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updated Feb/08

Welcome to "Bicycling Colorado's Mountain Passes". I would like to introduce you to Colorado's Mountain Passes, paved roads, trails, tracks and dirtroads that cross Colorado's divides. The following tables can be used to access pages about passes, with emphasis on information useful to cyclists.

The tables currently contain 102 recognized passes, and an additional 15 unrecognized summits, such as the road over Grand Mesa for example.

The pass pages are in two distinct formats. A few pages contain elevation profiles, maps, route suggestions, approach descriptions, a historical overview and pictures. The group of pages that are available in a detailed format changes from time to time. They are listed in


The longer format pass pages, along with those in a shorter format, can also be accessed through the following tables.

recognized Colorado passes
(-alphabetical order)
unrecognized Colorado summits
(-alphabetical order)
paved road passes/summits
(-highest elevation first)
unpaved MTB passes/summits
(-highest elevation first)

Passes/Summits by map location
north western Colorado
north central mountains
north eastern mountains
south western Colorado
south central mountains
south eastern mountains

Please note that there are some dead links in the individual pass pages referencing other passes, since this is not a completed product. But the tables should not contain dead links.

Additionally, there are sections covering other areas. See the links at the top of the white area.


as well as an introduction, describing what you can expect to find here in a little more detail.
Introduction.

Summits with more than three pictures are listed separately in


Changes and additions are listed in the


Finally there are two short travelogues of three day weekend tours over a few passes covered in these pages :


The Wild Kingdom, goes over Pearl, Ohio, Cumberland and Taylor Passes.
The three day day ride goes over Berthoud Pass and the the Trail Ridge Road Passes.