ebernier wrote:
Does anyone know a resource for highway elevations in US and Canada?
Elizabeth
Here is a .pdf I recieved from CDOT for Colorado: (sorry it does not read well. I had to cut n' paste... don't know how to attatch files to replies.)
Maximum Grades on Colorado Mountain Passes
(State Highway System)
Pass Elevation State Highway Steepest Grade above 3 percent
Berthoud Pass 11,315 U.S. 40 North side 6.1%, South 6%
Cameron 10,276 S.H. 14 --
Cucharas 9,941 S.H. 12 North side 5.9%, South 5.4%
Cumbres 10,022 S.H. 17 6.3%
Dallas Divide 8,970 S.H. 62 West side 5%, East 6.4%
Douglas 8,268 S.H. 139 7%
Fremont 11,318 S.H. 91 5.7%
Gore 9,527 S.H. 134 6.3 %
Hoosier 11,541 S.H. 9 North side 8%
Independence 12,095 S.H. 82 6%
Kenosha 10,001 U.S. 285 East side 5.3%
La Manga 10,230 S.H. 17 5.2%
Lizard Head 10,222 S.H. 145 4.1%
Loveland 11,992 U.S. 6 6%
McClure 8,755 S.H. 133 8%
Milner 10,758 U.S. 34 West side 5.4% (See Trail Ridge)
Molas Divide 10,910 U.S. 550 7% and greater
Monarch 11,312 U.S. 50 6.4%
Muddy 8,772 U.S. 40 5.6%
North La Veta 9,413 U.S. 160 6%
North Pass (Cochetopa) 10,149 S.H. 114 6%
Poncha 9,010 U.S. 285 Less than 3%
Rabbit Ears 9,426 U.S. 40 6.8%
Red Hill 9,993 U.S. 285 6%
Red Mountain 11,018 U.S. 550 7% and greater
Slumgullion 11,361 S.H. 149 North side 9.4%, South 7.9%
Spring Creek 10,901 S.H. 149 7.5%
Squaw 9,807 S.H. 103 6%
Tennessee 10,424 U.S. 24 6%
Trail Ridge High Point 12,183 U.S. 34 West 5.4% (See Milner)
Trout Creek 9,346 U.S. 24/285 5.2%
Ute 9,165 U.S. 24 5.6% (Woodland Park)
Vail 10,666 I-70 7%
Wilkerson 9,507 U.S. 24 5.8%
Willow Creek 9,621 S.H. 125 6.3%
Wolf Creek 10,850 S.H. 125 6.8%
Mount Evans 14,264 S.H. 103 5 to 9% up to Summit Lake,
10 to 15% to the top
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