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3 Mountain Passes to Explore in Huerfano County

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Huerfano County
Huerfano County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. The county's tourism board brands the county as "Southern Colorado's Spanish Peaks Country. Visitors are attracted to the Spanish Peaks and the many mountain-related activities they offer, such as mountain climbing, hiking, hunting, and sightseeing.

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Mountain Passes to Explore in Huerfano County

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Cordova Pass
Cordova Pass is a 11,260 foot mountain pass just outside of the Spanish Peaks Wilderness. It is reached via the Apishapa Road, a leg of the Scenic Highway of Legends. Most of the time, the pass may be traversed by passenger vehicles, although it is not accessible from mid-November to late May.There are vault toilets, several picnic tables and a couple of primitive campsites in the summit area. This is a "Fee Area".
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Cucharas Pass
Cucharas Pass is a high mountain pass located on the boundary of Huerfano and Las Animas counties, in south central Colorado in the United States. The road winds its way through Cuchara, where you will begin to see the old volcanic dykes of Stonewall, Colorado. The Cuchara river will accompany you through most of your Northern journey. The region gets its name from the spoon-like shape of the valley, with "cuchara" being the Spanish word for "spoon."
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La Veta Pass
La Veta Pass is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 2.869m above the sea level, located on the boundary between Costilla and Huerfano counties, in south central Colorado in the United States.b While this new route is slightly higher, it has no sharp curves and is thus better suited to modern highway traffic.

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