Colorado State Highway 9
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State Highway 9 in the U.S. state of Colorado is a 138-mile-long state highway through central Colorado. SH 9's southern terminus is at U.S. Route 50 near Cañon City, and the northern terminus is at U
SH 9 near Hoosier Pass
SH 9 as it enters the South Park National Heritage Area
Hoosier Pass
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Hoosier Pass is a high mountain pass in central Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States. The name derives from the Hoosier Gulch, which was worked by men from Indiana, nicknamed
Colorado State Highway 9
…Fairplay, it joins northbound US 285. At Fairplay SH 9 leaves US 285 to head northwest, following the middle fork of the South Platte most of the way to Hoosier Pass where it crosses the Continental Divide 11,532 ft (3,515 m) above sea level. Switchbacks drop the highway to the Blue River which it follows north…
View south from Hoosier Pass, towards Alma
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service sign at the Hoosier Pass on the Continental Divide, August 10, 2024
Memorial at the Hoosier Pass on the Continental Divide