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Rocky Mountains Passes in the Heart of the Rockies
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High mountain passes you can ride the Heart of the Rockies are in the following mountain ranges:
- The Sawatch Range (Continental Divide) which divides the Arkansas River Valley and the Colorado River Headwaters.
- The Mosquito Range which divides the Arkansas and South Platte River.
- The Sangre de Cristo Range which divides the Rio Grande and the Arkansas rivers.
- The Northern San Juan’s, which are the headwaters watershed of the Rio Grande River.
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- The Crossroads of the Rockies are Hwy 285 & 50 in Poncha Springs and Hwy’s 24 & 285 in Buena Vista, in south central Colorado.
- The white X on the map is the Chaffee County Fairgrounds..
- Chaffee County is home to more 14 thousand foot peaks than any other county in North America.
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List of passes you could ride in the Heart of the Rockies
Sawatch Range Passes.
(Continental Divide)
- Hagerman.
- Independence.
- Cottonwood.
- Tincup.
- Hancock.
- Cumberland.
- Black Sage.
- Old Monarch.
- Monarch
Sangre de Cristo Range Passes.
- Marshall.
- Poncha.
- Hayden.
- Medano.
Mosquito Range Passes.
- Mosquito Pass.
- Weston.
- Trout Creek.
- Breakneck
Northern San Juan Range Passes.
- Canero.
- Ute Pass.
- Otto Mears Toll-Road
All of these passes could be negotiated by any competent rider on a properly set up ADV motorcycle.
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