Molas Pass, Colorado Poster

A deep blue lake glows like a sapphire at Molas Pass, with the jagged peaks of the San Juan Mountains arrayed along the horizon. The pass is in western Colorado in the United States. Its elevation is 10,910 feet (3325 meters). The pass is in the San Juan National Forest. The pass is traversed by the Million Dollar Highway, U.S. Highway 550 south of Silverton, which is part of the San Juan Skyway Scenic Byway. Though it is one of the higher passes in Colorado, it has only a few switchbacks on the north approach, is considerably less intimidating than Red Mountain Pass on the same highway, and is generally kept open in the winter months. The northern section of this road I call the Million Holler Highway, because it's so scary you might holler. Molas Pass is also the last mountain pass of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic race, where riders race the train from Durango to Silverton.