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-Antelope Pass
-UNP-(8050ft): Laramie Hills; dirt road
between Tie Siding and I80. Road follows
UP railroad between Hermosa and Dale
Creek. This road also crosses the old
historical Shermann Hill Summit. In
these shallow sage hills wind is often
the primary challenge. |
B
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-Baldy
Pass -PVD- (9430ft): Bighorn
Range; not the highest, but the steepest
and hardest of Bighorn passes because of
the western approach from Lovell. |
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-Battle
Lake Pass -PVD- (9955ft):
paved Wyo70 over forested Sierra Madre
Range between Riverside/ Encampment and
Savery. This is a very remote road, but
now completely paved, also called Battle
Pass |
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-Beartooth
Pass -PVD- (10940ft):
Beartooth Highway between Red Lodge (Mt)
and Cooke City (Mt). |
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-Birdseye Pass
(6993ft): dirt road/ double track trail
over Owl Creek Mtns between Boysen
Reservoir (4890ft) and Thermopolis
(4085ft). |
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-BLM3328
Miller Creek Rd - south(sh)
-UNP-(8170ft): an alternate
route to the Great Divide Bicycle
Touring route - south of Rawlins; the
top is also on the Continental Divide
Trail. |
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-BLM3422
Hydrology Rd s(u)
-UNP-(8110ft) this road follows the
Continental Divide for a while; connects
Middlebury Hill on the CD bike touring
route to Saratoga. |
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-Bridger
Pass (7620ft): Jim Bridger's
route was an important part of Overland
Route, that replaced the Oregon Trail
eventually. |
C
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-Cache La Poudre Pass
-PVD- (apr. 8000ft): historical name for
US285 between Laramie (7200ft) and Fort
Colllins (Co), rolling Front Range
foothills. Summit is just south of Tie
Siding. |
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-Cheyenne Pass
-UNP- (8591ft): Laramie Hills; partially
paved Happy Jack Road between Cheyenne
and Sherman Hill Summit. From there
Telephone Canyon descends into Laramie. |
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-Craig Pass -PVD-
(8260ft): geographically muddled CD
crossing in Yellowstone National Park.
By appearance indistinguishable from
other points along the road. The pass is
remarkable for its confusing geography.
The road crosses from Atlantic to
Pacific watersheds while going west to
east. |
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-CR3
Hazelton Rd northern summit s(u)
-UNP- (8490ft): Bighorn Mountains; good
unpaved road south of Powder River Pass |
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-CR27
Aspen Mtn Rd(sh) -UNP- (8260ft):
antennas served with high dessert and a side of
higher dessert |
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-CR67
Slip Rd northern summit s(u)
-UNP- (8285ft): southern Bighorn
Mountains; remote ranching road with
steep grades |
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-CR67
Slip Rd southern summit s(u)
-UNP-(8200ft): the east side contains
the most and steepest switchbacks of any
Wyoming road that I know - I walked most
of it. |
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-CR291
Seminoe-Alcova Scenic Byway northern
summit s(u) (6900ft): this
long remote road connects Rawlins with
Alcova Reservoir; great far views onto
the Pedro Mountains and other Great
Basin ranges. |
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-CR409
Pathfinder Rd(sh) (6360ft):
the access road to Pathfinder Reservoir
descends into an interesting small
canyon of the North Platte River. |
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-CR505
Casper Mountain Rd - Circle Dr s(u)
-UNP- (7990ft): Laramine Mountains. The
north side is probably the most popular
paved cycling climb in Wyoming. But the
south side is a dirt road. That's why
it's listed here. |
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-CR752-CR501
Brown's Hill s(u)
-UNP-(7840ft): a point on the Savery
Stock Driveway, that was used to herd
sheep between Wyoming's Red Dessert and
Colorado's Park Range. |
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-Cutler
Hill s(u) -PVD- (8340ft):
the eastern approach to Granite Pass and
Baldy Pass in the Bighorn Mountains |
| D
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-Dead
Indian Pass -PVD- (8048ft):
Chief Joseph Highway over Absaroka Mtns
between Cody area and Cooke City (Mt). |
| F
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-Foxpark Divide
-PVD- (9142ft): Wy230 crosses foothills
of Mecine Bow mountains between Wood's
Landing and Walden (Co). |
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-FR10
Hunt Mountain Rd s(u) -UNP-
(10020ft): Bighorn Mountains; high
plateau road above Shell Canyon,
connecting Granite Pass and Baldy Pass. |
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-FR17
Paintrock Rd s(u) -UNP-
(9450ft): west of Shell; access to
remote points in the Bighorn Mtns; can
be combined with the Red Dessert north
of Shell, which looks like Utah
transplanted to the north. |
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-FR168
Freezeout Rd s(u)
-UNP-(8100ft): Bighorn Mtns west of
Dayton; impossibly steep walk on lower
east side, but interesting summit area
away from the heat. |
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-FR401
Sage Creek Rd s(u)
-UNP-(8100ft): a broad and windy
Continental Divide Crossing of the Great
Divide Bicycle Touring route |
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-FR543
South Spring Creek s(u)
-UNP-(9520ft): a forest traverse in the
Sierra Madre above Encampment |
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-FR550
Hog Park - Red Dirt Park s(u)
-UNP- (9250ft): road through dense
forest and parks; on southern border to
Colorado |
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-FR830
Deep Jack Th s(u)
-UNP-(9180ft): a point in the Sierra
Madre Range, above the Great Divide
Mountain Bike touring route. |
G
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-Grand
Targhee Ski Area summit(u)
-UNP- (9840ft): ski in the winter - bike
in the summer. ... Sike in fall, and Bki
during spring. Great Teton views from
the summit during all seasons |
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-Granite
Pass -PVD- (8950ft): Bighorn
Range; US14 between Shell and
Ranchester; has been part of RAW, the
Ride Across Wyoming. |
M
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-Morton Pass
(apr.7300ft): Laramie Hills, between
Bosler (apr. 7000ft) and Wheatland (apr.
5000ft), 65 miles. Barely discenible
grade on Bolser (west) side, and
windswept inclined plains instead of
mountains; also called Sybille Pass in
Spraque's book "The Great Gates". Does
not have a 500ft drop on the east side. |
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-Muddy
Mountain Rd s(u)
-UNP-(8290ft): Laramie Mtns north of
Casper; good dirt road leads to a high
forested plateau with an organized
campground |
P
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-Powder
River Pass -PVD- (9666ft):
Bighorn Range; US16 between Buffalo and
Tensleep; double summit also goes over
Muikress Pass (9500ft). Canyon and
badlands on Tensleep side; has been part
of RAW, the Ride Across Wyoming. |
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-Powder
River Pass eastern summit s(u)
-PVD- (8380ft): the top of the Bighorn
Mtns are mostly a rolling plateau, so
that the two climbs on US14 are
separated by a drop greater than 500ft. |
| S
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-Salt
River Pass -PVD-
7610ft): low pass between Montpelier,
Idaho and Smoot, Star Valley Wyoming. |
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-Separation
Peak s(u)
-UNP- (8470ft): this is the southern
point where the Continental Divide
splits into the Atlantic Rim and Pacific
Rim; the scenically most interesting
bicycle tour in Rawlins area. |
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-Sherman Hill Summit
-UNP- (8235ft): Laramie Hills; I80
crosses 1 mile northwest of old historic
summit. The historic summit can be
reached by a 1 mile dirtroad detour.
This was the highest point on the Union
Pacific section of the first
transcontinental railroad. |
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-Snowy
Range Pass -PVD- (10847ft):
Wy130 between Laramie and Saratoga over
Medicine Bow Range. |
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-Teton Pass
-PVD- (8431ft): There is only one paved
road across the Teton Range. It has a
well hidden bike trail on one side, and
is the biggest paved climb in the
Yellowstone region. |
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-Tisdale
Divide -PVD- (5320ft): low
historical divide in the Powder River
Basin |
| U
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-Union Pass
(9210ft): long dirt road between US26
near Du Noir (Dubois area), and Wy352
about 25 miles north of Pinedale; runs
north-south west of Wind River Range.
Crossed by Hunt's Astorians in 1811 and
was the cause of much confusion for its
compilcated drainages during fur trapper
days. |
| W
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White
Mtn Rd via Rock Springs(sh) -UNP-
extremely steep approach to Wild Horse Loop
road. |
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Wild
Horse Loop s(u) -UNP- (7580ft) - road
following scenic rim above Green River and Rock
Springs |
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-Wy70
Battle Lake Pass Rd-FR801 Deep Creek
Rd s(u) -UNP-(8270ft):
highest point on the Battle Lake Road,
that is also on the Great Divide Bicycle
Touring route. |
