Colorado mountain passes

The following tables list some important mountain passes in the Rocky Mountains of the U.S. State of Colorado.

High elevation Colorado highways not on a pass

High Elevation Colorado Highways Not On a Pass

Rank	Highway	Elevation	Grade	Surface	Route
1	Mount Evans Scenic Byway[1]	14,160 feet 4316 m	15%	asphalt	005 !SH 5
2	Pikes Peak Highway[2]	14,110 feet 4302 m	0 !8%	gravel	toll road
3	Trail Ridge Road[3]	12,183 feet 3713 m	0 !5.4% WB	asphalt	034 !US 34
4	Eisenhower Tunnel[4]	11,158 feet 3401 m	0 !7.0% EB	concrete	070 !I-70
5	Grand Mesa Summit The highest point on Grand Mesa, the highest flat-topped mountain in the world. Colorado Highway 65 (Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway) traverses this mountain and conditions can be quite severe in winter, though it generally remains open.	10,839 feet 3304 m	0 !6.4% NB	asphalt	065 !SH 65

Colorado mountain passes traversed by paved highways

Paved Colorado Mountain Passes

Rank	Mountain Pass	Elevation	Grade	Surface	Route
1	Independence Pass[5]	12,103 feet 3689 m	6.0%	asphalt	082 !SH 82
2	Loveland Pass	11,990 feet 3655 m	6.0%	asphalt	006 !US 6
3	Hoosier Pass	11,541 feet 3518 m	8.0% NB	asphalt	009 !SH 9
4	Slumgullion Pass	11,361 feet 3463 m	9.4% NB 7.9% SB	asphalt	149 !SH 149
5	Fremont Pass	11,318 feet 3450 m	5.7%	asphalt	091 !SH 91
6	Berthoud Pass	11,315 feet 3449 m	6.1% NB 6.0% SB	asphalt	040 !US 40
7	Monarch Pass	11,312 feet 3448 m	6.4%	asphalt	050 !US 50
8	Juniper Pass[6]	11,130 feet 3383 m	6.5%	asphalt	103 !SH 103
9	Red Mountain Pass	11,018 feet 3358 m	7.2%	asphalt	550 !US 550
10	Molas Divide	10,910 feet 3325 m	7.0%	asphalt	550 !US 550
11	Spring Creek Pass	10,901 feet 3323 m	7.5%	asphalt	149 !SH 149
12	Wolf Creek Pass	10,850 feet 3307 m	6.5%	asphalt	160 !US 160
13	Milner Pass[3]	10,758 feet 3279 m	5.4% WB	asphalt	034 !US 34
14	Vail Pass	10,666 feet 3251 m	7.0%	asphalt	070 !I-70
15	Coal Bank Pass	10,640 feet 3243 m	6.5% NB	asphalt	550 !US 550
16	Tennessee Pass	10,424 feet 3177 m	6.0%	asphalt	024 !US 24
17	Cameron Pass	10,276 feet 3132 m	3.8% EB 3.1% WB	asphalt	014 !SH 14
18	La Manga Pass	10,230 feet 3118 m	5.2%	asphalt	017 !SH 17
19	Lizard Head Pass	10,222 feet 3116 m	4.1%	asphalt	145 !SH 145
20	North Pass	10,149 feet 3093 m	6.0%	asphalt	114 !SH 114
21	Cumbres Pass	10,022 feet 3055 m	6.3%	asphalt	017 !SH 17
22	Kenosha Pass	10,001 feet 3048 m	5.3% EB	asphalt	285 !US 285
23	Red Hill Pass	0 !9,993 feet 3046 m	6.0%	asphalt	285 !US 285
24	Cucharas Pass	0 !9,941 feet 3030 m	5.9% NB 5.4% SB	asphalt	012 !SH 12
25	Squaw Pass[7]	0 !9,807 feet 2989 m	6.0%	asphalt	103 !SH 103
26	Willow Creek Pass	0 !9,621 feet 2932 m	6.3%	asphalt	125 !SH 125
27	Gore Pass	0 !9,527 feet 2904 m	6.3%	asphalt	134 !SH 134
28	Wilkerson Pass	0 !9,507 feet 2898 m	5.8%	asphalt	024 !US 24
29	Rabbit Ears Pass	0 !9,426 feet 2873 m	6.8%	asphalt	040 !US 40
30	North La Veta Pass	0 !9,413 feet 2869 m	6.0%	asphalt	160 !US 160
31	Trout Creek Pass	0 !9,346 feet 2849 m	5.2%	asphalt	024 !US 24 US 285
32	Ute Pass	0 !9,165 feet 2793 m	5.6%	asphalt	024 !US 24
33	Wind River Pass	0 !9,150 feet 2790 m		asphalt	7 !SH 7
34	Poncha Pass	0 !9,010 feet 2746 m	2.9%	asphalt	285 !US 285
35	Dallas Divide	0 !8,970 feet 2734 m	6.4% EB 5.0% WB	asphalt	062 !SH 62
36	Muddy Pass	0 !8,772 feet 2674 m	5.6%	asphalt	040 !US 40
37	McClure Pass	0 !8,755 feet 2669 m	8.0%	asphalt	133 !SH 133
38	Douglas Pass	0 !8,268 feet 2520 m	7.0%	asphalt	139 !SH 139
45	Cerro Summit	7,958 feet 2423 m		asphalt	050 !US 50
46	Raton Pass	7,834 feet 2388 m		asphalt	025 !I-25
48	Monument Hill	7,343 feet 2238 m		asphalt	025 !I-25
49	Unaweep Divide	7,048 feet 2148 m		asphalt	141 !SH 141

Colorado mountain passes traversed by improved roads

Colorado Mountain Passes with Improved Roads

Rank	Mountain Pass	Elevation
1	Cottonwood Pass	12,119 feet 3694 m
2	Fall River Pass	11,762 feet 3585 m
3	Guanella Pass	11,660 feet 3554 m
4	Boreas Pass	11,499 feet 3505 m
5	Shrine Pass	11,086 feet 3379 m
6	Marshall Pass	10,882 feet 3317 m
8	Cochetopa Pass	10,200 feet 3109 m
9	Kebler Pass	10,003 feet 3049 m
10	La Veta Pass	9,426 feet 2873 m

Some Colorado mountain passes traversed by unimproved roads

Weston Pass and the southern Mosquito Range

Some Colorado Mountain Passes with Unimproved Roads

Rank	Mountain Pass	Elevation
1	Argentine Pass	13,205 feet 4025 m
2	Mosquito Pass	13,179 feet 4017 m
3	Imogene Pass	13,117 feet 3998 m
4	Black Bear Pass	12,840 feet 3914 m
5	Engineer Pass	12,795 feet 3900 m
6	Pearl Pass	12,713 feet 3875 m
7	Cinnamon Pass	12,615 feet 3845 m
8	Hagerman Pass	11,925 feet 3635 m
9	Weston Pass	11,921 feet 3633 m
10	Ophir Pass	11,789 feet 3593 m
11	Ptarmigan Pass	11,777 feet 3590 m
12	Rollins Pass	11,677 feet 3559 m
13	Georgia Pass	11,585 feet 3531 m
14	Schofield Pass	10,722 feet 3268 m
15	Hayden Pass	10,712 feet 3265 m
16	Medano Pass	9,931 feet 3027 m

Some Colorado mountain passes traversed by trail

Some Colorado Mountain Passes with Trails

Rank	Mountain Pass	Elevation
1	Electric Pass	13,494 feet 4113 m
2	Elkhead Pass	13,245 feet 4037 m
3	The Keyhole	13,163 feet 4012 m
4	The Notch	13,035 feet 3973 m
5	Hermit Pass	13,015 feet 3967 m
6	Blue Lake Pass	12,969 feet 3953 m
7	Denver Pass	12,907 feet 3934 m
8	Triangle Pass	12,907 feet 3934 m
9	The Window	12,877 feet 3925 m
10	Trimble Pass	12,874 feet 3924 m
11	Fall Creek Pass	12,848 feet 3916 m
12	Conundrum Pass	12,779 feet 3895 m
13	McHenrys Notch	12,736 feet 3882 m
14	Coffeepot Pass	12,726 feet 3879 m
15	Sunnyside Saddle	12,677 feet 3864 m
16	Columbine Pass	12,674 feet 3863 m
17	Richmond Pass	12,667 feet 3861 m
18	Stony Pass	12,592 feet 3838 m
19	Willow Pass	12,556 feet 3827 m
20	Whiskey Pass	12,549 feet 3825 m
21	Pawnee Pass	12,542 feet 3823 m
22	Venable Pass	12,539 feet 3822 m
23	Halfmoon Pass	12,523 feet 3817 m
24	Copper Pass	12,510 feet 3813 m
25	Stone Man Pass	12,506 feet 3812 m
26	Hunchback Pass	12,500 feet 3810 m
27	Arapaho Pass	11,905 feet 3629 m
28	Buchanan Pass	11,837 feet 3608 m
29	La Poudre Pass	10,175 feet 3101 m

See also

• Colorado mountain peaks
• Colorado mountain ranges
• Mountain pass
  • List of mountain passes
• State highways in Colorado
• State of Colorado
• Wikimedia Commons: Mountain passes of Colorado

References

1. ^ The state highway up Mount Evans ends about a quarter mile (400 m) from the summit. The Mount Evans Scenic Byway is the highest paved highway in North America. The road is closed during the winter, and the upper section from Summit Lake, at an altitude of 12,836 feet (3,912 m), is closed after Labor Day.
2. ^ The toll road up Pikes Peak ends at the summit of the mountain. Pikes Peak is the most visited mountain summit in North America.
3. ^ ^{a b} Trail Ridge Road (U.S. Highway Route 34) crosses the Continental Divide at Milner Pass but reaches its highest point several miles northeast of the pass. Trail Ridge Road is the highest paved through highway in North America. The road is closed during the winter.
4. ^ The highest elevation in the Eisenhower Tunnel is a short distance inside the West Portal. The tunnel passes under the Continental Divide a few miles west of Loveland Pass. The Eisenhower Tunnel is the highest elevation on the Interstate Highway System of the United States.
5. ^ Independence Pass is closed during the winter.
6. ^ The high point near Warrior Mountain is the highest point on State Highway 103.
7. ^ State Highway 103 passes by, but not through, Squaw Pass.

External links

• State of Colorado
  • Colorado Department of Transportation
    • Colorado highway conditions
    • Colorado scenic byways
    • Colorado Travel Map
• The Highways of Colorado by Matthew Salek
  • Colorado elevations