Independence Pass by motorcycle
Independence Pass tops out at 12,103 ft (3,689 m) in Colorado. It is the 2nd 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
- 12,103 ft (3,689 m)
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Road surface
- Paved
- Winter
- Usually closed to motor vehicles from November 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
- 39.1086, -106.5640
- 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 Independence Pass
The web route planner opens with Independence 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 Independence Pass
- Hagerman Pass 12 mi N · 11,926 ft
- Cottonwood Pass 21 mi SE · 12,126 ft
- Tennessee Pass 22 mi NE · 10,423 ft
- Schofield Pass 27 mi W · 10,705 ft
- Fremont Pass 27 mi NE · 11,319 ft
- Cumberland Pass 29 mi S · 12,014 ft
Independence Pass in the Motoseyir app
Independence 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.