| 词条 | La Veta Pass |
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| name = La Veta Pass | photo = La Veta Pass.JPG | photo_caption = Two signs on the south side of the pass. | elevation_ft = 9413 | elevation_ref = [1] | traversed = {{Jct|state=CO|US|160}}, Rio Grande Scenic Railroad | location = Costilla / Huerfano counties, Colorado, United States | range = Sangre de Cristo Mountains | coordinates = {{coord|37|36|50|N|105|11|21|W|display=inline,title|type:pass}} | topo = USGS La Veta Pass }} La Veta Pass is the name associated with two nearby mountain passes in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of south central Colorado in the United States, both lying on the boundary between Costilla and Huerfano counties. Old La Veta Pass (officially La Veta Pass), elevation {{convert|9380|ft|m|abbr=on}},[2] was at one time a main travel route between the San Luis Valley and Walsenburg, first on the narrow gauge Denver and Rio Grande Railway, and later on a wagon road and then highway following the same alignment. The route featured two tight curves on the eastern approach to the summit, making the grade feasible for railroad operation, but leaving the route less than satisfactory as a highway. It is now an unpaved and lightly traveled back road. New La Veta Pass (officially North La Veta Pass), elevation {{convert|9413|ft|m|abbr=on}},[1] lies about 1.6 miles northeast of the old pass and is now the principal highway route through this part of the mountain range, carrying U.S. Highway 160.[3] While this new route is slightly higher, it has no sharp curves and is thus better suited to modern highway traffic. These two passes should not be confused with yet another Sangre de Cristo crossing having a similar name: Veta Pass, elevation {{convert|9220|ft|m|abbr=on}},[4] lies about 7.7 miles southeast of Old La Veta Pass. When the Denver and Rio Grande Railway decided to convert its line over the Sangre de Cristo from narrow gauge to standard gauge, it elected to follow a new route over Veta Pass, completing the project in 1899. In 2003 the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad took over operation of the line. The Rio Grande Scenic Railroad operates steam excursion trains between Alamosa and La Veta over the pass.[5]References1. ^1 {{cite web |title=La Veta Pass, Colorado, USGS 7.5 minute topographic map via Topoquest |url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=37.61410&lon=-105.18942&datum=nad27&zoom=4&map=24k&coord=dms&mode=pan&size=l |publisher=USGS |accessdate=2013-06-04}} 2. ^{{cite web |title=La Veta Pass, Colorado, USGS 7.5 minute topographic map via Topoquest |url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=37.59338&lon=-105.20346&datum=nad27&zoom=4&map=24k&coord=dms&mode=pan&size=l |publisher=USGS |accessdate=2013-06-04}} 3. ^La Veta Pass, Colorado at Colorado Webcams accessed May 2, 2013 4. ^{{cite web |title=McCarty Park, Colorado, USGS 7.5 minute topographic map via Topoquest |url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=37.48514&lon=-105.17422&datum=nad27&zoom=4&map=24k&coord=dms&mode=pan&size=l |publisher=USGS |accessdate=2013-06-04}} 5. ^[https://www.coloradotrain.com/2013-excursion-map.html Rio Grande Scenic Railroad 2013 Excursions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602062557/https://www.coloradotrain.com/2013-excursion-map.html |date=2013-06-02 }} accessed May 2, 2012 5 : Mountain passes of Colorado|Rail mountain passes of the United States|Landforms of Costilla County, Colorado|Landforms of Huerfano County, Colorado|Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad |
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