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.
To start out, here are a few detailed descriptions of a few popular rides in well known resort areas described in detail:
and a few more selected pages. This set changes from time to to time:
More Colorado Passes - in detail
The
passes from the last two pages can also be accessed through the
following tables. The tables include many additional passes and
summits, represented with pictures and elevation profiles.
The
first table contains all major paved passes, the majority of well known
unpaved passes, and also many lesser known divides and historical
passes, a total of 111 sofar. But not all worthwhile cycling climbs go
over named summits. The following two tables reference many of those.
Shoulder summits are routes that lead to higher summit, but have an
additional approach to the shoulder summit point.
If
you are looking for climbs that reach a high (or low) altitude
the following two tables are more useful.
Maybe the easiest way to
find a particular road or trail in a particular are is with the following
maps:
All
the tables can also be accessed in one click from the
lower navigation bar on the pass pages.