99 Colorado Passes

[wadventure]

I was third or fourth person who got the PB50. Where ithe pin proudly on my KTM hat. I started bagging on the RT, then finished off the 50 on the 640. At the moment I have 63+ passes and plan to keep going. Sometime I will get them on smugmug.

Originally Posted by XSNRG

I definitely plan to get to Passes further West this Summer.

However, I will be cheating. We plan to ride the off-road bikes for most of them. Everything in this file was accomplished with the R 1200 GS. These are not plotted based on the software, they were recorded when I took the pictures to document my quest for 50.

Soon as the weather allows I will accomplish my goal. Anybody else out there with the Pass Bagger 50 award? You do not have to ride a BMW to be recognized by the Colorado Beemers, but you do have to be a member and register for the perpetual award.

If you use this file, please PM me and let me know. This is my first post of a .gpx file. If the gurus here have any tips or criticism, please share.

This will be updated when I locate the rest of the passes listed. I should have tracks for most of these passes. Would those be useful?

[Metron]

Thanks for the pass coordinates. I'll be in Lakewood next Sat. to do the 100000 ft Rally with the Colorado Beemers. With these waypoints it will be less of a mystery tour. They loaded in my 2610 beautifully. Thanks again.

[BishopRL]

Good info, thanks. For more information about Colorado mountain passes and the BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado (www.coloradobeemers.com) Pass Bagger 50 check www.concours.org/co/rtd_pass_bagger.htm . I put a list of good books at the bottom of that page that should help you find the passes around the state. Sometime this week I will also have a spreadsheet placed there too that combines information gathered from Helmuth's "The Passes of Colorado, An Encyclopedia of Watershed Divides" (a book I very highly recommend, available at Amazon.com), the http://www.coloradopilots.org/ web site, and personal observations. The speadsheet lists 530 passes and gaps, a surprisingly large number at first, but very understandable when considering all the mountainous terrain in the great state of Colorado.

[Ed@Ford]

Great websites! Thanks.

[Mac]

Using these and other sources, I've made a Google Earth Map. Posted over in the Regional - Rockies forum. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=191772

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[Mac]

196 Colorado Passes - Garmin GDB file.

Also, the Google Earth version available in this thread.

[D-Mann]

I've done all the paved passes over 10,000 ft in Colorado on my BMW 1100 LT and a few of the over 10,000 dirt passes on my XR-650. So far I have not had a problem with any of them. However some of them are so far out of the way that it can take two days of ridding to get there and back. I think Trail Ridge, Independence, Cameron and Red Mountain are the best for spactacular scenery. If you get a chance to do Bear tooth in Montana I highly recommend it. It is probably the most scenic of all the passes I've been on.

[munchmeister]

Originally Posted by D-Mann

If you get a chance to do Bear tooth in Montana I highly recommend it. It is probably the most scenic of all the passes I've been on.

+1 on the Beartooth Highway. I think the pass is actually in Wyoming, but the top is right at the border. Great views. I did that route on my summer 06 ride to Banff, Canada.

I just signed up for the PB50 and plan to include the photos I have of my first ever pass which was Engineer Pass on the F650GS before I knew anything about riding dirt. 12,800 feet. Just about killed me. Howzat for breaking in a n00b. Of course, I had to get over McClure before getting to Engineer but that was cake (except for the rocks which are always falling on the highway. ). I was just working on my photos, here's a the shot at Engineer.