Ptarmigan Pass by motorcycle
Ptarmigan Pass tops out at 11,775 ft (3,589 m) in Colorado. It is the 8th 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
- 11,775 ft (3,589 m)
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Road surface
- Unpaved (dirt or gravel)
- Winter
- No seasonal closure is recorded for this road in our data. High roads can still close after snow, so check before you go.
- Coordinates
- 39.4931, -106.2532
- 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 Ptarmigan Pass
The web route planner opens with Ptarmigan 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 Ptarmigan Pass
- Vail Pass 3 mi NE · 10,666 ft
- Shrine Pass 4 mi N · 11,089 ft
- Fremont Pass 9 mi S · 11,319 ft
- Tennessee Pass 10 mi S · 10,423 ft
- Hoosier Pass 14 mi SE · 11,539 ft
- Boreas Pass 16 mi E · 11,483 ft
Ptarmigan Pass in the Motoseyir app
Ptarmigan 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.