Mountain Pass Pics - Post Yours!

[Kraz]

[Orson]

Kirkstone Pass, Cumbria, U.K.

[Justin]

Kirkstone Pass, Cumbria, U.K.

That's pretty - what's the elevation there?

[Orson]

That's pretty - what's the elevation there?

1,489 feet according to Wikipedia

A few miles to the west lies the Hardknott Pass. A few off camber hairpin turns make it a challenge on a big bike. Best suited for a motard



The view from the top of Hardknott

[Justin]

1,489 feet according to Wikipedia

A few miles to the west lies the Hardknott Pass. A few off camber hairpin turns make it a challenge on a big bike. Best suited for a motard

That's not a road, that's a goat path  

[RenegadeVT]

Ok, I know they are not as spectacular, but somebody from the east coast has to chime in here.  I really like this picture for more than just the scenery.  This is my daughter and her Katana at the top of the Eastern Continental Divide in West Virgina.  She is a great riding partner and we put 3000 miles on that trip alone.

[expatbrit]

Orson,

Thanks for making me miss the Lake District /even more/.

[Orson]

bump  

St. Gothard's Pass

[miles]

This thread is funny.  It had never occurred to me to stop and pose my bike with pass signs.  Kind of like posing with state border signs, I just don't really see the point.  

[Justin]

This thread is funny.  It had never occurred to me to stop and pose my bike with pass signs.  Kind of like posing with state border signs, I just don't really see the point.  

There really is no point, it's just something silly I do. I collect pics of mountain passes with my bike, just like other people collect other pictures/things. By all means, if you do not want to take pictures of your motorcycle in front of mountain pass signs, then don't.

[miles]

There really is no point, it's just something silly I do. I collect pics of mountain passes with my bike, just like other people collect other pictures/things. By all means, if you do not want to take pictures of your motorcycle in front of mountain pass signs, then don't.

I'm not condemning the practice, by any means.  It had just never occurred to me to do, that's all.

[Justin]

I'm not condemning the practice, by any means.  It had just never occurred to me to do, that's all.

Oh, I understand, I'm sure you do things that I might deem silly too. It's one of those "to each their own" thingies  

[3banger]

My wife deems most of what I do as “silly”

Top of Wolf Creek


Near the top of Trail Ridge



Not really a pass but top of Moki



This is near the top of Buffalo pass (Indian RT13); a not well known very twisty and steep stretch on the Navajo Reservation in AZ just east of Lukachukai.  Has anyone else here ridden it?; I highly recommend it.


You are rewarded with a great view of Ship Rock once in NM.

[Justin]

Moki dugway on a street-bike can be a bit squirrelly  

And Buffalo pass I have not ridden, looks like a cool road. Will need to find that and include it in my next AZ trip   BTW, is the whole road paved between there and Shiprock?

[Jeets]

You left out Loveland Pass.

[3banger]

I didn't find the Moki Dugway all that bad; slow going but not bad.  It would probably be easier going up but the experience of riding of the edge of the earth from the top is unreal.

Buffalo pass is paved all the way, according to locals this was done less then 10 years ago so the pavement over the pass is good shape.  Pavement on the NM side is there but not great, lots of jolting cracks all the way across the road.  Remember this is the Res so anything and everything might be on the road.  I had goats and a big 350 Ford load with kids in the back going up the switch backs.  I did ride the good section couple of times in a row.

[Orson]

Winnat's Pass, Derbyshire, U.K.

[nevinfs327]

More East Coast representation - Pitiful altitude out this way (PA 164 near Portage, I believe)



But fun riding over one low peak after the next nevertheless  

[Corbeau]

Here are a few from my collection:

VT 17: Appalachian Gap, VT (2,375 ft)


VT 108: Smugglers' Notch, VT (2,170 ft)


CO 125: Muddy Creek Pass, CO (8,772 ft)


CO 550: Red Mountain Pass (11,018 ft), looking north:


Same spot looking south:

[Justin]

CO 125: Muddy Creek Pass, CO (8,772 ft)

Nice pics - One correction - Muddy pass is on CO 14, not CO 125

And to be honest, I've never seen any mud there?