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Cottonwood Pass

Cottonwood Pass is one of Colorado's great high-mountain experiences: a paved road that climbs above treeline to a 12,126-foot saddle directly on the Continental Divide, linking Buena Vista and the Arkansas River valley on the east with Almont and Taylor Park on the west. At the top there is a broad parking lot, a wind-scoured ridge of alpine tundra, and that rare thrill of standing on the spine of the continent and looking both ways at once—Collegiate Peaks sunflowers to the south, the Elk Mountains near Crested Butte far to the west. What makes the pass special is how easy the extraordinary view is to reach. The drive itself is the attraction, a slow, switchbacking ascent through pine and aspen forest into open high country, and the summit is frequently cited as the highest paved road crossing the Continental Divide in North America. You can simply step out of the car, walk ten minutes up a rocky knoll beside the lot, and take in 360-degree panoramas on both sides of the Divide—or lace up and follow the Continental Divide Trail and Colorado Trail onto the ridgeline for hours of hiking.