Monarch Pass - Chaffee / Gunnison Counties - Colorado - 11,312 feet - On the Continental Divide
(other name - Agate)
North Fork Agate Creek to west, South Arkansas River to east.

US-50 west of Poncha Springs
pavement - road bike

photos by Randy Bishop, 5/11/2019

At the summit.

At the summit.

At the summit.

At the summit.

At the summit, looking south.

At the summit, looking north.

At the summit.

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1940s USGS Topographic Map shows current summit (red/white line), old summit (gray line), original summit (gray dashes)

#71 - photos by Randy Bishop, 08/12/2006

At the summit.

At the summit.

At the summit.

photos by Ken Bishop, 9/1955

Ada, Crilla

Crilla

At the summit.

At the summit.

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From United States Board on Geographic Names:

Feature Name	ID	Class	County	State	Latitude	Longitude	Ele(ft)	Map	BGN Date	Entry Date
Monarch Pass	189720	Gap	Chaffee	CO	392948N	1061932W	11306	Pahlone Peak	01-JAN-1945	13-OCT-1978

Other geographic features in the area, from United States Board on Geographic Names:

Feature Name	ID	Class	County	State	Latitude	Longitude	Ele(ft)	Map	BGN Date	Entry Date
Old Monarch Pass	189721	Gap	Chaffee	CO	382948N	1062017W	11365	Pahlone Peak	01-JAN-1945	13-OCT-1978
Original Monarch Pass	1675537	Gap	Chaffee	CO	383041N	1062049W	11532	Garfield	01-JAN-1996	13-OCT-1978