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Colorado Bicycle Routes and Mountain Passes
Detailed Colorado Pass information for bicycling
The information found on the following pages is intended to help you understand what to expect when climbing one of Colorado's great mountain passes. The information is free and is based on my experiences riding these roads. You can download PDF files (size is from 5 to 7 meg) for most passes (I am adding more) or view virtually the same information on web pages.
If you find the information useful, please donate what you think is fair to help defray the cost of this site.
Based on Location
- Frt Range- Northern
- Frt Range- Southern
- Inter-Mtn Central
- Inter-Mtn S Central
- Southern Colorado
- North-western
- Western Slope
- South-western
Other Selection Criteria
- Crosses Continental Divide
- Based on General Difficulty
- Easy
- Wilkerson
- Ute
- Willow Creek
- Red Hill fr Fairplay
- Trout Creek
- Fremont fr Leadville
- Kenosha fr Fairplay
- Hoosier fr Fairplay
- Tennessee fr Leadville
- Vail
- Spring Creek fr Creede
- Cameroon fr Gould
- Hardscrabble
- Gore fr Tonopas
- Muddy fr CO 184
- Rabbit Ears fr CO 184
- Poncha
- Cucharas fr N. Lake
- North La Veta
- Molas fr Silverton
- McClure fr from Paonia Reserv
- Red Mountain fr Silverton
- Dallas Divide fr Placerville
- Moderate
- Fremont fr Copper Mtn
- Hoosier fr Breckenridge
- Independence fr Twin Lakes
- Loveland
- Tennessee fr Minturn
- Berthoud
- Cameroon fr CO 287
- Squaw-Juniper
- Kenosha fr Baily
- Hardscrabble fr Wetmore
- Red Hill fr Baily
- Gore fr CO 40 & 134
- Rabbit Ears/ Muddy fr Steamboat Spgs
- Monarch
- Slumgullion fr Spring Creek
- North Pass
- Cottonwood fr Almont
- Wolf Creek fr South Fork
- Cucharas fr La Veta
- La Manga
- Cumbres
- Coal Bank
- Lizard Head
- McClure fr Carbondale
- Dallas Divide from Rico
- Difficult
- Easy
- Based on Maximum Altitude
- Summary of All Passes: List only
- My Favorite Routes and Passes
Note on Difficulty: Easy is used as a relative term when compared to other Colorado passes. While some people can do an "easy" pass with no training, if you are not used to riding distances, passes, and at altitude, or you are a flatlander, don't delude yourself, some training is required.
*Minnesota*Wisconsin*Arizona*California Routes
Bicycle routes for Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arizona, and California. I've included some of my favorite routes on this page that I use for training and touring. For trining, I try to seek out hill on many of these and, if hills are lacking, I try to get distance. Routes like Rockford Round-up in MN are good early season rides as hills are moderate and milage is manageable. Also, because a lot of tis ride is in the open, the roads are clear of snow and ice early in the spring. The heart attack ride is a great WI ride with close to 4000 feet of climbing. The Arizona routes are the result of mid-winter breaks for teh last couple of years. At this time, the number of routes are not extensive, but I will add routes as I have time.
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