Fremont Pass - Lake County, Colorado, USA
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Outspoken1
N 39° 22.396 W 106° 11.317
13S E 397617 N 4358873
This marker is found atop Fremont Pass and denotes the US Continental Divide that is the watershed of the Arkansas and Blue River drainages.
Waymark Code: WMXJMA
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2018
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The marker reads:
This memorial is the
Property of the State of Colorado
Fremont Pass
On Continental Divide between
Arkansas and Blue River drainages
Altitude 11,316 feet
Western boundary of the Louisiana
Purchase of 1803.
Named in honor of John C. Fremont,
famous western explorer
Erected by
The State Historical Society of Colorado
from
The Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation
and by
The mount Massive Chapter, Daughters of
The American Revolution, of Leadville,
1930
"Fremont Pass is a 11,318-foot (3,450 m) mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States.
It forms the continental divide on the border between Lake County and Summit County. The pass is named for John C. Frémont,[1] an explorer of the American West who discovered the pass while traversing present-day Colorado during the 1840s. The pass provides a route between the upper valley of the Blue River, a tributary of the Colorado River, with the headwaters of the Arkansas River to the south. The pass summit is the site of Climax Mine, a molybdenum mine. The pass is traversed by State Highway 91.
Despite being one of the highest mountain passes in the state, the only steep part is the switchback on the final ascent toward the Climax mine on the south side. The rest of the pass is gentle." (from (
visit link) )
There is ample parking and other markers nearby about the Climax Mine.