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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 ...
Old Monarch Pass [h] 11,375 feet ... North La Veta Pass: 9,413 feet ... Bicycling Colorado's Mountain Passes; Pass Bagger This page was ...
Colorado counties. There are more than ... La Veta Pass Narrow Gauge Railroad Depot. June 6, 1980 : Off U.S. Highway 160 La Veta: 5: Lamme Hospital: Lamme Hospital ...
The D&RG also pushed west from Walsenburg, Colorado, over La Veta Pass (now "Old La Veta Pass") by 1877. At the time the 'Uptop' depot on Veta Pass, rising over 9,500 feet (2,900 m) in elevation, boasted the highest elevation for a narrow-gauge railroad. The railroad reached Alamosa by 1878.
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]
The line over La Veta Pass to Alamosa and Antonito was originally envisioned as part of an ambitious and never-realized narrow gauge line linking Denver with Mexico City. The narrow gauge tracks crossed the pass in 1877 and reached Alamosa on July 6, 1878. The railroad was pushed on to Antonito by 1880 and ultimately to Santa Fe and Silverton.
The La Veta Pass Narrow Gauge Railroad Depot, in La Veta, Colorado, was built in 1877 for the Denver & Rio Grande. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] It is near the summit of La Veta Pass, which is at 9,380 feet (2,860 m) elevation. It is located off U.S. 160. It is a one-story L-shaped structure.
SH 12 begins at the junction with U.S. Route 160 (US 160) north of La Veta. It heads southward through that town before entering the San Isabel National Forest and passing through Cuchara, near the Spanish Peaks Wilderness. It then crosses Cucharas Pass into Las Animas County. SH 12 heads through Monument Park and turns eastward near Stonewall Gap.