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Colorado Cycling Passes - Paved Roads

- tabulation order: highest elevation first.
- contains two sided paved road summits
- Designations for unnamed/ unsourced summits are followed with (u) in the name field.
- if only one of two principal approaches is paved, the pass is listed in the MTB table, not in this table.
- passes with a principal paved approach and alternate unpaved approach are listed in both tables.
- Elevations refer to the maximum altitude along the approaches. If this maximum elevation differs from the pass altitude, the pass altitude follows in ().

*Name*	*elevation (ft)*	*nearby towns*	*location*
	12999 - 12000
Trail Ridge Road passes	12180 (10747,11860)	Estes Park, Grand Lake	Front Range
Independence Pass	12095	Aspen, Twin Lakes	Sawatch Range
	11999 - 11000
Loveland Pass	11992	Idaho Springs, Dillon	Front Range
Hoosier Pass	11541	Breckenridge, Alma	Front/Tenmile/Mosquito mtns
Slumgullion Pass	11361	Creede, Lake City	San Juan mtns
Fremont Pass	11318	Copper Mountain, Leadville	Tenmile/Gore mtns
Berthoud Pass	11315	Empire, Winter Park	Front Range
Monarch Pass	11312	Salida, Sargents	Sawatch mtns
Red Mountain Pass	11100	Ouray, Durango	San Juan mtns
Juniper Pass	11020	Bergen Park, Idaho Springs	Front Range
	10999 - 10000
Spring Creek Pass	10901	Lake City, Creede	San Juan mtns
Molas Pass	10899	Ouray, Durango	Sam Juan mtns
Wolf Creek Pass	10850	Pagosa Springs, South Fork	eastern San Juan mtns
Grand Mesa summit(u)	10839	Grand Junction, Delta	Grand Mesa
Coal Bank Summit	10640	Ouray, Durango	San Juan mtns
Vail Pass	10554	Vail, Copper Mountain	Gore mtns
Tennessee Pass	10424	Minturn, Leadville	Gore/Sawatch mtns
Cameron Pass	10285	Fort Collins, Walden	northern Front Range
La Manga Pass	10230	Antonito, Chama (NM)	eastern San Juan mtns
Lizard Head Pass	10222	Telluride, Stoner	San Juan mtns
North Cochetopa Pass	10149	Gunnison, Saguache	Cochetopa Hills
Cumbres Pass	10022	Antonito, Chama (NM)	eastern San Juan mtns
Kenosha Pass	10001	Bailey, Jefferson	Front Range
	9999 - 9000
Red Hill Pass	9993	Fairplay, Como	South Park
Cucharas Pass	9941	La Veta	Sangre de Cristo mtns
Squaw Pass	9807	Bergen Park, Idaho Springs	Front Range
Willow Creek Pass	9621	Granby, Walden	Park Range
Gore Pass	9527	Kremmling, Toponas	Gore Range
Wilkerson Pass	9507	Lake George, Hartsel	Front Range
Rabbit Ears Pass	9428	Steamboat Springs, Kremmling	Park Range
North La Veta Pass	9413	La Veta, Fort Garland	Sangre de Cristo mtns
Trout Creek Pass	9346	Johnson Village	Mosquito mtns
Currant Creek Pass	9300	Canyon City, Hartsel	Front Range
Battle Hill Summit	9267	Minturn, Redcliff	Gore/Sawatch mtns
Ute Pass	9184	Colorado Springs, Lake George	Front Range
Wind River Pass	9130	Estes Park	Front Range
Black Mesa summit(u)	9121	Sapinero, Crawford	Black Mesa
Poncha Pass	9010	Poncha Springs, Villa Grove	Sangre de Cristo mtns/ Sawatch mtns
	8999 - 8000
Muddy Pass	8772	Kremmling, Walden	Rabbit Ears Range
Mc Lure Pass	8763	Elk mtns	Elk mtns
Dallas Divide	8735	Ridgeway, Telluride	San Juan mtns
Blue Mesa Summit	8704	Cimarron, Sapinero	Gunnison Valley
Coal Creek Canyon summit(u)	8663	Wondervu	Front Range foothills
Hesperus Summit	8413(8213)	Durango, Hesperus	San Juan foothills
Douglas Pass	8268	Loma, Rangely	Roan Plateau
Co131 summit(u): State Bridge - Wolcott	8250	State Bridge, Wolcott	Crystal Mountain
Rist Canyon summit(u)	8000	Fort Collins, Masonville	Front Range foothills
	7999 - 7000
Cerro Summit	7950	Montrose, Cimarron	Gunnison Valley
Raton Pass	7888	Trinidad, Raton (NM)	Raton Hills
Yellowjacket Pass	7780	Bayfield, Pagos Springs	Eastern San Juan foothills
Watson Divide	7582	Old Snowmass	Roaring Fork Valley
Unaweep Divide	7048	Gateway, Whitewater	Uncompahre Plateau
	6999-6000
Colorado National Monument summit(u)	6673	Grand Junction, Fruita	Uncompaghre Plateau
Gypsum Pass	6610(6125)	Basin	Western slope
Aztec Divide	6014	Cortez, Towaoc	Colorado Plateau

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