This is a list of Rocky Mountain passes on the Continental Divide of the Americas.

Major Passes

Note Column:A=Automobile road R=Railway E=Used by early explorers *=not strictly a mountain pass on continental divide, included for reference.

Location Note NameHeight Description CANADA Yukon and British Columbia67°??'N *E Unnamed portage From the Mackenzie river to the Yukon River. See Canadian canoe routes#Pacific coast *A Alaska Highway The Alaska Highway crossing of the Continental Divide in south central Yukon, also known as Yukon Hwy 1. Bering Sea or Arctic Ocean drainage. *A Dease Lake, British Columbia The town is sited on and straddles a gap that is the continental divide and the Stewart-Cassiar Highway (also known as BC Hwy 37) passes through the town as well, thus also crossing the divide at that point. Pacific or Arctic Ocean drainage.54°15'N*ASummit Lake, British Columbia 710mon British Columbia Highway 97 from Dawson Creek See Pine Pass(?). Pacific or Arctic Ocean drainage.54°1?'N*E low point used by Alexander Mackenzie in 1793 McGregor Pass 1555 Pacific or Arctic Ocean drainage. Alberta/British Columbia border. Robson Pass 1,652 m (5,420 ft) near Mount Robson. Pacific or Arctic Ocean drainage. ARYellowhead Pass 1,131 m (3,711 ft) near Jasper, Alberta. Canadian Northern Railway (1910), north branch of the Trans-Canada Highway. Pacific or Arctic Ocean drainage. EAthabasca Pass 1,753 m (5,751 ft) Main fur-trade pass from 1811. Used by the York Factory Express. Pacific or Arctic Ocean drainage. EHowse Pass 1,539 m (5,049 ft) First post-Mackenzie pass (1807). rarely used. Pacific Ocean or Hudson Bay drainage. ARKicking Horse Pass 1,627 m (5,338 ft) Near Lake Louise, Alberta. Canadian Pacific Railway (1880s), south branch of the Trans-Canada Highway. Pacific Ocean or Hudson Bay drainage. AVermilion Pass1,680 m (5,512 ft) Near Banff, Alberta, Highway 93 south to Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia. Pacific Ocean or Hudson Bay drainage. ESimpson Pass 2,107 m (6,913 ft) rarely used, southwest of Banff, found by Sir George Simpson in 1841. Pacific Ocean or Hudson Bay drainage. ARCrowsnest Pass 1,358 m (4,455 ft) only road pass between Banff and US border. Canadian Pacific Railway (1898). Pacific Ocean or Hudson Bay drainage.49°00'N*UNITED STATES Montana ALogan Pass 6,646 ft (2,026 m)Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. Divides Pacific Ocean and Hudson Bay drainages.ARMarias Pass 5,213 ft (1,589 m)Great Northern Railroad 1889 (now used by BNSF Railway), US Highway 2. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages.ELewis and Clark Pass 6,424 ft (1,958 m) Possibly used on Meriwether Lewis's return route, foot trail and unimproved road. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. ARogers Pass 5,610 ft (1,710 m)Montana Highway 200. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. AFlesher Pass Montana Secondary Highway 279. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. AStemple Pass Unimproved road. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. AERMullan Pass 5,902 ft (1,799 m)Mullan Road, Northern Pacific Railroad (now used by Montana Rail Link), unimproved road. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. APriest Pass Unimproved road. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. AMacDonald Pass6,312 ft (1,924 m)US Highway 12. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. ARElk Park Pass6,352 ft (1,936 m) Great Northern Railroad (abandoned), Interstate 15. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. ARHomestake Pass6,329 ft (1,929 m) Northern Pacific Railroad (now used by BNSF Railway, inactive), Interstate 90. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. ARPipestone Pass6,453 ft (1,967 m)Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (abandoned), Montana Highway 2. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. ARDeer Lodge Pass5,879 ft (1,792 m)Utah and Northern Railway (now used by Union Pacific), Interstate 15. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. AEGibbons Pass2,117 m (6,946 ft)Nez Perce National Historic Trail, possibly used on William Clark's return route, unimproved road. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. Along Montana / Idaho borderAChief Joseph Pass7,251 ft (2,210 m)Montana Highway 43. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. ABig Hole Pass7,055 ft (2,150 m) Unimproved road. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages.AELemhi Pass7,373 ft (2,247 m)Lewis and Clark Expedition outbound crossing of Continental Divide, unimproved road. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. ARBannock Pass7,684 ft (2,342 m)Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad (abandoned), Idaho Highway 29. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages.ARMonida Pass6,820 ft (2,079 m) Utah and Northern Railway (now used by Union Pacific), Interstate 15. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. ARed Rock Pass Unimproved road. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages.AERaynolds Pass6,844 ft (2,086 mRaynolds Expedition, Montana Highway 87. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages.A Targhee Pass7,072 ft (2156 m)US Highway 20. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. Montana / Idaho / Wyoming border ACraig Pass8,262 ft (2,518 mU.S. Route 191, in Yellowstone National Park. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage. Two Ocean Pass8,130 ft (2,478 m) In the Teton Wilderness. Notable for the Parting of the Waters.Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.ATogwotee Pass9,658 ft (2,944 m)U.S. Route 287 and U.S. Route 26. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.*South Pass7,412 ft (2,259 m) Part of a mountain-free area in southwest Wyoming. Oregon Trail and Interstate 80. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.41°00'NColorado north borderARabbit Ears Pass9,426 ft (2,873 m)U.S. Route 40. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.AMuddy Pass8,772 ft (2,674 m)U.S. Route 40. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.AWillow Creek Pass9,659 ft (2,844 m)Colorado State Highway 125. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.A Milner Pass10,759 ft (3,279 m)U.S. Route 34 in Rocky Mountain National Park. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage. La Poudre Pass10,184 ft (3,104 m) Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.*RMoffat Tunnel9,239 ft (2,816 m) Railway tunnel finished in 1928. Avoids Rollins Pass 11,677 ft (3,559 m)Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.*AEisenhower Tunnel11,158 feet (3,401 m)Interstate 70 to Denver. The highest point on the interstate system in the US. Avoids Loveland Pass. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.ALoveland Pass11,990 ft (3,655 m)US Highway 6. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.AHoosier Pass11,542 ft (3,518 m)Colorado State Highway 9. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.ARFremont PassColorado State Highway 91, former railroad lines of Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad whose southern approach is operated by Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.ARTennessee Pass10,424 ft (3,177 m)U.S. Route 24, former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad main line.RHagerman PassFormer Colorado Midland Railway via Hagerman Tunnel and later Busk–Ivanhoe Tunnel, unpaved road.AIndependence Pass12,095 ft (3,687 m)Colorado State Highway 82. Until 2019, the highest paved crossing of Divide in US; now the second-highest behind Cottonwood Pass (see next line). Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.ACottonwood Pass12,126 ft (3,696 m)Chaffee County Road 306 and Gunnison County Road 209. Until 2019, the highest unpaved road crossing of a pass in Colorado; now the highest paved crossing of Divide in US. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.*RAlpine TunnelAlpine Tunnel, first tunnel over Continental Divide in Colorado, highest railroad tunnel and at longest narrow-gauge tunnel in North America. Tunnel abandoned since 1910, impassable, unpaved road on approaches, reconstructed telegraph office with station platform near southern (westerA Monarch Pass11,312 ft (3,448 m)US Highway 50. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.AR Marshall Pass10,842 ft (3,305 m) former narrow-gauge railroad closed in 1955. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.A North Pass10,010 ft (3,051 m) Colorado State Highway 114. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.A Spring Creek PassTraversed by Colorado State Highway 149, notably lower than Slumgullion Pass dividing just tributaries of Gunnison River that is also traversed by SH 149.A Wolf Creek Pass10,857 ft (3,309 m)U.S. Highway 160. Pacific or Gulf of Mexico drainage.37°00'N*Colorado south border

Passes including Trails