google_ad_client = "pub-5476340418163980"; Both have been called Cochetopa Pass at various times, and each was used by pack trains and wagons in years past. Note: This feature is preliminary. Cochetopa Pass is in the Rocky Mountains of south-central Colorado on Hwy 114. Home google_ad_width = 468; Information also came from the Rio Grande National Forest, the National Park Service and the reports of Lt. E.G. This scenic recreation area is a destination perfect for a day of fishing. google_ad_channel =""; That fourth mural is called “Westward the Star of Empire Takes its Way,” alternately titled “Cochetope Pass,” which In 1848, the first effort to establish the route resulted in several men and horses freezing to death while others resorted to cannibalism. Beckwith, wrote the expedition report, concluding the route would be too costly for a railroad. It lies on the Continental Divide between the city of Gunnison to … There are four murals in the rotunda of the old federal courthouse in St. Louis, painted in 1862. Buffaloes In The Cochetopa Pass Of The Rocky Mountains Wimar, Carl 1828-1862, Railroads left once-critical Cochetopa Pass in the dust There is not even a sign at the summit indicating one has reached the Continental Divide, nor is there even a marker pointing out you're at North Cochetopa Pass. Area Status: Open The campground is pack it in, pack it out and comprised of a single large loop, surrounded by a grass meadow in a Ponderosa Pine grove. It corresponds to the yellow line on the map above. It lies on the Continental Divide between the city of Gunnison and the town of Saguache, and on the boundary between the Gunnison and Rio Grande National Forests. From this pass, all watersheds east flow into the San Luis Valleyand Rio Grande watershed. Email Bob Silbernagel at [email protected]. Everything west flows toward the Gunnison River, which flows into the Colorado River at Grand Junction.

Cochetopa Creek Rec Site This scenic recreation area is a destination perfect for a day of fishing. Delta County Backpack Program for 3-5 year olds, Volunteer Appreciation – Fourth of July BBQ, First Annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. For more spectacular scenery, continue driving east toward Saguache, where there are plenty of hills Members of the Ute Indian Tribe are among the earliest known inhabitants of the Cochetopa Hills in recent human history. County Road NN14 / Forest Road 750.

It connects the San Luis Valley with Gunnison Valley, and the towns of Saguache and Gunnison. Do you know any spectacular road?Click here to send us all the info, and we'll publish it! Cochetopa Pass Cochetopa Pass is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of south-central Colorado. Although a flurry of railroad building in the late 19th century saw rail lines constructed through many difficult mountain passes and canyons, no railroad was ever constructed over Cochetopa Pass. Three of them depict events from St. Louis’s history. Beckwith gave some indication in his expedition report. Located in the Rocky Mountains of south-central Colorado, the road to the summit is called Saguache County Road NN14. google_ad_type = "text_image"; Also, there is a Cochetopa Pass in proximity that can be accessed via a dirt road; that was a popular route during Colorado's settlement days. The dense vegetation and steep canyon walls that line Cochetopa Creek provide a calm and relaxing place to fish with developed campsites and picnic areas located along the creek. google_ad_format = "336x280_as"; For hikers and campers seeking solitude, this region would be a good choice.

Copyright ©2015 Fort on the Old Spanish Trail, Antoine Robidoux, 13 November 1837 – An Historic Inscription, Living History, Reenactments and Rendezvous, History of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail, Gunnison River Bluffs – Old Spanish Trail – Links, Fort announces the 2020 Calendar of Events, Christmas at the Fort on the Old Spanish Trail. | San Luis Valley The pass lies along the Continental Divide at 10,010 feet, a few miles north of Cochetopa Pass. Beautiful rock formations line Highway 114 and lead down to this little oasis located between Saguache and Gunnison. He said the pass had been known to the Spaniards since they first settled in New Mexico, and that it had been known to the Utes and other Indians long before that.

Along the road to and from the pass, there are many primitive camping opportunities available. He pushed for a government-funded exploration of this route, hoping his son-in-law, John C. Fremont, would be chosen to lead the expedition. In 1858, when the U.S. Army was looking for a way to supply troops involved in fighting Mormons in Utah, it constructed what became known as the Salt Lake Wagon Road over Cochetopa Pass. Facebook - By Bob Silbernagel Another version, now called North Pass, crosses the Continental Divide a few miles to the north on paved Colorado Highway 114. The pass is traversed by Colorado Highway 114 between Saguache to the southeast and Gunnison to the northwest. google_ad_width = 336; | Videos One looks to the future, as it was understood in the midst of the Civil War. Buffalo Pass Campground. Benton, a powerful promoter of U.S. westward expansion, wanted a transcontinental railroad that ran through Missouri and he believed Cochetopa Pass was the key to that route. but that didn't damper our joy at being on the continent's backbone. A few members of the party survived with help from the native Ute Indians. | About This Site, Copyright © www.ColoradoGuy.com - All rights reserved. Camping near Alamosa, Sand Dunes, and around the San Luis Valley. (See Partner Pass: North Pass) Suggested Route (Paved and Gravel) 59 Miles What happened? – Cochetopa pass is accessible to most passenger vehicles and does not require exceptionally high clearance. . Throughout the 1920’s, State Highway 114 was slowly built, originally traversing Cochetopa Pass. There is another pass a few miles north, called North Cochetopa Pass (or simply, North Pass). Cochetopa pass in Colorado was where St. Louis boosters such as former Missouri Sen. Thomas Hart Benton and mural painter Carl Wimar expected a transcontinental railroad to go on its way to California. and small mountains that dot the landscape. Another version, now called North Pass, crosses the Continental Divide a few miles to the north on paved Colorado Highway 114.

In the Ute language, the word “Cochetopa” translates to “Pass of the Buffalo.”, European settlers gained interest in the pass when locating possible railway lines across the. It is best used from June to October, with access remaining open for snowshoe and snowmobiles in the winter. //-->. google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; Cochetopa Pass lies between Gunnison and Saguache on a gravel county road through national forest lands. Fremont put together a privately funded expedition and traversed Cochetopa Pass in January of 1854 with wagons, just to prove that the pass would be suitable for winter travel. Equally important, engineers — working first on railroads and later on highways — found more direct routes through the mountains and canyons from Colorado’s Front Range to the Western Slope. It was a cold and rainy August day, “Seven miles below this point the Cochetope Creek enters Grand (Gunnison) River in a bottom eight or nine miles in length … From this point until we reached the Uncompahgre River, our route followed a very rough and broken country … it is by far the most difficult and expensive section upon the route for the construction of a road.”. Leroux said Cochetopa Pass was routinely used by traders from Taos when the main branch of the Old Spanish Trail through Abiquiu, New Mexico, and west into Utah was too snowy. So, it’s easy to see why people like Benton, Wimar and Fremont believed Cochetopa Pass could be part of a transcontinental railroad route. The next effort to build a railway occurred 5 years later. Both Beckwith and Gwinn Harris Heap, who traveled over the pass earlier in 1853 with the Beale Expedition, marveled at how gradual the ascent and descent to the pass were. It’s a maintained gravel road, graded dirt but suitable for a normal passenger vehicle through national forest lands.

google_ad_client = "pub-5476340418163980"; Both have been called Cochetopa Pass at various times, and each was used by pack trains and wagons in years past. Note: This feature is preliminary. Cochetopa Pass is in the Rocky Mountains of south-central Colorado on Hwy 114. Home google_ad_width = 468; Information also came from the Rio Grande National Forest, the National Park Service and the reports of Lt. E.G. This scenic recreation area is a destination perfect for a day of fishing. google_ad_channel =""; That fourth mural is called “Westward the Star of Empire Takes its Way,” alternately titled “Cochetope Pass,” which In 1848, the first effort to establish the route resulted in several men and horses freezing to death while others resorted to cannibalism. Beckwith, wrote the expedition report, concluding the route would be too costly for a railroad. It lies on the Continental Divide between the city of Gunnison to … There are four murals in the rotunda of the old federal courthouse in St. Louis, painted in 1862. Buffaloes In The Cochetopa Pass Of The Rocky Mountains Wimar, Carl 1828-1862, Railroads left once-critical Cochetopa Pass in the dust There is not even a sign at the summit indicating one has reached the Continental Divide, nor is there even a marker pointing out you're at North Cochetopa Pass. Area Status: Open The campground is pack it in, pack it out and comprised of a single large loop, surrounded by a grass meadow in a Ponderosa Pine grove. It corresponds to the yellow line on the map above. It lies on the Continental Divide between the city of Gunnison and the town of Saguache, and on the boundary between the Gunnison and Rio Grande National Forests. From this pass, all watersheds east flow into the San Luis Valleyand Rio Grande watershed. Email Bob Silbernagel at [email protected]. Everything west flows toward the Gunnison River, which flows into the Colorado River at Grand Junction.

Cochetopa Creek Rec Site This scenic recreation area is a destination perfect for a day of fishing. Delta County Backpack Program for 3-5 year olds, Volunteer Appreciation – Fourth of July BBQ, First Annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. For more spectacular scenery, continue driving east toward Saguache, where there are plenty of hills Members of the Ute Indian Tribe are among the earliest known inhabitants of the Cochetopa Hills in recent human history. County Road NN14 / Forest Road 750.

It connects the San Luis Valley with Gunnison Valley, and the towns of Saguache and Gunnison. Do you know any spectacular road?Click here to send us all the info, and we'll publish it! Cochetopa Pass Cochetopa Pass is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of south-central Colorado. Although a flurry of railroad building in the late 19th century saw rail lines constructed through many difficult mountain passes and canyons, no railroad was ever constructed over Cochetopa Pass. Three of them depict events from St. Louis’s history. Beckwith gave some indication in his expedition report. Located in the Rocky Mountains of south-central Colorado, the road to the summit is called Saguache County Road NN14. google_ad_type = "text_image"; Also, there is a Cochetopa Pass in proximity that can be accessed via a dirt road; that was a popular route during Colorado's settlement days. The dense vegetation and steep canyon walls that line Cochetopa Creek provide a calm and relaxing place to fish with developed campsites and picnic areas located along the creek. google_ad_format = "336x280_as"; For hikers and campers seeking solitude, this region would be a good choice.

Copyright ©2015 Fort on the Old Spanish Trail, Antoine Robidoux, 13 November 1837 – An Historic Inscription, Living History, Reenactments and Rendezvous, History of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail, Gunnison River Bluffs – Old Spanish Trail – Links, Fort announces the 2020 Calendar of Events, Christmas at the Fort on the Old Spanish Trail. | San Luis Valley The pass lies along the Continental Divide at 10,010 feet, a few miles north of Cochetopa Pass. Beautiful rock formations line Highway 114 and lead down to this little oasis located between Saguache and Gunnison. He said the pass had been known to the Spaniards since they first settled in New Mexico, and that it had been known to the Utes and other Indians long before that.

Along the road to and from the pass, there are many primitive camping opportunities available. He pushed for a government-funded exploration of this route, hoping his son-in-law, John C. Fremont, would be chosen to lead the expedition. In 1858, when the U.S. Army was looking for a way to supply troops involved in fighting Mormons in Utah, it constructed what became known as the Salt Lake Wagon Road over Cochetopa Pass. Facebook - By Bob Silbernagel Another version, now called North Pass, crosses the Continental Divide a few miles to the north on paved Colorado Highway 114. The pass is traversed by Colorado Highway 114 between Saguache to the southeast and Gunnison to the northwest. google_ad_width = 336; | Videos One looks to the future, as it was understood in the midst of the Civil War. Buffalo Pass Campground. Benton, a powerful promoter of U.S. westward expansion, wanted a transcontinental railroad that ran through Missouri and he believed Cochetopa Pass was the key to that route. but that didn't damper our joy at being on the continent's backbone. A few members of the party survived with help from the native Ute Indians. | About This Site, Copyright © www.ColoradoGuy.com - All rights reserved. Camping near Alamosa, Sand Dunes, and around the San Luis Valley. (See Partner Pass: North Pass) Suggested Route (Paved and Gravel) 59 Miles What happened? – Cochetopa pass is accessible to most passenger vehicles and does not require exceptionally high clearance. . Throughout the 1920’s, State Highway 114 was slowly built, originally traversing Cochetopa Pass. There is another pass a few miles north, called North Cochetopa Pass (or simply, North Pass). Cochetopa pass in Colorado was where St. Louis boosters such as former Missouri Sen. Thomas Hart Benton and mural painter Carl Wimar expected a transcontinental railroad to go on its way to California. and small mountains that dot the landscape. Another version, now called North Pass, crosses the Continental Divide a few miles to the north on paved Colorado Highway 114.

In the Ute language, the word “Cochetopa” translates to “Pass of the Buffalo.”, European settlers gained interest in the pass when locating possible railway lines across the. It is best used from June to October, with access remaining open for snowshoe and snowmobiles in the winter. //-->. google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; Cochetopa Pass lies between Gunnison and Saguache on a gravel county road through national forest lands. Fremont put together a privately funded expedition and traversed Cochetopa Pass in January of 1854 with wagons, just to prove that the pass would be suitable for winter travel. Equally important, engineers — working first on railroads and later on highways — found more direct routes through the mountains and canyons from Colorado’s Front Range to the Western Slope. It was a cold and rainy August day, “Seven miles below this point the Cochetope Creek enters Grand (Gunnison) River in a bottom eight or nine miles in length … From this point until we reached the Uncompahgre River, our route followed a very rough and broken country … it is by far the most difficult and expensive section upon the route for the construction of a road.”. Leroux said Cochetopa Pass was routinely used by traders from Taos when the main branch of the Old Spanish Trail through Abiquiu, New Mexico, and west into Utah was too snowy. So, it’s easy to see why people like Benton, Wimar and Fremont believed Cochetopa Pass could be part of a transcontinental railroad route. The next effort to build a railway occurred 5 years later. Both Beckwith and Gwinn Harris Heap, who traveled over the pass earlier in 1853 with the Beale Expedition, marveled at how gradual the ascent and descent to the pass were. It’s a maintained gravel road, graded dirt but suitable for a normal passenger vehicle through national forest lands.

google_ad_client = "pub-5476340418163980"; Both have been called Cochetopa Pass at various times, and each was used by pack trains and wagons in years past. Note: This feature is preliminary. Cochetopa Pass is in the Rocky Mountains of south-central Colorado on Hwy 114. Home google_ad_width = 468; Information also came from the Rio Grande National Forest, the National Park Service and the reports of Lt. E.G. This scenic recreation area is a destination perfect for a day of fishing. google_ad_channel =""; That fourth mural is called “Westward the Star of Empire Takes its Way,” alternately titled “Cochetope Pass,” which In 1848, the first effort to establish the route resulted in several men and horses freezing to death while others resorted to cannibalism. Beckwith, wrote the expedition report, concluding the route would be too costly for a railroad. It lies on the Continental Divide between the city of Gunnison to … There are four murals in the rotunda of the old federal courthouse in St. Louis, painted in 1862. Buffaloes In The Cochetopa Pass Of The Rocky Mountains Wimar, Carl 1828-1862, Railroads left once-critical Cochetopa Pass in the dust There is not even a sign at the summit indicating one has reached the Continental Divide, nor is there even a marker pointing out you're at North Cochetopa Pass. Area Status: Open The campground is pack it in, pack it out and comprised of a single large loop, surrounded by a grass meadow in a Ponderosa Pine grove. It corresponds to the yellow line on the map above. It lies on the Continental Divide between the city of Gunnison and the town of Saguache, and on the boundary between the Gunnison and Rio Grande National Forests. From this pass, all watersheds east flow into the San Luis Valleyand Rio Grande watershed. Email Bob Silbernagel at [email protected]. Everything west flows toward the Gunnison River, which flows into the Colorado River at Grand Junction.

Cochetopa Creek Rec Site This scenic recreation area is a destination perfect for a day of fishing. Delta County Backpack Program for 3-5 year olds, Volunteer Appreciation – Fourth of July BBQ, First Annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. For more spectacular scenery, continue driving east toward Saguache, where there are plenty of hills Members of the Ute Indian Tribe are among the earliest known inhabitants of the Cochetopa Hills in recent human history. County Road NN14 / Forest Road 750.

It connects the San Luis Valley with Gunnison Valley, and the towns of Saguache and Gunnison. Do you know any spectacular road?Click here to send us all the info, and we'll publish it! Cochetopa Pass Cochetopa Pass is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of south-central Colorado. Although a flurry of railroad building in the late 19th century saw rail lines constructed through many difficult mountain passes and canyons, no railroad was ever constructed over Cochetopa Pass. Three of them depict events from St. Louis’s history. Beckwith gave some indication in his expedition report. Located in the Rocky Mountains of south-central Colorado, the road to the summit is called Saguache County Road NN14. google_ad_type = "text_image"; Also, there is a Cochetopa Pass in proximity that can be accessed via a dirt road; that was a popular route during Colorado's settlement days. The dense vegetation and steep canyon walls that line Cochetopa Creek provide a calm and relaxing place to fish with developed campsites and picnic areas located along the creek. google_ad_format = "336x280_as"; For hikers and campers seeking solitude, this region would be a good choice.

Copyright ©2015 Fort on the Old Spanish Trail, Antoine Robidoux, 13 November 1837 – An Historic Inscription, Living History, Reenactments and Rendezvous, History of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail, Gunnison River Bluffs – Old Spanish Trail – Links, Fort announces the 2020 Calendar of Events, Christmas at the Fort on the Old Spanish Trail. | San Luis Valley The pass lies along the Continental Divide at 10,010 feet, a few miles north of Cochetopa Pass. Beautiful rock formations line Highway 114 and lead down to this little oasis located between Saguache and Gunnison. He said the pass had been known to the Spaniards since they first settled in New Mexico, and that it had been known to the Utes and other Indians long before that.

Along the road to and from the pass, there are many primitive camping opportunities available. He pushed for a government-funded exploration of this route, hoping his son-in-law, John C. Fremont, would be chosen to lead the expedition. In 1858, when the U.S. Army was looking for a way to supply troops involved in fighting Mormons in Utah, it constructed what became known as the Salt Lake Wagon Road over Cochetopa Pass. Facebook - By Bob Silbernagel Another version, now called North Pass, crosses the Continental Divide a few miles to the north on paved Colorado Highway 114. The pass is traversed by Colorado Highway 114 between Saguache to the southeast and Gunnison to the northwest. google_ad_width = 336; | Videos One looks to the future, as it was understood in the midst of the Civil War. Buffalo Pass Campground. Benton, a powerful promoter of U.S. westward expansion, wanted a transcontinental railroad that ran through Missouri and he believed Cochetopa Pass was the key to that route. but that didn't damper our joy at being on the continent's backbone. A few members of the party survived with help from the native Ute Indians. | About This Site, Copyright © www.ColoradoGuy.com - All rights reserved. Camping near Alamosa, Sand Dunes, and around the San Luis Valley. (See Partner Pass: North Pass) Suggested Route (Paved and Gravel) 59 Miles What happened? – Cochetopa pass is accessible to most passenger vehicles and does not require exceptionally high clearance.