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Old La Veta Pass (officially La Veta Pass), elevation 9,380 ft (2,860 m), [2] was at one time a main travel route between the San Luis Valley and Walsenburg, first on the narrow gauge Denver and Rio Grande Railway, and later on a wagon road and then highway following the same alignment. The route featured two tight curves on the eastern ...
Relief map of the U.S. State of Colorado. ... La Veta Pass: 9,380 feet 2,859 m [k] Gravel former US 160 Trout Creek Pass: 9,346 feet ...
La Veta (/ l ə ˈ v i t ə / lə-VEE-tə, [7] Spanish for "the vein") is a statutory town in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. La Veta sits at the base of the Spanish Peaks on the Highway of Legends National Scenic Byway. The town population was 862 as of the 2020 United States Census. [5]
The 11,573-foot (3,527 m) peak is located 3.2 miles (5.1 km) southeast (bearing 131°) of North La Veta Pass in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. [1] [2] [3] The mountain was known as La Veta Peak until 1949 when it was renamed in honor of PFC Felix B. Mestas Jr. who was killed in action during the Second World War. [3]
It then goes northeast and crosses the Continental Divide at Wolf Creek Pass, the area made popular in 1975 in C.W. McCall's album Wolf Creek Pass. [1] US 160 in La Veta Pass. From Wolf Creek Pass, US 160 continues northeast and turns east at South Fork. At Monte Vista, an overlap begins with US 285, which continues southeast into Alamosa.
SH 12 begins at the junction with U.S. Route 160 (US 160) north of La Veta. It heads southward through that town before entering the San Isabel National Forest and passing through Cuchara, near the Spanish Peaks Wilderness. It then crosses Cucharas Pass into Las Animas County. SH 12 heads through Monument Park and turns eastward near Stonewall Gap.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... La Manga Pass; La Poudre Pass; La Veta Pass; Lake Pass; Lizard Head Pass; Los Pinos Pass;
Iron Mountain is a prominent mountain summit in the southern Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.The 11,416-foot (3,480 m) peak is located 3.9 miles (6.2 km) west-northwest (bearing 296°) of the North La Veta Pass, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Costilla and Huerfano counties.