And if you remember your first time, feel free to provide those. I only remember mine because of my dashcam drives, and some of my firsts were during those, which are the only ones I remember. I don't remember any of my firsts before I started recording my drives. Unless otherwise specified, mine are in my home state.
* Manastash Ridge I-82
* North Umtanum Ridge I-82
* South Umtanum Ridge I-82
* Satus Pass US 97
* Blewett Pass US 97
* Ryegrass I-90
* Sherman Pass WA 20 (February 27, 2021)
* Elk Heights I-90
* Indian John Hill I-90
* Stevens Pass US 2
* Snoqualmie Pass I-90
* White Pass US 12
* Tiger Summit WA 18
* Disautel Pass WA 155
* Loup Loup Pass WA 20
* Wauconda Pass WA 20
* Old Blewett Pass (May 12, 2021)
* Bennet Pass OR 35 (Oregon - May 22, 2021)
* Barlow Pass OR 35 (Oregon - May 22, 2021)
* Chinook Pass WA 410 (May 30, 2021)
* Fourth of July Pass I-90 (Idaho - July 5, 2021)
* Lookout Pass I-90 (Idaho, Montana - July 5, 2021)
* Rogers Pass MT 200 (Montana - July 5, 2021)
* Washington Pass WA 20 (July 7, 2021)
* Rainy Pass WA 20 (July 7, 2021)
* Cayuse Pass WA 123 (July 10, 2021)
* Thompson Pass ID NFR 9 / MT SRY 471 (Idaho, Montana - October 5, 2021)
* Clatskanie Hill US 30 (Oregon - October 26, 2021)
* Clatsop Crest US 30 (Oregon - October 26, 2021)
* Deadman Pass I-84 (Oregon - November 7, 2021)
* Blue Mountains Summit I-84 (Oregon - November 7, 2021)
* Sweetzer Summit I-84 (Idaho - November 7, 2021)
* Rattlesnake Pass I-84 (Utah - November 7, 2021)
* Alpowa Summit US 12 (March 29, 2022)
* Lolo Pass US 12 (Idaho, Montana - April 12, 2022)
* Rattlesnake Summit WA 129 (April 26, 2022)
* Blue Mountains Summit OR 204 (Oregon - April 26, 2022)
* Lava Butte Pass US 97 (Oregon - July 7, 2022)
* Mount Hebron Summit US 97 (California - July 7, 2022)
* Grass Lake Summit US 97 (California - July 7, 2022)
* Anderson Grade Summit I-5 (California - July 7, 2022)
* Siskiyou Mountain Summit I-5 (California, Oregon - July 7, 2022)
* Sexton Mountain Summit I-5 (Oregon - July 7, 2022)
* Smith Hill Summit I-5 (Oregon - July 7, 2022)
* Stage Road Pass I-5 (Oregon - July 7, 2022)
* Canyon Creek Pass I-5 (Oregon - July 7, 2022)
* David Douglas Summit US 26 (Oregon - August 23, 2022)
* Coast Range Summit US 26 (Oregon - August 23, 2022)
* MacDonald Pass US 12 (Montana - September 20, 2022)
* Homestake Pass I-90 (Montana - September 27, 2022)
* Pipestone Pass MT 2 (Montana - September 27, 2022)
* Coast Range Summit OR 6 (Oregon - November 15, 2022)
* Dudlee Hill Summit US 20 (Oregon - January 3, 2023)
* Cline Hill Summit US 20 (Oregon - January 3, 2023)
* Caughran Hill Summit US 20 (Oregon - January 3, 2023)
* Pioneer Mountain Summit US 20 (Oregon - January 3, 2023)
* Battle Mountain Summit US 395 (Oregon - February 7, 2023)
* Meadow Brook Pass Summit US 395 (Oregon - February 7, 2023)
* Ritter Butte Summit US 395 (Oregon - February 7, 2023)
* Long Creek Mountain Summit US 395 (Oregon - February 7, 2023)
* Beech Creek Summit US 395 (Oregon - February 7, 2023)
* Butte Creek Pass OR 19 (Oregon - February 7, 2023)
* Cummings Hill Summit OR 19 (Oregon - February 7, 2023)
I'm confused what you're asking here. How many elevation signs? How many "bands of elevation"?
How many "mountain" passes have you gone over. I use the term elevations since they're not all passes, such as Manastash Ridge.
Do the speed bumps in front of the local elementary school count as "elevations"?
In all seriousness, I'm definitely not going to try to keep track of or list all of them haha. Though my list shares a lot of what OP has, a lot of stuff in OR and WA. Maybe if someone has a map with passes marked, I can add check marks to it or something.
The only one I truly remember is driving to the top of Mauna Kei, 13,800 feet up when near the observatory.
"Summits and passes" would be a better phrase.
My record for lowest:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/55/130477343_d6769eb62d_z.jpg)
US 550: Molas/Coal Bank/Red Mountain
US 50: Monarch
I-70: Vail
US 40: Berthoud
I-25: Raton
I-90: Snoqualmie
CO 91: Fremont
US 6: Loveland
CO 82: Independence
US 34: Trail Ridge Road
Quote from: jeffandnicole on February 16, 2023, 09:05:53 PM
The only one I truly remember is driving to the top of Mauna Kei, 13,800 feet up when near the observatory.
I've done that (and the hike the rest of the way to the summit), but also in Colorado the roads to the Pikes Peak summit, and the parking lot below the Mt. Evans summit (plus I hiked the rest of the way to that summit). Both the Colorado summits exceed 14000' elevation.
There are higher roads outside North America, none of which I've traveled.
I mean I've been over a few but that's not something I've heard of many roadgeeks tracking.
Quote from: Bruce on February 16, 2023, 09:58:48 PM
"Summits and passes" would be a better phrase.
My record for lowest:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/55/130477343_d6769eb62d_z.jpg)
Why even have a sign?
In no particular order and definitely not a complete list:
- I-26: Sams Gap, Buckner Gap, Howard Gap, Bays Mountain
- I-40: Swannanoa Gap, Coleman Gap, Hope Gap, Eblen Gap, Browns Gap
- US 74: Balsam Gap, Red Marble Gap, Collins Gap
- US 421: Deep Gap, Sandy Gap, Low Gap
- US 321: Richland Gap, Robbins Gap, Warrior Gap
- US 221: Coffey Gap
- TN SR 88/NC 67: State Line Gap
- US 58/23/421: Moccasin Gap
- US 23 Business: Big Stone Gap
- VA SR/KY 160: Black Mountain (Pass)
- US 23: Pound Gap, Dills Gap
- US 441: Newfound Gap
- BRP/US 276: Wagon Road Gap
- BRP/NC 226/NC 226A: Gillespie Gap
- NC 226: South Mountain Gap
- BRP/NC 80: Buck Creek Gap
- BRP: All gaps not listed between NC 128 and NC 18
- TN SR 395/NC 197: Indian Grave Gap
- US 19W: Spivey Gap
- NC 194: Council Gap, Buckeye Gap, Bowers Gap, Smoky Gap, Miller Gap
- US 19E: Cranberry Gap
- NC 105: Hodges Gap, Linville Gap
- NCSR 1121, Avery Co: Lick Log Gap
- NCSR 1511, Watauga Co: Cook Gap
- TN SR 143/NC 261: Carvers Gap
- NC 213: Bailey Gap
- US 19: Ivy Gap, Neels Gap
- TN SR 362: Gap Creek
- TN SR 173: McKinney Gap
- NC 181: Licklog Gap
- US 64: Black Gap, Glade Gap
- US 76: Queens Gap
- GA SR 5: Gravelly Gap
- I-77: Fancy Gap, Rocky Gap, North Gap
- US 340: Potomac Water Gap
- Appalachian Trail: Low Gap (NC-TN)
- All the other gaps that I don't feel like listing on the BRP between NC 128 and NC 18
And many, many more both on and off the listed routes. These are just the most notable ones.
The OP seems to be a Western thing where these seem to be better marked. They might be well-marked in the Appalachians as well, but in the Ozarks no one gives a damn when the first number starts with a 2.
Way too many to even start counting. I've traveled extensively in the interior west where these things are a dime a dozen.
Here's my most recent! Patchen Pass on CA 17
(https://i.imgur.com/cYUYMoL.jpeg)
I only traversed a few that I could remember all of them:
Heckler Pass: CA 152
Tejon Pass: I-5
Altamont Pass: I-580
The West has countless passes, saddles, and summits. It's odd that some unimpressive ones have official signs on them, and some impressive ones don't. Some have no signs, but are traversed by a road that has "Pass" in the name, like Kaiser Pass Road off the end of CA-168 above Huntington Lake, and Isabella Walker Pass Rd CA-178 east of Lake Isabella. I've probably seen over 100 in my travels, too many to tally.
Here's a rather amusing one: https://goo.gl/maps/MCtV6fwby7rmxFLg9 (https://goo.gl/maps/MCtV6fwby7rmxFLg9)
Continental Divide is the actual sign used for Homestake Pass in Montana, too.
Almost all of mine are from Colorado. Here's that list:
13117 Imogene Pass
11789 Ophir Pass
11312 Monarch Pass
11248 Cordova Pass
11158 Eisenhower—Johnson Tunnel
11018 Red Mountain Pass
10910 Molas Pass
10666 Vail Pass
10640 Coal Bank Pass
9941 Cucharas Pass
9413 (North) La Veta Pass
9380 (Old) La Veta Pass
8970 Dallas Divide
8704 Blue Mesa Summit
7958 Cerro Summit
7834 Raton Pass
7048 Unaweep Divide
6100 Gypsum Gap
Uptop, near Old La Veta Pass
(https://i.imgur.com/mTFf4Wi.png)
Cordova Pass
(https://i.imgur.com/YP0e4FW.png)
Monarch Pass
(https://i.imgur.com/cIzSt8a.png)
Alright, here goes at least my list for Colorado. Not including mountains I hiked up, other than Pikes Peak since there's a road there:
Mount Evans Summit (Mount Evans Road) - 14,140 ft.
Pikes Peak Summit (Pikes Peak Road) - 14,115 ft.
Argentine Pass (4WD Road) - 13,207 ft.
Trail Ridge Road Summit (US34) - 12,183 ft.
Cottonwood Pass (CR306/CR209) - 12,126 ft.
Independence Pass (CO82) - 12,095 ft.
Loveland Pass (US6) - 11,992 ft.
Iceberg Pass (US34) - 11,827 ft.
Fall River Pass (Fall River Road) - 11,796 ft.
Guanella Pass (Guanella Pass Road) - 11,669 ft.
Hoosier Pass (CO9) - 11,541 ft.
Slumgullion Summit (CO149) - 11,530 ft.
Fremont Pass (CO91) - 11,318 ft.
Berthoud Pass (US40) - 11,315 ft.
Monarch Pass (US50) - 11,312 ft.
Eisenhower Tunnel (I-70) - 11,158 ft.
Juniper Pass (CO103) - 11,020 ft.
Red Mountain Pass (US550) - 11,018 ft.
Molas Pass (US550) - 10,910 ft.
Spring Creek Pass (CO149) - 10,901 ft.
Wolf Creek Pass (US160) - 10,857 ft.
Grand Mesa Summit (CO65) - 10,839 ft.
Milner Pass (US34) - 10,759 ft.
Vail Pass (I-70) - 10,666 ft.
Coal Bank Pass (US550) - 10,640 ft.
Tennessee Pass (US24) - 10,424 ft.
Cameron Pass (CO14) - 10,276 ft.
La Manga Pass (CO17) - 10,230 ft.
Lizard Head Pass (CO145) - 10,230 ft.
Tenderfoot Pass (CO67) - 10,200 ft.
North Pass (CO114) - 10,149 ft.
Red Hill Pass (US285) - 10,051 ft.
Cumbres Pass (CO17) - 10,022 ft.
Kenosha Pass (US285) - 10,001 ft.
Cucharas Pass (CO12) - 9,941 ft.
Squaw Pass (Squaw Pass Road) - 9,790 ft.
Willow Creek Pass (CO125) - 9,621
Gore Pass (CO134) - 9,527 ft.
Wilkerson Pass (US24) - 9,507 ft.
Currant Creek Pass (CO9) - 9,482 ft.
Rabbit Ears Pass (US40) - 9,426 ft.
North La Veta Pass (US160) - 9,413 ft.
Bigelow Divide (CO96) - 9,403 ft.
Trout Creek Pass (US24/285) - 9,346 ft.
Battle Mountain Summit (US24) - 9,267 ft.
Ute Pass (US24) - 9,165 ft.
Wind River Pass (CO7) - 9,130 ft.
Black Mesa Summit (CO92) - 9,121 ft.
Hardscrabble Pass (CO96) - 9,085 ft.
Poncha Pass (US285) - 9,010 ft.
Dallas Divide (CO62) - 8,970 ft.
McClure Pass (CO133) - 8,755 ft.
Muddy Pass (US40) - 8,710 ft.
Blue Mesa Summit (US50) - 8,704 ft.
Wondervu Hill (CO72) - 8,660 ft.
Promontory Divide (CO69) - 8,579 ft.
Douglas Pass (CO139) - 8,268 ft.
Cerro Summit (US50) - 7,958 ft.
Raton Pass (I-25) - 7,834 ft.
Floyd Hill (I-70) - 7,820 ft.
Yellowjacket Pass (US160) - 7,783 ft.
Golden Gate Pass (CO46) - 7,754 ft.
Monument Hill (I-25) - 7,352 ft.
Palmer Saddle (CO105) - 7,230 ft.
Unaweep Divide (CO141) - 7,048 ft.
Gypsum Gap (CO141) - 6,100 ft.
Quote from: kphoger on February 17, 2023, 09:52:30 AM
Almost all of mine are from Colorado. Here's that list:
13117 Imogene Pass
11789 Ophir Pass
11312 Monarch Pass
11248 Cordova Pass
11158 Eisenhower—Johnson Tunnel
11018 Red Mountain Pass
10910 Molas Pass
10666 Vail Pass
10640 Coal Bank Pass
9941 Cucharas Pass
9413 (North) La Veta Pass
9380 (Old) La Veta Pass
8970 Dallas Divide
8704 Blue Mesa Summit
7958 Cerro Summit
7834 Raton Pass
7048 Unaweep Divide
6100 Gypsum Gap
What, no Black Bear?
I plan to hit a few of those next summer, on a cross-country trip.
Quote from: JayhawkCO on February 17, 2023, 10:08:52 AM
Trail Ridge Road Summit (US34) - 12,183 ft.
There's one very significant pass, the highest paved through-road in the country, which has no signage in Google Street View, and didn't have any when I drove it twenty years ago.
Quote from: pderocco on February 18, 2023, 12:11:31 AM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on February 17, 2023, 10:08:52 AM
Trail Ridge Road Summit (US34) - 12,183 ft.
There's one very significant pass, the highest paved through-road in the country, which has no signage in Google Street View, and didn't have any when I drove it twenty years ago.
Still no signage. I drove it last year.
Quote from: pderocco on February 18, 2023, 12:05:25 AM
What, no Black Bear?
I was 19 years old, was driving a rented vehicle, and had never driven 4WD before. Telluride to Ouray over Imogene was challenging enough, thank you!
Here's a list of some of the signed passes that I've encountered in California.
| CA-120 | Tioga Pass | 9945 |
| CA-108 | Sonora Pass | 9624 |
| Sherman Pass Rd | Sherman Pass | 9200 (wrong) |
| CA-4 | Ebbets Pass | 8730 |
| CA-88 | Carson Pass | 8574 |
| CA-38 | Onyx Summit | 8443 (sign missing) |
| CA-89 | Monitor Pass | 8314 |
| US-395 | Conway Summit | 8138 |
| US-395 | Deadman Summit | 8043 (sign missing) |
| CA-2 | Dawson Saddle | 7901 |
| US-50 | Echo Summit | 7382 |
| CA-2 | Blue Ridge | 7381 |
| I-80 | Donner Summit | 7239 WB, 7227 EB |
| Old US-40 | Donner Pass Rd | 7098 |
| CA-49 | Yuba Pass | 6701 |
| CA-36 | Fredonyer Pass | 5748 |
| CA-3 | Scott Mountain Summit | 5401 |
| I-15 | Cajon Summit | 4190 NB, 4260 SB |
| I-8 | Crestwood Summit | 4181 |
| I-5 | Tejon Pass | 4144 |
| I-8 | Tecate Divide | 4140 |
| CA-58 | Tehachapi Summit | 4064 |
| CA-299 | Buckhorn Summit | 3213 |
| CA-74 | no name | 2665 |
| CA-127 | Ibex Pass | 2072 |
| I-580 | Altamont Pass | 1009 |
For some reason the signs at Onyx Summit and Deadman Summit are no longer visible in GSV, even though I've driven past them a couple dozen times. Onyx is the highest pass in California south of the Sierra Nevada, so I doubt they'd have intentionally removed it.
Here are a few more I've driven that don't have signs, but that have Pass in the road names.
| - | Kaiser Pass Rd | 9184 (no sign) |
| Old US-50 | Johnson Pass Rd | 7377 (no sign) |
| Modoc CR-9 | Fandango Pass Rd | 6155 (no sign) |
| CA-178 | Walker Pass | 5246 (no sign) |
| I-15 | Mountain Pass | 4734 (no sign) |
I'm sure there are more.
There are also a number of high dead ends. Rock Creek Rd out of Tom's Place, at about 10235, is the highest paved road in the state. White Mountain Rd is the highest unpaved road, reaching 11883 on the public part, but I've only driven it a bit past the end of the paved part, to about 10300. The gated 4WD continuation up to the weather research station at the tip top reaches 14252, making it the highest road in the country.
I-5 I've done plenty in Northern CA and Jackson County, OR.
CA 2 has many east of Gendale specifically along the Angeles Crest Highway.
I-70 in CO comes to mind passing many high peaks.