Windy Pass (Mineral County, Colorado)

	Windy Pass (Mineral County, Colorado) Windy Pass, elevation , is a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The pass is in the San Juan National Forest southwest of Wolf Creek Pass. See also Colorado mountain passes This is a list of some important mountain passes in the Rocky Mountains of the U.S. State of Colorado. __TOC__ Mountain passes and highway summits traversed by improved roads Mountain summit highways Mountain passes traversed by unimproved ... References Mountain passes of Colorado Landforms of Mineral County, Colorado San Juan Mountains (Colorado) {{Colorado-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Mineral County, Colorado Mineral County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 865, making it the third-least populous county in Colorado, behind San Juan County and Hinsdale County. The county seat and only incorporated municipality in the county is Creede. The county was named for the many valuable minerals found in the mountains and streams of the area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water. Adjacent counties Saguache County - northeast Rio Grande County - east Archuleta County - south Hinsdale County - west Major Highways * U.S. Highway 160 * State Highway 149 National protected areas Rio Grande National Forest San Juan National Forest La Garita Wilderness Weminuche Wilderness Trails and byways Colorado Trail Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Lake Fork National Recreation Trail Silver Thread Scenic Byway Demographics At the 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is the eighth most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state. The 2020 United States census enumerated the population of Colorado at 5,773,714, an increase of 14.80% since the 2010 United States census. The region has been inhabited by Native Americans and their ancestors for at least 13,500 years and possibly much longer. The eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains was a major migration route for early peoples who spread throughout the Americas. "''Colorado''" is the Spanish adjective meaning "ruddy", the color of the Fountain Formation outcroppings found up and down the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861, and on August 1, 1876, U.S. President Ulyss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	San Juan Mountains The San Juan Mountains is a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. The area is highly mineralized (the Colorado Mineral Belt) and figured in the gold and silver mining industry of early Colorado. Major towns, all old mining camps, include Creede, Lake City, Silverton, Ouray, and Telluride. Large scale mining has ended in the region, although independent prospectors still work claims throughout the range. The last large scale mines were the Sunnyside Mine near Silverton, which operated until late in the 20th century and the Idarado Mine on Red Mountain Pass that closed down in the 1970s. Famous old San Juan mines include the Camp Bird and Smuggler Union mines, both located between Telluride and Ouray. The Summitville mine was the scene of a major environmental disaster in the 1990s when the liner of a cyanide-laced tailing pond began leaking heavily. Summitville is in the Summitville caldera, one of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	San Juan National Forest The San Juan National Forest is a U.S. National Forest covering over 1,878,846 acres (2,935.7 sq mi, or 7,603.42 km²) in western Colorado. The forest occupies land in Archuleta, Conejos, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Montezuma, Rio Grande, San Miguel and San Juan Counties. It borders the Uncompahgre National Forest to the north and the Rio Grande National Forest to the east. The forest covers most of the southern portion of the San Juan Mountains west of the Continental Divide. The forest contains two alpine wilderness areas; the Weminuche and South San Juan, as well as the Piedra Area. The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad passes through the National Forest. The name of the forest comes from the San Juan River, which was originally called the Rio San Juan, after Saint John the Baptist (San Juan Bautista in Spanish). History Theodore Roosevelt created the forest by proclamation on June 3, 1905. Forest headquarters are located in Durango ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Wolf Creek Pass Wolf Creek Pass is a high mountain pass on the Continental Divide, in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. It is the route through which U.S. Highway 160 passes from the San Luis Valley into southwest Colorado on its way to New Mexico and Arizona. The pass is notable as inspiration of a C. W. McCall song. The pass is significantly steep on either side (6.8% maximum grade) and can be dangerous in winter. There are two runaway truck ramps on the westbound side for truckers that lose control of their brakes. Expansion Wolf Creek Pass, once a two-lane road winding through the San Juan Mountains between South Fork, Colorado, and Pagosa Springs, has been expanded into a multi-lane highway, greatly increasing the traffic capacity of the pass and making it more navigable in bad weather. It is the easiest access to southwest Colorado from the rest of the state, as all remaining overland routes require lengthy detours through New Mexico or over Lizard Head Pass, near Telluride, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Colorado Mountain Passes This is a list of some important mountain passes in the Rocky Mountains of the U.S. State of Colorado. __TOC__ Mountain passes and highway summits traversed by improved roads Mountain summit highways Mountain passes traversed by unimproved roads Mountain passes traversed by foot trails See also Colorado Bibliography of Colorado Index of Colorado-related articles * Outline of Colorado Colorado statistical areas Geography of Colorado History of Colorado List of counties in Colorado List of places in Colorado List of mountain peaks of Colorado List of mountain ranges of Colorado * List of populated places in Colorado *List of census-designated places in Colorado List of county seats in Colorado List of forts in Colorado List of ghost towns in Colorado List of historic places in Colorado List of municipalities in Colorado List of post offices in Colorado List of rivers of Colorado List of protected areas of Colorado This is a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Mountain Passes Of Colorado This is a list of some important mountain passes in the Rocky Mountains of the U.S. State of Colorado. __TOC__ Mountain passes and highway summits traversed by improved roads Mountain summit highways Mountain passes traversed by unimproved roads Mountain passes traversed by foot trails See also Colorado Bibliography of Colorado Index of Colorado-related articles Outline of Colorado Colorado statistical areas Geography of Colorado History of Colorado List of counties in Colorado List of places in Colorado List of mountain peaks of Colorado List of mountain ranges of Colorado List of populated places in Colorado List of census-designated places in Colorado List of county seats in Colorado List of forts in Colorado List of ghost towns in Colorado List of historic places in Colorado List of municipalities in Colorado List of post offices in Colorado List of rivers of Colorado List of protected areas of Colorado This is a list o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Landforms Of Mineral County, Colorado A landform is a natural or anthropogenic land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Landforms include hills, mountains, canyons, and valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas, including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, and the great ocean basins. Physical characteristics Landforms are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, Stratum, stratification, rock exposure and soil type. Gross physical features or landforms include intuitive elements such as berms, mounds, hills, ridges, cliffs, valleys, rivers, peninsulas, volcanoes, and numerous other structural and size-scaled (e.g. ponds vs. lakes, hills vs. mountains) elements including various kinds of inland and oceanic Waterbody, waterbodies and sub-surface features. Mountains, hills, Plateau, plat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]