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Raton Pass [o] 7,834 feet ... former Monarch Pass Toll Road Timberline Pass: 11,484 feet 3,500 m ... Colorado highway conditions;
The heavy snow may cause travel trouble along part of the Interstate 25 corridor in Colorado and New Mexico, AccuWeather forecasters warn. ... Travel over Raton Pass along I-25 near the Colorado ...
Ratón Pass is a 7,834 ft (2,388 m) elevation mountain pass on the Colorado–New Mexico border in the western United States. It is located on the eastern side of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains between Trinidad, Colorado and Raton, New Mexico , approximately 180 miles (290 km) northeast of Santa Fe .
It is the main north–south route through Colorado with a length of 300 miles (480 km). The Interstate exits Colorado in the north about eight miles (13 km) south of Cheyenne, Wyoming. I-25 serves all the major cities in Colorado that are east of the Rocky Mountains, such as Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Fort Collins, and Greeley. For the ...
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A major winter storm brought heavy snow across New Mexico. Areas across the state are experiencing difficult and dangerous driving conditions. Areas seeing some of the ...
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – More than two years after finalizing a roadmap to keep drivers from hitting wild animals on New Mexico highways, NMDOT is now millions of dollars into some big plans that ...
The Raton mesas are shown in red. Bartlett Mesa rises above Raton Pass and Interstate Highway 25. No public roads reach the top of the mesas. The only public road which penetrates the area is through Sugarite Canyon State Park in New Mexico. It terminates shortly after crossing the border into Colorado at an altitude of 7,560 feet (2,300 m).
Trinidad's location at the foot of Raton Pass, along the Santa Fe Trail between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, has always made it a favored route for travelers, first by foot, then horse and ox-drawn wagon, then railroad. Interstate 25 is the most highly traveled route between Colorado and New Mexico and bisects Trinidad.