MARSHALL PASS

This view of the western slope of Marshall Pass shows several tracks, one above the other, on which the train pursues its zigzag course over the steep grades of the Great Divide. Marshall Pass is without doubt one of the grandest mountain passes in the world. It crosses the main range of the Rockies at an elevation of nearly 11,000 feet, running close under the cone of Mount Ouray, an extinct volcano over 14,000 feet high.

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