Old Rabbit Ears Pass - Routt County - Colorado - 9,610 feet - On the Continental Divide
Muddy Creek to west. Grizzly Creek to east.

Southeast of Steamboat Springs on the old alignment of US-40.
Off US-40 on FR-315 (shown as FR-199 on Google Maps) near Dumont Lake.
east side - blocked off east of summit
west side - pavement - road bike

John Coker, member of BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado. One of less than 12 that have completed the Pass Bagger 100.

photos by Randy Bishop, 8/3/2019

Vintage 1929 bronze plaque at the summit.

At the summit.

At the summit.

At the summit, looking west.

At the summit, looking east.

At the summit.

Google Maps

Google Maps

Google Earth, looking northwest.

Google Earth, looking northwest.

Google Earth, looking west.

Google Earth, looking east.

Garmin Mapsource

Garmin Mapsource

photos by Randy Bishop, 8/5/2017

Vintage 1929 bronze plaque at the summit.

At the summit.

At the summit, looking west on old US-40.

At the summit, looking east on old US-40.

At the summit.

#112 - photos by Randy Bishop, 8/12/2007

Vintage 1929 bronze plaque at the summit.

At the summit.

At the summit, looking west on old US-40.

At the summit, looking east on old US-40.

At the summit.

The 1929-vintage History Colorado (State Historical Society of Colorado) marker reads:
This memorial is the property of the State of Colorado. Rabbit Ears Pass. Across Continental Divide
between North Park and the Yampa River. Altitude 9,680 feet. Named from Rabbit Ears Peak which was so
called by earliest trappers because of its appearance. Improved highway opened 1919. 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.

Rabbit Ears Pass in 1939.

Rabbit Ears Pass in 1939.