Guanella Pass by motorcycle
Guanella Pass tops out at 11,670 ft (3,557 m) in Colorado. It is the 10th highest of the 63 passes in Colorado on the Motoseyir map. Below: the road surface, when it is usually closed, the passes around it and a loop you can ride over it.

At a glance
- Elevation
- 11,670 ft (3,557 m)
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Road surface
- Paved
- Winter
- Usually closed to motor vehicles from December to May, going by the seasonal closure recorded for the road. Dates move with the snow every year, so check the road authority’s current notice before you go.
- Coordinates
- 39.5949, -105.7111
- Sources
- Wikipedia · OpenStreetMap
Elevation is the figure on the pass’s OpenStreetMap entry or its source page; the point is the summit on the road itself.
Ride a loop over Guanella Pass
The web route planner opens with Guanella Pass as the start point. Choose a direction, how long you want to ride and how twisty the roads should be, and it draws up to three round trips that come back to the pass. Send the one you like to your phone with a QR code and ride it in Motoseyir.
Passes near Guanella Pass
- Loveland Pass 10 mi NW · 11,991 ft
- Kenosha Pass 13 mi S · 10,000 ft
- Mestaa’ėhehe Pass 14 mi NE · 9,843 ft
- Berthoud Pass 14 mi N · 11,316 ft
- Boreas Pass 19 mi SW · 11,483 ft
- Rollins Pass 23 mi N · 11,677 ft
Guanella Pass in the Motoseyir app
Guanella Pass is on Motoseyir’s pass map with its altitude and exact location, along with 1,600+ passes in 36 countries. Add it to your tour and go.
If your route crosses a pass that may be closed this month, the app tells you before you set off, and Generate a tour skips closed passes. Passes you ride over are ticked off from your ride log automatically.
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Pass data: Motoseyir’s pass list, compiled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and the source page linked above.