Traversed by trail Elevation 2,968 m | Topo map USGS Mosca Pass | |
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Location Alamosa / Huerfano counties, Colorado, U.S. Range Sangre de Cristo Mountains Similar Pinyon Flats Campground, Rocky Mountains, Montville Nature Trail, Zapata Falls, Great Sand Dunes Visitor Ce | ||
Mosca Pass, elevation 9,737 ft (2,968 m), is a mountain pass in Alamosa County in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in the United States. Located in the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve about 40 miles west of Walsenburg (Huerfano County), Colorado with a gravel road approaching from the east and traversed by a hiking trail on the west. The terrain is a mix of montane meadows, ponderosa pine woodlands, and Douglas-fir forest.
Map of Mosca Pass, Colorado 81040, USA
Previously traversed by the former Colorado State Highway 150.
Mosca Pass was named for Luis de Moscoso Alvarado, whose scouting parties may have reached this area about 1542.
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