Saguache County topographic maps

Average elevation: 8,573 ft

Average elevation: 9,974 ft

Average elevation: 7,989 ft

Average elevation: 11,854 ft

In 1848, John C. Frémont was hired to find a railroad route from St. Louis to California. He crossed the Sangre de Cristos into the San Luis Valley in winter, courting disaster but proving that a winter crossing of this range was possible. He was followed in 1853 by Captain John Gunnison of the Corps of…

Average elevation: 9,160 ft

Average elevation: 7,648 ft

Average elevation: 8,018 ft

Average elevation: 8,780 ft

Average elevation: 9,016 ft

Average elevation: 11,365 ft