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 108 recognized passes
and an additional 22 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.
Summits
with more than three pictures are listed again in
None
of the above tables, including the maps, cover
shoulder summits. These are summit points that
are located on the way to a higher summit, but
have an additional approach to that point.
Shoulder summits are (or will be) listed in the
"connecting routes" tables and also in
the following table: