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Molas Pass, [1] elevation 10,910 feet (3,330 meters), is a high mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of western Colorado in the United States. The pass is in the San Juan National Forest . It is traversed by the Million Dollar Highway , U.S. Highway 550 south of Silverton , which is part of the San Juan Skyway Scenic Byway .
Molas Pass: 10,910 feet 3,325 m 7.0% ... Colorado Travel Map; Colorado highway conditions; Colorado Tourism Office; History Colorado; United States Geological Survey.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Molas Pass; Monarch Pass; Monument Hill (Colorado) ... Webster Pass (Colorado) Wilkerson Pass;
From Molas Pass, the Skyway drops sharply into the town of Silverton, strikingly set between high mountain walls. According to local lore, the town was named by a miner who once exclaimed, “We ...
From Silverton the byway passes over the 10,910-foot (3,330 m) Molas Pass and the 10,640-foot (3,240 m) Coal Bank Pass, descending past the ski resort of Purgatory Resort. From Hermosa, the road parallels the Durango and Silverton narrow gauge railroad before returning to Durango.
Drivers pass by Engineer Mountain and Twilight Peak before crossing Coal Bank Pass. Next is Molas Pass, which offers a panoramic view of Molas Lake, the Animas River Gorge, and Snowdon Peak . Northbound travelers then pass through the town of Silverton, elevation 9,320 feet (2841 m), surrounded by 13,000 foot (4000 m) peaks Sultan Mountain ...
The Stony Pass Trailhead is on a four-wheel drive road and has limited parking. To facilitate transportation, there are other nearby trailheads that can be used to exit the Weminuche Wilderness. These include the Elk Park train stop, the Molas Pass Trailhead, the Highland Mary Trailhead, and the Silverton Trailhead just outside the town of ...
Loop from Ouray to Engineer Pass, [b] Capitol City, [c] Lake City, Lake San Cristobal, Cinnamon Pass, [d] and back to Ouray, or on to Animas Forks and Silverton [e] 1989 This byway traverses the rugged San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado; also a Back Country Byway. [f] [g] [10] [11] [12] Cache la Poudre-North Park Scenic Byway