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Colorado - Named Passes and
Summits - alphabetical order
- crossreferences a
few historical and common aliases
- contains two sided summits, paved roads,
unpaved roads, or trails open to bicycles
- Elevations refer to the maximum altitude
along the approaches. If this maximum
elevation differs from the pass altitude,
the pass altitude follows in ().
|
Name |
Surface |
Elevation (ft) |
Location |
Nearby Towns |
| A |
Argentine
Pass |
single/double track |
13207 |
Front Range |
Georgetown, Montezuma |
| B |
Battle
Hill Summit |
paved road |
9267 |
Gore/Sawatch mtns |
Minturn, Redcliff |
|
Baxter
Pass |
unpaved road |
8380 |
Roan Plateau |
Fruita |
|
Berthoud
Pass |
paved rd, 2-4 lanes |
11315 |
Front Range |
Empire, Winter Park |
|
Bigelow
Divide |
paved road |
9400 |
Wet Mountains |
Pueblo |
|
Black
Bear Pass |
jeep trail |
12840 |
San Juan mtns |
Telluride, Silverton |
|
Blackhawk
Pass |
single track |
11970 |
San Juan mtns |
Rico |
|
Blowout
Pass |
jeep road |
11780 |
Eastern San Juan Mtns |
Alamosa |
|
Blue
Mesa Summit |
paved road |
8704 |
Gunnison Valley |
Gunnison, Sapinero |
|
Bolam
Pass |
dirt road |
10405 |
San Juan Mtns |
Rico |
|
Boreas
Pass |
double track |
11481 |
Front Range |
Breckenridge, Como |
|
Buzzard-Muddy
Divide |
dirt/
medalled road |
9031 |
Battlement
Mesa |
Collbran |
| C |
Cabin Creek
Divide |
dirt road |
10500 |
not named |
Parshall |
|
California
Pass |
dirt road/ jeep trail |
12930 |
San Juan mtns |
Silverton, Animas Forks |
|
Cameron
Pass |
paved road |
10285 |
northern Front Range |
Fort Collins, Walden |
|
Carnero
Pass |
dirt road |
10166 |
Cochetopa Hills |
Saguache |
|
Cerro Summit |
paved road |
7950 |
Gunnison Valley |
Montrose, Cimarron |
|
Chalk Creek
Pass |
single track/ dirt road |
12140 |
Sawatch Range |
Buena Vista |
|
Cinnamon Pass |
dirt road |
12620 |
San Juan mtns |
Silverton,
Lake City |
|
Coal
Bank Pass |
paved road |
10640 |
San
Juan mtns |
Silverton,
Durango |
|
Cochetopa
Pass |
dirt road |
10032 |
Cochetopa Hills |
Saguache, Gunnison |
|
Columbine
Pass |
paved/ dirt road |
8680 |
Park Range |
Steamboat Springs, Columbine |
|
Copper Gulch
Divide |
dirt road |
7927 |
de Weese Plateau |
Sunset City, Westcliffe |
|
Cordova
Pass |
paved |
1128 |
Spanish Peaks |
Aguilar, La Veta |
|
Corkscrew
Pass |
jeep trail |
12217 |
San Juan mtns |
Ironton, Silverton |
|
Cottonwood
Pass |
paved/ dirt road |
12126 |
Sawatch mtns |
Buena Vista, Taylor Park |
|
Cottonwood
Pass |
dirt road |
8904 |
Gore Range |
Hot Sulphur
Springs |
|
Cottonwood
Pass |
dirt road |
8280 |
Sawatch foothills |
Gypsum, El Jebel |
|
Crooked
Creek Pass |
dirt road |
9995 |
Sawatch
foothills |
Eagle |
|
Cucharas
Pass |
paved road |
9941 |
Sangre de Cristo mtns |
La Veta |
|
Cumberland Pass |
dirt road |
12033 |
Sawatch mtns |
Pitkin, Taylor Park |
|
Cumbres Pass |
see La
Manga/Cumbres passes |
|
Currant
Creek Pass |
paved road |
9300 |
Front Range |
Canyon City, Hartsel |
| D |
Dallas
Divide |
paved road |
8735 |
San Juan mtns |
Ridgeway, Telluride |
|
Dick Pass |
dirt road |
8153 |
White River
Plateau/ Grand Hogback |
Rifle, Meeker |
|
Douglas
Pass |
paved road |
8268 |
Roan Plateau |
Loma, Rangely |
| E |
East Lone
Cone Pass |
double track
trail |
10890 |
San Juan mtns |
Placerville |
|
Engineer Pass |
jeep road |
12970(12800) |
San Juan mtns |
Lake City,
Silverton |
| F |
Fall River Pass |
dirt road |
11812(11797) |
Front Range |
Estes Park |
|
Fremont Pass |
paved road |
11318 |
Tenmile/Gore mtns |
Copper Mountain, Leadville |
|
French Pass |
single/
double track |
12054 |
Front Range |
Breckenridge,
Jefferson |
| G |
Gill
Creek Divide |
portage
|
8400 |
Uncompahre Plateau |
Whitewater |
|
Golden Gate
Pass (historical)
|
paved road
|
7750
|
Front Range foothills
|
Golden
|
|
Gore
Pass |
paved road |
9527 |
Gore mtns |
Kremmling, Topona |
|
Gunsight
Pass
|
single/ double track
|
12090
|
Ruby Range
|
Crested Butte
|
|
Gypsum Pass |
paved road |
6610(6125) |
Western slope |
Basin |
| H |
Hagerman Pass |
jeep road |
12010(11925) |
Sawatch Range |
Leadville |
|
Hancock
Pass |
jeep trail |
12125 |
Sawatch Range |
(Princeton Hot Springs),
Pitkin |
|
Hardscrabble
Pass |
paved road |
9100 |
Wet Mountains |
Westcliff |
|
Hardscrabble
Saddle |
single/ double track |
8859(9066) |
Sawatch Range foothills |
Eagle, Gypsum |
|
Hayden Pass |
jeep road |
10709 |
Sangre de
Cristo mtns |
Villa Grove,
Coaldale |
|
Hesperus
Pass |
paved road |
8413{8213} |
San Juan foothills |
Durango, Hesperus |
|
Hoosier Pass |
paved road |
11541 |
Front/Tenmile/ Mosquito mtns |
Breckenridge, Alma |
| |
Hoosier
Pass |
gravel road |
10313 |
Pike's Peak |
Canyon City, Colorado Springs |
|
Hurricane
Pass |
dirt/ jeep road |
12407 |
San Juan mtns |
Ouray, Silverton |
| I |
Iceberg Pass |
see Trail
Ridge Road passes |
|
Imogene
Pass |
jeep trail |
13114 |
San Juan mtns |
Ouray, Telluride |
|
Independence
Pass |
paved road |
12095 |
Sawatch Range |
Aspen, Twin Lakes |
|
Interocean Pass |
single/double track |
9760 |
West Elk Mtns |
Crested Butte |
| J |
Juniper Pass
|
paved road |
11160(11040)
|
Front Range |
Bergen Park, Idaho Springs |
|
Jones
Pass |
dirt road |
12451 |
Front Range |
Silver Plume |
| K |
Kebler Pass |
dirt road |
10000 |
West Elk mtns |
Crested Butte |
|
Kenosha
Pass |
paved road |
10001 |
Front Range |
Bailey, Jefferson |
|
Kokomo
Pass |
single track |
12022 |
Gore Range |
(Camp Hale), Copper Mountain |
| L |
La
Manga/Cumbres Passes |
paved road |
10230/ 10022 |
Eastern San Juan mtns |
Antonito, Chama (NM) |
|
Last Dollar
Pass |
dirt/ jeep road |
10663 |
San Juan mtns |
Telluride |
|
Lizard Head
Pass |
paved road |
10222 |
San Juan mtns |
Telluride, Stoner |
|
Lone
Cone Pass |
dirt/ jeep road |
11029 |
San Juan mtns |
Placerville |
|
los Pinos Pass |
see Pinos Pass |
|
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Loveland
Pass |
paved road |
11992 |
Front Range |
Idaho Springs, Dillon |
| M |
Marcellina
Pass (historical)
|
dirt road/ single track
|
10325
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Ruby Range
|
Crested Butte
|
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Marshall
Pass |
dirt road |
10846 |
Sawatch mtns |
Poncha Springs, Sargents |
|
McCord
Pass |
jeep trail |
10825 |
Piney Ridge |
Kremmling |
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McLure
Pass |
paved road |
8763 |
Elk mtns |
Carbondale, Paonia |
|
Medano
Pass |
double track trail |
10030
|
Sangre de Cristo mtns |
Gardner, Sand Dunes NM |
|
Milner Pass |
see Trail
Ridge Road passes |
|
Molas Pass |
paved road |
10902 |
San Juan mtns |
Ouray, Durango |
|
Monarch
Pass |
paved road |
11312 |
Sawatch Range |
Salida, Sargents |
|
Mosca
Pass |
dirt road/ single track trail |
9740 |
Sangre de Cristo mtns |
Gardner, Sand Dunes NM |
|
Mosquito Pass |
jeep road |
13188 |
Sawatch mtns |
Leadville,
Alma |
|
Muddy
Pass |
paved road |
8722 |
Rabbit Ears Range |
Kremmling, Walden |
| N |
Napoleon Pass |
single/double track |
12044 |
Sawatch mtns
|
Pitkin, Tincup |
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North Pass |
see North
Cochetopa Pass |
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North
Cochetopa Pass |
pavedroad |
10149 |
Cochetopa Hills |
Gunnison, Saguache |
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North La Veta Pass |
paved road |
9413 |
Sangre de Cristo mtns |
La Veta, Fort Garland |
| O |
Ohio
Pass |
dirt road |
10093 |
West Elk mtns |
Gunnison, Crested Butte |
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Old Hesperus
Pass |
dirt road/ paved |
8019 |
San Juan foothills |
Durango, Hesperus |
|
Old
La Veta Pass |
dirt road |
9390 |
Sangre de Cristo mtns |
La Veta, Fort Garland |
|
Old Monarch
Pass |
dirt road |
11375 |
Sawatch Range |
Sargents,
Poncha Springs |
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Old
Rabbit Ears Pass |
dirt road |
9610 |
Gore Range |
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Ophir Pass |
dirt road |
11789 |
San Juan Mtns |
Telluride |
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Owl
Creek Pass |
dirt road |
10114 |
San Juan mtns |
Ridgway, Cimarron |
| P |
Paradise
Divide |
jeep road |
11300 |
Elk Mountains |
Crested Butte |
|
Pass
Creek Pass |
dirt road |
9373 |
Sangre de Cristo mtns |
Gardner |
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Pearl Pass |
jeep road |
12692 |
Elk mtns |
Aspen, Crested Butte |
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Pinos
Pass |
dirt road |
10500 |
Cochetopa Hills |
Powderhorn, Lake City |
|
Poncha
Pass |
paved road |
9010 |
Sangre de Cristo mtns/
Sawatch mtns |
Poncha Springs, Villa Grove |
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Ptarmigan
Pass
|
single track
|
11765
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Gore Range
|
Copper Mountain, (Camp Hale)
|
| R |
Rabbit Ears
Pass |
paved road |
9428 |
Park Range |
Steamboat Springs, Kremmling |
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Raton
Pass |
paved road |
7888 |
Raton Hills |
Trinidad, Raton (NM) |
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Red Hill Pass |
paved road |
9993 |
South Park |
Fairplay, Como |
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Red Mountain
Pass |
paved road |
11100 |
San Juan mtns |
Ouray, Silverton |
|
Ripple Creek
Pass |
dirt road
|
10343
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White River Plateau
|
Buford, Phippsburg
|
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Rolling
Mountain Pass |
single track |
12484 |
San Juan mtns |
Silverton, Purgatoire ski
area |
|
Rollins
Pass |
dirt road with portage |
11677 |
Front Range |
Rollinsville, Winter Park |
| S |
Salt Creek
Pass |
dirt road |
9720 |
Mosquito Range |
Buena Vista |
|
Sandy's Fort
Pass |
dirt road |
8323 |
San Juan foothills |
Basin |
|
Sangre de Cristo Pass
(historical) |
see North La
Veta Pass, Old La Veta
Pass and Pass Creek Pass |
|
Schofield Pass
|
jeep road
|
10707
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Elk mtns
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Marble,
Crested Butte
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Scotch Creek
Pass |
dirt road |
10419 |
San Juan Mtns
|
Rico |
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Searle Pass |
single track |
12270(12020) |
Gore Range |
Copper
Mountain, (Camp Hale) |
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Shrine
Pass |
dirt road |
11050 |
Gore Range |
Vail, Red Cliff |
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Slumgullion
Pass alternate summit |
dirt/ paved road |
11320 |
San Juan mtns |
Lake City |
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Slumgullion/Spring
Creek Passes |
paved road |
11561(c)/ 10901
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San Juan mtns |
Creede, Lake City |
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Spring Creek Pass |
see Slumgullion/
Spring Creek Passes |
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Squaw
Pass |
paved and/or dirt
|
9800 |
Front Range |
Bergen Park, Idaho Springs |
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Stillwater
Pass |
dirt road |
10620 |
Front Range |
Granby |
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Stoney
Pass |
dirt road |
8562 |
Front Range / Kenosha Mtns |
Bailey |
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Stony
Pass |
dirt road |
12588 |
San Juan mtns |
Silverton |
|
Stunner
Pass |
dirt road |
10541 |
Eastern San Juan Mtns |
Alamosa, Antonito |
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Sugarloaf
Pass |
double track trail |
11160 |
Sawatch mtns |
Leadville |
|
Sunnyside
Saddle |
0 track |
12780 |
San Juan mtns |
Silverton |
| T |
Taylor Pass |
jeep trail |
11925 |
Elk mtns |
Aspen, Taylor Park |
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Tennessee Pass |
paved road |
10424 |
Gore/Sawatch mtns |
Minturn, Leadville |
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Tincup
Pass |
jeep road |
12154 |
Sawatch Mtns |
Princeton Hot Springs, Tincup |
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Trail Ridge Road passes |
paved road |
12180 |
Front Range |
Estes Park, Grand Lake |
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Trout
Creek Pass |
paved road |
9487(c) |
Mosquito Range |
Johnson Village |
| U |
Unaweep Divide |
paved road |
7048 |
Uncompahre
Plateau |
Gateway,
Whitewater |
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Ute
Pass |
paved road |
9184 |
Front Range |
Colorado Springs, Lake George |
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Ute Pass |
dirt road |
9944 |
Sawatch foothills |
Saguache, Villa Grove |
| V |
Vail Pass |
paved road |
10554 |
Gore Range |
Vail, Copper Mountain |
| W |
Watson Divide |
hard medalled |
7582 |
Roaring Fork
Valley |
Old Snowmass |
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Waunita
Pass |
dirt road |
11303 |
Sawatch Range |
Pitkin, Doyleville |
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Webster
Pass |
double track trail |
12096 |
Front Range |
Keystone, Webster |
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Weston
Pass
|
dirt road
|
11921
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Mosquito Range
|
Leadville, Fairplay
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Wheeler
Trail s(u) |
single track |
12408 |
Ten Mile Range |
Breckenridge |
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Wilkerson Pass |
paved road |
9507 |
Front Range |
Lake George, Hartsel |
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Williams
Pass |
double track trail |
11762 |
Sawatch Range |
Buena Vista, Pitkin |
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Willow Creek
Pass |
paved road |
9621 |
Park Range |
Granby, Walden |
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Wind River Pass |
paved road |
9130 |
Front Range |
Estes Park |
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Wixson Divde |
paved road |
9479 |
Wet Mountains |
Pueblo |
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Wolf
Creek Pass |
paved road |
10850 |
Eastern San Juan Mtns |
Pagosa Springs, South Fork
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| Y |
Yellowjacket
Pass |
paved road |
7780 |
Eastern San
Juan foothills |
Bayfield,
Pagosa Springs |
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Yellowjacket
Pass |
dirt road |
7080 |
north western
Co foothills |
Rangely |
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