If you are looking to cross as many passes as you can in Colorado, this list below will help you plan a route, pick your passes, and find a motorcycle. Watch the November issue of Motorcycle Escape for my feature article about bagging passes in Colorado.
Pass Baggging Resources
Vail Off Road Rental
PO Box 3753
Avon, CO 81620
970.446.7153
reservations@vailoffroadrental.com
Listing of Other Motorcycle Rental Businesses
BMW Colorado Pass Bagger 50
The BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado hosts a contest in which you sign up and do 50 passes. Only a handful of folks do it each year.
Pass Bagger 50 Resource List
Includes recommended books and maps as well as links to Google maps of the passes. Also includes downloadable Excel spreadsheet list of all passes with GPS coordinates and difficulty ratings. Awesome resource.
Randy Bishop’s Web site
Randy has bagged 131 Colorado passes, and he heavily documents his rides. He also did the Iron Butt 1000 on a KLR.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Colorado Roads and Recreation Atlas is great for planning your route. Every small road in the state is shown, and this atlas is focused on road travel rather than foot travel.
In The Passes of Colorado, authors Ed and Gloria Helmuth have compiled information about 469 named passes in Colorado. For each pass, you'll find a brief history, the elevation, map location, which topographical map the pass appears on, and the elevation.
COLORADO ROAD RESOURCES
Passes and Canyons: Guide to Colorado Motorcycling
Motorcycle Roads Colorado Listing
Colorado Office of Tourism / Recommended Roads
High 5: The Highest Road in North America
Open Road Journey / Colorado Suggested Road Routes
Alpine Loop Byway
65-mile loop that includes Engineer and Cinnamon Pass
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