Southern Rocky Mountains - Mountain Passes

Mountain Passes

The following sortable table lists the paved mountain passes and highway summits of the Southern Rocky Mountains.

Paved mountain passes and highway summits of the
Southern Rocky Mountains
Rank	Mountain Pass	State	Elevation	Route
1	Mount Evans Scenic Byway	Colorado	14,160 feet 4316 m	005
2	Pikes Peak Highway		14,115 feet 4302 m	999
3	Trail Ridge Road		12,183 feet 3713 m	034
4	Independence Pass		12,095 feet 3687 m	082
5	Loveland Pass		11,992 feet 3655 m	006
6	Hoosier Pass		11,541 feet 3518 m	009
7	Slumgullion Pass		11,361 feet 3463 m	149
8	Fremont Pass		11,318 feet 3450 m	091
9	Berthoud Pass		11,315 feet 3449 m	040
10	Monarch Pass		11,312 feet 3448 m	050
11	Eisenhower Tunnel		11,158 feet 3401 m	070
12	Warrior Mountain Summit		11,140 feet 3395 m	103
13	Juniper Pass		11,040 feet 3365 m	103
14	Red Mountain Pass		11,018 feet 3358 m	550
15	Molas Divide		10,910 feet 3325 m	550
16	Spring Creek Pass		10,901 feet 3323 m	149
17	Wolf Creek Pass		10,850 feet 3307 m	160
18	Snowy Range Pass	Wyoming	10,847 feet 3306 m	130
19	Grand Mesa Summit	Colorado	10,839 feet 3304 m	065
20	Milner Pass		10,758 feet 3279 m	034
21	Vail Pass		10,666 feet 3251 m	070
22	Coal Bank Pass		10,640 feet 3243 m	550
23	Tennessee Pass		10,424 feet 3177 m	024
24	Cameron Pass		10,276 feet 3132 m	014
25	La Manga Pass		10,230 feet 3118 m	017
26	Lizard Head Pass		10,222 feet 3116 m	145
27	North Pass		10,149 feet 3093 m	114
28	Cumbres Pass		10,022 feet 3055 m	017
29	Kenosha Pass		10,001 feet 3048 m	285
30	Red Hill Pass		09,993 feet 3046 m	285
31	Cucharas Pass		09,941 feet 3030 m	012
32	Battle Pass	Wyoming	09,915 feet 3022 m	070
33	Bobcat Pass	New Mexico	09,833 feet 2997 m	038
34	Willow Creek Pass	Colorado	09,621 feet 2932 m	125
35	Gore Pass		09,527 feet 2904 m	134
36	Wilkerson Pass		09,507 feet 2898 m	024
37	Currant Creek Pass		09,482 feet 2890 m	009
38	Rabbit Ears Pass		09,426 feet 2873 m	040
39	North La Veta Pass		09,413 feet 2869 m	160
40	Trout Creek Pass		09,346 feet 2849 m	024.285
41	Battle Mountain Summit		09,267 feet 2825 m	024
42	Ute Pass		09,165 feet 2793 m	024
43	Wind River Pass		09,148 feet 2788 m	007
44	Black Mesa Summit		09,121 feet 2780 m	092
45	Palo Flechado Pass	New Mexico	09,109 feet 2776 m	064
46	Hardscrabble Pass	Colorado	09,085 feet 2769 m	096
47	Poncha Pass		09,010 feet 2746 m	285
48	Dallas Divide		08,970 feet 2734 m	062
49	Muddy Pass		08,772 feet 2674 m	040
50	McClure Pass		08,755 feet 2669 m	133
51	Blue Mesa Summit		08,704 feet 2653 m	050
52	Wondervu Hill		08,660 feet 2640 m	072
53	Happy Jack Summit	Wyoming	08,640 feet 2633 m	080
54	U.S. Hill	New Mexico	08,562 feet 2610 m	518
55	Douglas Pass	Colorado	08,268 feet 2520 m	139
56	Cerro Summit	Colorado	07,950 feet 2423 m	050
57	Raton Pass	New Mexico	07,834 feet 2388 m	025
58	Yellowjacket Pass	Colorado	07,783 feet 2372 m	160
59	Glorieta Pass	New Mexico	07,557 feet 2303 m	025
60	South Pass	Wyoming	07,550 feet 2301 m	028
61	Monument Hill	Colorado	07,343 feet 2238 m	025
62	Morton Pass	Wyoming	07,173 feet 2186 m	034.1
63	Unaweep Divide	Colorado	07,048 feet 2148 m	141
64	Separation Summit	Wyoming	07,005 feet 2135 m	080
65	Robinson Summit	Wyoming	06,927 feet 2111 m	080

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