BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado, Pass Bagger 50

For each pass there is a picture of the highway sign (or other nearby sign if there wasn't a highway sign), one of our Xterra by the sign, and one showing the general view from the pass. (These photos won't count toward the BMW Pass Bagger, but they count toward our summer total of touring around some of the backroads of Colorado.)

For more pass photos: Motorcycles - 2006, Motorcycles - 2005.

For the stories: 2006 Motorcycles, 2005 Motorcycles.

Check at the bottom of this page for some good reference books.
(Click on thumbnails for full-sized images)

06/11/05, Poncha Pass, Marshall Pass, Monarch Pass, Old Monarch Pass, Black Sage Pass, Waunita Pass.

06/11/05, Poncha Pass, 9.010 feet, on Continental Divide. US-40 south of Winter Park. Fraser River to west, West Fork of Clear Creek to east.

06/11/05, Marshall Pass, 10,842 feet, on Continental Divide. US-40 south of Winter Park. Fraser River to west, West Fork of Clear Creek to east.

06/11/05, Monarch Pass, 11,312 feet, on Continental Divide. US-40 south of Winter Park. Fraser River to west, West Fork of Clear Creek to east.

06/11/05, Old Monarch Pass, 11,375 feet, on Continental Divide. US-40 south of Winter Park. Fraser River to west, West Fork of Clear Creek to east.

06/11/05, Black Sage Pass, 9,745 feet, on Continental Divide. US-40 south of Winter Park. Fraser River to west, West Fork of Clear Creek to east.

06/11/05, Waunita Pass, 10,302 feet, on Continental Divide. US-40 south of Winter Park. Fraser River to west, West Fork of Clear Creek to east.

06/26-27/05, Lujan (Peon) Pass, North Pass, Carnero Pass, Cochetopa Pass, Salt House (South) Pass, Los Pinos Pass, Kebler Pass.

06/26/05, Lujan (Peon) Pass, 10,336 feet, on Continental Divide. FR-785 west of Saguach. Lujan Creek to west, Spanish Creek to east.

06/26/05, North (North Cochetopa) Pass, 10,149 feet, on Continental Divide. CO-114 west of Saguach. Lujan Creek to west, East Pass Creek to east.

06/26/05, Carnero Pass, 10,166 feet. County-41G west of Saguach. Houselog Creek to north, Middle Fork of Carnero Creek to south.

06/26/05, Cochetopa Pass, 10,067 feet, on Continental Divide. County-NN14 west of Saguach. Archuleta Creek to west, Cantonment Creek to east.

06/11/05, Salt House (South, South Cochetopa) Pass, 10,656 feet, on Continental Divide. FR-787 (County-17FF) west of Saguach. Joe Gulch to north, Horse Canyon to south.

06/26/05, Los Pinos Pass, 10,514 feet. FR-788 west of Saguach. Cebolla Creek to west, Los Pinos Creek to east.

06/27/05, Kebler Pass, 10,007 feet. County-12 west of Crested Butte. Ruby Anthracite Creek to west, Coal Creek to east.

08/07/05, Kenosha Pass, Georgia Pass, Red Hill Pass, Browns Pass, Breakneck Pass

08/07/05, Georgia Pass, 11,585 feet, on the Continental Divide. FR-54 northwest of Jefferson. South Fork of the Swan River to north, Michigan Creek to south.

08/07/05, Browns Pass, 11,372 feet. FR-176 southwest of Fairplay. Sheep Creek to west, High Creek to east.

08/07/05, Breakneck Pass, 10,910 feet. FR-175 southwest of Fairplay. Sheep Creek to west, High Creek to east.

Here are the books I've been using to find my way around the state:
-- "The Passes of Colorado, An Encyclopedia of Watershed Divides", by Ed Helmuth & Gloria Helmuth, Pruett Publishing Company, 1994, ISBN 0-87108-841-X. Information about 469 passes around the state. My number one resource for the Pass Bagger.
-- "Colorado Atlas & Gazetteer, Topo Maps of the Entire State", DeLorme, 1997, ISBN 0-89933-206-4. Divides the state into 103 very detailed topographic maps.
-- "Colorado Recreational Road Atlas", MAPSCO, ISBN 1-56966-319-X. Less detailed than the Gazetteer, but divides the state into 32 easy-to-read maps. The spiral-bound book also has 40 pages of city maps.
-- "4WD Adventures, Colorado, How to Explore the Remote Grandeur of Colorado Without Getting Lost", by Peter Massey and Jeanne Wilson, Swagman Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-9665675-5-2. Contains 76 maps of various trails around the state. For each trail there is a history, route directions with milages and GPS coordinates, and a map. The author also has three similar books for different regions of the state.
-- "Guide to Colorado Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails, Vol 1 and 2", by Charles A. Wells, FunTreks, Inc., 1999, ISBN 0-9664976-0-0 and 0-9664976-1-9. Between the two books there are directions and maps for 105 trails in the state.
-- "Colorado Above Timberline, Scenic Drives, 4WD Trips & Classic Hikes", by Jeremy Agnew, Westcliffe Publishers, 2005, ISBN-10 1-56579-498-2. Includes information about ten scenic drives and ten 4WD trips, each with directions, maps, and excellent color photos.
-- "John Fielder's Best of Colorado", by John Fielder, Westcliffe Publishers, 2002, ISBN 1-56579-429-X. More general in nature but with its 469 pages, the book contains a lot of information, maps, and photos.
-- "The Colorado Pass Book, A Guide to Colorado's Backroad Mountain Passes", by Don Koch, Pruett Publishing, 1987, ISBN 0-87108-728-6. Has information about 82 Colorado backcountry pass roads.
-- "Backroads of Colorado", by Boyd and Barbara Norton, Rand McNally and Co., 1983, ISBN 0-528-88220-1. Has information about 44 back roads.

Deward Knapp's Quest For 50 page.
Colorado Pilots Association. Click on Mountain Flying, then Named Pass Locations, Unnamed Pass Locations, and Gap Locations.