Colorado Mountain Pass Map

Flight planning reference, not for navigation. Always verify with current NOTAMs and weather.

Your Aircraft
Season
Flyway Routes

Click a pass to see its connected routes

Pass Legend
Good for your aircraft
Caution - marginal conditions likely
Not recommended for your aircraft
CDOT charted pass (VFR waypoint)
AWOS at the pass
Map Layers
Passes

Mountain Flying Ground School

Mountain flying in Colorado requires specialized knowledge and skills beyond standard pilot training. High density altitudes, rapidly changing weather, turbulence, and limited emergency landing options make proper preparation essential.

CPA offers a Mountain Flying Ground School covering density altitude management, mountain weather patterns, pass crossing techniques, emergency procedures, and route planning. Completing this course is strongly recommended before flying Colorado's mountain passes.

Learn About CPA Mountain Flying Training

Download for ForeFlight / Garmin Pilot

Add all 37 mountain passes and 14 VFR route corridors as an overlay in your EFB. The KMZ file includes pass elevations, VFR GPS waypoint identifiers and route corridors. It has no weather frequencies; the map above lists those.

Download KMZ Overlay File
ForeFlight: More > Files > import the KMZ. It appears under Map > Layer Selector > User Maps.
Garmin Pilot: Transfer the KMZ to your device, then import via Map > Custom Layers.

This map is a flight planning reference only, not for navigation. Always verify with current NOTAMs, weather briefings, and official aeronautical charts before flight. Weather stations, VFR waypoints and airports are FAA NASR data effective October 1, 2026. Pass elevations, the positions of passes without a waypoint, and the route lines are not FAA data and are unverified: they come from the CDOT Colorado Aeronautical Chart and Colorado Pilots Association. Check the current sectional.