© 2000-2020 The current ski area maintenance road from the north end of the ski area parking lot follows the old road to the divide. All Rights Reserved. In order to reduce the numerous hairpin curves of Old Monarch Pass and build the road in the sunniest locations, one or two local historic cemeteries were destroyed. Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range and Medano Pass, SINGLETRACK TRAILS in the Heart of the Rockies. (No hints available. It opened in 1921, and was engineered for ‘automobiles’.

Elevation of the old old summit: 11,523'. It can also be accessed from the White Pine Road (CR 888), off of HWY 50 near Sargents, on the Gunnison side of Monarch Pass. Many of you are probably aware of Old Monarch Pass that preceded the modern paved Highway 50 pass.

Old Monarch Pass Road Road on Major Creek , No Name Creek , and South Arkansas River in Gunnison National Forest , San Isabel National Forest Get Here Old Monarch Pass is located on the Old Monarch Pass Road (CR 237), which is an excellent dirt car-road. The original pass was a toll-road which opened in 1880. The governor finally stepped in and reinstated the name “Monarch Pass”.

From Marshall Pas you can tie into the Rainbow trail and make anywhere from 45 to 120 mile 1/2+ singletrack loops. The cache is in a small clear Rubbermaid box. If you're willing to make the trip, just take a souvenir from the cache as a remembrance of times gone by. The pass carries U.S. Hwy 50 over the Sawatch Range, providing a route between Tomichi Creek in the upper basin of the Gunnison River which flows into the Colorado River on the west and the South Arkansas River, a tributary of the Arkansas River, on the east. Old Monarch Pass starts after you pass the Monarch Ski Resort, just before you reach the top of the paved Monarch Pass. From the upper end of Monarch Park, the road took a series of steep, sharp switchbacks and climbed up from the valley floor and through Monarch Mountain Ski area before crossing the Continental Divide at the low point on the Great Divide ski run, an elevation of 11,523′.

The pass can be approached from several different directions, and either way, a hike of at least …

—Photo by Terri Cook Adventure Snowshoe Trail We Like: Old Monarch Pass. The new route merged with the old, old road on the west side of the pass at the top of all the sharp hairpin curves, about 5 miles above the Whitepine Road, and from there the hairpin curves crisscross the old, old road. The road ran up the South Arkansas valley through Maysville, Arbourville, Garfield, Monarch and Monarch Park. However, for many years, an earlier route was widely used that traverses up the South Arkansas Valley through Maysville, Garfield, Monarch Park and up over the Continental Divide through what is now the middle of the Monarch Ski area.

Old Monarch Pass at an elevation of 11,375′ was actually the second Monarch Pass.

The weather forecasting are available for the town of Sargents , that is 13.37 miles far from Old Monarch Pass . A short hike up the rocky hill to the north above the summit will give you spectacular 360-degree views. This road can be accessed from HWY 50 on the Salida side of the summit of Monarch Pass. Old Monarch Pass road can be accessed from HWY 50 on the east side of the summit of Monarch Pass or from the White Pine Road (CR 888), on the west side. Old Old Monarch Pass is located on the Continental Divide at the boundary of the Monarch Ski Area. Old Monarch Pass Road winds along an easy-to-follow path through towering stands of lodgepole pines and spruce-fir forest. An unpaved road over Old Monarch Pass, elevation 11,365 feet connects to U.S. 50 on both sides of the Divide. Lunch and transportation are provided, but participants are urged to bring their own water, hiking shoes and rain gear and be prepared to spend a day at over 11,000 feet in the high mountains of Colorado. However, for many years, an earlier route was widely used that traverses up the South Arkansas Valley through Maysville, Garfield, Monarch Park and up over the Continental Divide through what is now the middle of the Monarch Ski area. In 1919, work began on a new, shorter, less steep and dangerous route which is known today as “Old Monarch Pass”, elevation 11,375′. By the late 1930’s, there was a need to have a pass which was open year-round.. Featuring Bruce Bartleson and Dave Primus Many of you are probably aware of Old Monarch Pass that preceded the modern paved Highway 50 pass.



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