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Rollins Pass is the sole, official name recognized by both the United States Geological Survey and the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN); a decision card was issued on Wednesday, December 7, 1904. [11] The pass was first known as Boulder Pass [2]: 8 —one of two variant names accepted by the BGN—the other being Rogers Pass. [12]
Rollins Pass [h] 11,676 feet 3,559 m former SH 138 Georgia Pass: 11,585 feet 3,531 m ... former Monarch Pass Toll Road Timberline Pass: 11,484 feet 3,500 m ...
Railway tunnel finished in 1928. Avoids Rollins Pass 11,677 ft (3,559 m)Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage. *A: Eisenhower Tunnel: 11,158 feet (3,401 m) Interstate 70 to Denver. The highest point on the interstate system in the US. Avoids Loveland Pass.
Moffat Tunnel/Rollins Pass The eastern portal is about 50 miles (80 km) west of Denver in the Front Range, about 10 miles (16 km) west of the town of Rollinsville . [ a ] The West Portal is located at the base area of Winter Park Resort , [ b ] above and east of the Dotsero Cutoff that leads west towards Salt Lake City.
Ripple Creek Pass; Rogers Pass (Colorado) Rollins Pass; S. Sangre de Cristo Pass; Schofield Pass (Colorado) Searle Pass; Shrine Pass; Slumgullion Pass; Spring Creek Pass;
Selected mountain passes of the Rocky Mountains; Pass Region Elevation [1] [2] WGS84 [3] [4] Access; Abbot Pass [5] Alberta British Columbia 2922 m 9,587 ft Foot trail between Banff National Park and Yoho National Park
The Moffat Tunnel Improvement District was an independent entity of the State of Colorado (USA) created to build and manage the Moffat Tunnel, a railroad and water tunnel under James Peak and Rollins Pass.
The DN&P climbed to Rollins Pass using a series of switchbacks with a 4% grade at many locations; tunnels at various places as well as huge loops were also needed so as to get over the pass. At the time, it was the highest mainline railroad ever constructed in North America ; Rollins Pass was entered into the National Register of Historic ...