Red Mountain Pass, Colorado
    Pass Elevation: 11,127 feet   Pass Location:  N 37^o 53' 137" W 107^o 42' 99"
                                                                                 Milepost 81
                                                                                 Million Dollar Highway, US550, San Juan County, Colorado
     Also known as Summit and Sheridan Junction by the railroad.
     Location of the Addie S Cabin and Mineral Claim and the Mountain Belle Cabin and Mineral Claim.  

     Click HERE to see David's photographs of Fall colors.

     Click HERE to see Red Mountain Heritage Day 2003 Map.

     Click HERE for article on altitude sickness.

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       Red Mountain Pass as seen from the porch at the
          north entrance of the Addie S Cabin.

         
      Patented Mining Claims Plat Map                                                                    1972 Topo Map

    
                                                       Red Mountains #1 and #2

    
     Looking south from Red Mountain #3.  McMillan Peak on right (elevation 12,804 ft.).  Grenadiers on the horizon.

          There is a SNOTEL automated weather collection station on David Dow's Aurora mineral claim property, between the Addie S Cabin and Mineral Claim and the top of Red Mountain Pass.

            Alternative SNOTEL info link, click HERE.

          If you can parse the gibberish of its report format, clicking on the link below takes you to the SNOTEL station search page.  In the top box, scroll down and select "Colorado - Red Mountain Pass".  In the bottom box enter the data string as instructed (e.g., to see all the readings for the month of November 2001, enter "0111*").

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