Hagerman Pass

Hagerman Pass offers spectacular views of Turquoise Lake and three surrounding wilderness areas: Mount Massive, Hunter-Fryingpan and Holy Cross. The road is very rough, and high-clearance, four-wheel drive vehicles are recommended.

General Information

In the 1880s, the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and Colorado Midland Railroad competed to see which railroad would reach Aspen from Leadville first. The Colorado Midland Railroad crossed the Continental Divide initially through the Hagerman Tunnel and then later through the Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel, which is now used as a water diversion tunnel from Ivanhoe Lake on the west side of the pass into the Arkansas River basin.

High-clearance, four-wheel drive vehicles are recommended.
Vehicles are not allowed off designated routes.

Address: 810 Front Street Leadville, CO 80461
Phone: 719-486-0749
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Closed on federal holidays)

Getting There

Elevation

11,925 feet

Directions

From Leadville, Colorado, travel west on Lake County Road 4 for about 5 miles, then turn left onto Forest Service Road 105 and continue for about 5.5 miles to the summit. The road continues on to the White River National Forest, past Ruedi Reservoir onto State Highway 82 at Basalt.