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Webster Pass
Webster Pass is located in Colorado
Webster Pass
Webster Pass
Location in Colorado
Elevation 12,103 ft (3,689 m)
Traversed by trail
Location Park / Summit counties, Colorado, U.S.
Range Front Range
Coordinates 39°31′52″N 105°49′58″W / 39.53111°N 105.83278°W / 39.53111; -105.83278
Topo map USGS Montezuma

Webster Pass, elevation 12,103 ft (3,689 m), is a mountain pass that crosses the Continental Divide in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in the United States. Originally known as Handcart Pass, the name changed in the 1870s after the Webster brothers constructed a toll road.

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