Vail Pass by motorcycle
Vail Pass tops out at 10,666 ft (3,251 m) in Colorado. It is the 26th 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
- 10,666 ft (3,251 m)
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Road surface
- Paved
- 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
- 39.5297, -106.2175
- 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 Vail Pass
The web route planner opens with Vail 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 Vail Pass
- Shrine Pass 2 mi NW · 11,089 ft
- Ptarmigan Pass 3 mi SW · 11,775 ft
- Fremont Pass 11 mi S · 11,319 ft
- Tennessee Pass 13 mi SW · 10,423 ft
- Hoosier Pass 14 mi SE · 11,539 ft
- Boreas Pass 16 mi SE · 11,483 ft
Vail Pass in the Motoseyir app
Vail 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.