Monarch Pass (el. 11,312 feet) is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of south-central Colorado in the United States. Monarch Pass is located on the Continental Divide in Colorado.
The pass is located on the continental divide at the southern end of the Sawatch Range along the border between Gunnison and Chaffee counties, approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of the town of Salida. The pass carries U.S. Highway 50 over the Sawatch Range, providing a route between Tomichi Creek in the upper basin of the Gunnison River on the west and the South Arkansas River, a tributary of the Arkansas River on the east
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