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Colorado Passes and Summits in Detail

- MTB passes - in order of highest altitude


-Corkscrew Pass - 12217ft - steep county road in the Red Mountain Pass area of the San Juan Mountains
- Chalk Creek Pass -12140ft - single or 0 track trail in the Sawatch Range between Princeton Hot Springs and Monarch Pass
- Napoleon Pass - 12044ft - single track trail in the Sawatch Range between Tincup and Pitkin
- Owl Creek Pass -10114ft - well graded dirt road in the San Juan mountains between Ridgway and US50 to the south
- Ohio Pass -10093ft - dirt road connecting Gunnison with Crested Butte and Kebler Pass
- Cochetopa Pass -10032ft - dirt road over a historic pass between Saguache and Gunnison on the Cochetopa Hills
- Old La Veta Pass - 9390ft - alternate unpaved route to La Veta Pass that once had a railroad line running over it


-PAVED passes- in order of highest altitude

- Independence Pass -12095ft - the highest completely paved continental divide crossing in the central Rockies
- Slumgullion/ Spring Creek Passes - 11361/ 10901ft - favorite paved eastern San Juan passes between Lake City and Creede
- Vail Pass -10554ft - popular bikepath between Vail and Copper Mountain
- Tennessee Pass - 10424ft - scenic road between Minturn and Leadville
- La Manga/Cumbres Passes -10230/10022ft - paved eastern San Juan pass crossed by a narrow gauge steam railroad






Here are also a few unrecognized summits on the western slope. Many have large approach heights.

-   MTB   - Alkali Creek - Road Gulch summit(u) - 8050ft
-PAVED-  Black Mesa summit(u) - 9121ft
-   MTB   - BLM7058 summit(u): Corcoran Peak - 7470ft
-   MTB   - BLM8114 summit(u): West Elk Ridge Road - 8270ft
-PAVED - CR100 summit(u): Catherine Store rd - 7200ft
-   MTB  -  FR300 summit(u) - 9900ft
-   MTB  -  FR801 summit(u): Flagpole Mtn. - 10400ft
-   MTB  - Wild Horse Trail summit(u) - 7100ft


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