Red Mountain Pass (San Juan Mountains)

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The Red Mountain Pass is a mountain pass in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Colorado. The pass lies on the border of County Ouray County and San Juan County and extends between Ouray and Silverton. It was named after the Red Mountains, which are located near the pass. The pass forms the watershed between the Uncompahgre River and the Animas River. On the Red Mountain Pass is also the border between the Uncompahgre National Forest and the San Juan National Forest. About the Pass the Million Dollar Highway leads, part of the U.S. Highway 550

The good to be seen from the road pass Red Mountains were numbered from north to south:

Red Mountain # 2, 3724 m

Red Mountain # 3, 3928 m