blm.gov. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
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- Electric Pass is the highest named pass in the Rocky Mountains of North America.
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