Hardscrabble Pass - Colorado - 9,085 feet
Silver Park Creek and North Hardscrabble Creek to east. Querida Gulch to west.

CO-96 west of Wetmore
The new alignment of the old road from Wetmore to Westcliffe.
Widely known as Hardscrabble Pass by bicyclists and other travelers.
Documented in "Cycling Colorado's Mountain Passes" (Magsamen) Pgs. 158-159.
pavement - road bike

#127 - photos by Randy Bishop, 10/4/2008

At the summit looking west.

At the summit looking east.

At the summit.

At the summit.

One mile north of Wetmore.

Google Earth view, looking east. North Hardscrabble Creek drainage is in upper center of view. Old Hardscrabble Pass is between Querida and Pocahontas Hill.

San Isabel National Forest Service map, 1972. Green dot on CO-96 is "new" Hardscrabble Pass. Green dot on County Road 329 is "old" Hardscrabble Pass.