Monitor Pass by motorcycle
Monitor Pass tops out at 8,314 ft (2,534 m) in California. It is the 8th highest of the 56 passes in California 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.
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At a glance
- Elevation
- 8,314 ft (2,534 m)
- Location
- California, 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
- 38.6754, -119.6215
- 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 Monitor Pass
The web route planner opens with Monitor 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 Monitor Pass
- Ebbetts Pass 14 mi SW · 8,734 ft
- Pacific Grade Summit 19 mi SW · 8,084 ft
- Luther Pass 19 mi NW · 7,736 ft
- Carson Pass 20 mi W · 8,573 ft
- Echo Summit 24 mi NW · 7,375 ft
- Sonora Pass 24 mi S · 9,623 ft
Monitor Pass in the Motoseyir app
Monitor 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.