Boreas Pass Trail

[ View My Guestbook] [Sign My Guestbook]

Home
Trail Ratings
Argentine Pass
Loch Lomond
Muddy Creek Trail
Crooked Creek Trail
Kebler Pass Road
Yakee Hill Trail
Shrine Pass Trail
Rollins Pass Trail
Nevadaville Loop
Rampart Range Road
Ptarmigan Pass Trail
Boreas Pass Trail
Mt.McClellan Trail
Webster Pass Trail

Trip Date: 7.8.2001

Map Reference (email me for the trail map):
Colorado Atlas and Gazetteer (DeLorme), p.48
The Roads of Colorado p.70-71, 87
Trails Illustrated #109

STARTING POINT: Breckenridge Visitor Information Center (GPS:N39.2911, W106.0274)
TRAIL: Boreas Pass Rd (10 Rd->FR404)
FINISHING POINT: Como at the intersection of US 285 and County/FR 33 (GPS:N39.1863, W105.5316)
TOTAL MILEAGE: 21.3 miles
UNPAVED MILEAGE: 17.0 miles
DRIVING TIME: 1 1/4 hour
ROUTE ELEVATION: 9600 feet to 11481 feet
USUALLY OPEN: Late May to mid-October
DIFFICULTY RATING:1
SCENIC RATING: 8

From Boreas Pass trail, you can see the beautiful lake near Breckenridge.

 

When we pass the top of Boreas Pass, it hailed like cats and dogs. Mountains covered by white ice in just 10 minutes. We call it "summer snow".