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Old La Veta Pass (officially La Veta Pass), elevation 9,380 ft (2,860 m), [2] was at one time a main travel route between the San Luis Valley and Walsenburg, first on the narrow gauge Denver and Rio Grande Railway, and later on a wagon road and then highway following the same alignment. The route featured two tight curves on the eastern ...
La Manga Pass: 10,230 feet 3,118 m 5.2% Asphalt ... La Veta Pass: 9,380 feet 2,859 m [k] Gravel former US 160 Trout Creek Pass: 9,346 feet ...
It starts atop La Veta Pass in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The creek flows alongside Highway 160 as it descends from the top of the pass into the San Luis Valley. The creek's mouth is at Smith Reservoir, south of Blanca. Before the reservoir was built, the creek had a confluence here with Trinchera Creek, of which it is a tributary.
Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the East of Santa Fe, taken during a winter sunset after a snowfall on 29 January 2013 Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range Oblique air photo of northern Sangre de Cristo Range, looking south with Great Sand Dunes near central horizon February 2003 astronaut photography of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains from Santa Fe (bottom center) to north of Taos, taken from the ...
La Veta Pass, Colorado [3] Mount Mestas is a mountain summit in the southeastern Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America . The 11,573-foot (3,527 m) peak is located 3.2 miles (5.1 km) southeast ( bearing 131°) of North La Veta Pass in Huerfano County , Colorado , United States .
La Veta (/ l ə ˈ v i t ə / lə-VEE-tə, [7] Spanish for "the vein") is a statutory town in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. La Veta sits at the base of the Spanish Peaks on the Highway of Legends National Scenic Byway. The town population was 862 as of the 2020 United States Census. [5]
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It then goes northeast and crosses the Continental Divide at Wolf Creek Pass, the area made popular in 1975 in C.W. McCall's album Wolf Creek Pass. [1] US 160 in La Veta Pass. From Wolf Creek Pass, US 160 continues northeast and turns east at South Fork. At Monte Vista, an overlap begins with US 285, which continues southeast into Alamosa.