Hoosier Pass |
Hoosier Pass - Park/Summit Counties - Colorado - 11,542 feet - On the Continental Divide
Blue River to north. Middle Fork of the South Platte River to south.
CO-9 south of Breckenridge
pavement - road bike
photos by Randy Bishop, 08/05/2017
At the summit. |
At the summit. |
At the summit. |
At the summit, looking south. |
At the summit, looking north. |
At the summit. |
#26 - photos by Randy Bishop, 08/06/2005
photos by Randy Bishop, 06/19/2004
The 1929-vintage
History Colorado (State Historical Society of Colorado) marker reads:
This memorial is the property of the State of Colorado. Hoosier Pass. Across Continental Divide between
South Park and the Blue River. Altitude 11,542 feet. Crossed by Fremont 1844. Named for Hoosier Gulch.
Discovered and worked as a placer camp by Indiana men 1860. 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 |
Hoosier Pass | 179963 | Gap | Summit | CO | 392142N | 1060345W | 11532 | Alma | - | 13-OCT-1978 |