Berthoud Pass
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Berthoud Pass |
Berthoud Pass - Clear Creek / Grand Counties - Colorado - 11,307 feet - On the Continental Divide
Fraser River to west. West Fork of Clear Creek to east.
US-40 south of Winter Park
Paved - road bike
photos by Randy Bishop, 8/5/2017
At the summit. |
At the summit, vintage 1929 bronze historical marker. |
At the summit. |
At the summit. |
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#16 - photos by Randy Bishop, 5/21/2005
At the summit. |
At the summit. |
At the summit, looking west. |
At the summit. |
photos by Randy Bishop, 9/20/2008
At the summit. |
At the summit. |
Berthoud Pass in the 1910s or 1920s. |
Berthoud Pass in the 1910s or 1920s. |
The 1929-vintage
History Colorado (State Historical Society of Colorado) marker reads:
This memorial is the property of the State of Colorado. Berthoud Pass. Across the Continental Divide
between South Platte and Colorado River drainages. Altitude 11,314 feet. Discovered by Capt. E. L. Berthoud,
Colorado pioneer, May 12, 1861. Surveyed by Berthoud and Jim Bridger July, 1861. Toll road opened 1874.
Improved highway opened 1923. Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the
Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation and by the State Highway Department and the U.S. Forest Service, 1929.
| Feature Name | ID | Class | County | State | Latitude | Longitude | Ele(ft) | Map | BGN Date | Entry Date |
| Berthoud Pass | 181335 | Gap | Clear Creek | CO | 394754N | 1054640W | 11325 | Berthoud Pass | - | 13-OCT-1978 |