# Mountain passes & alpine roads

> Routes over or near famous mountain passes. Most of them are only open from late spring to autumn.

Source: https://camping-spirit.com/themes/mountain-passes/

Routes over or near famous mountain passes. Most of them are only open from late spring to autumn.

## USA

- [North Cascades Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/north-cascades/): 3 d
- [The Blue Ridge Parkway, end to end](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/blue-ridge/): 4 d
- [Rainier and St. Helens volcano loop](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/volcano-loop-wa/): 4 d
- [Going-to-the-Sun Road, west to east](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/glacier-sun/): 2 d
- [San Juan Skyway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/san-juan-skyway/): 4 d
- [Top of the Rockies to Aspen](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/independence-aspen/): 3 d
- [Colorado Springs to Rocky Mountain National Park](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/front-range/): 3 d
- [Lassen Volcanic loop: Burney Falls to the mud pots](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-lassen-loop/): 3 d
- [Volcanic Legacy Byway: Mount Shasta to Crater Lake](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-volcanic-legacy/): 4 d
- [Yosemite end to end: sequoias, Glacier Point and Tioga Road](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-yosemite-tioga/): 3 d
- [Mammoth Lakes, June Lake Loop and the ghost town of Bodie](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-mammoth-bodie/): 3 d
- [Rogue-Umpqua Scenic Byway via Crater Lake](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-rogue-umpqua/): 3 d
- [Mount Rainier’s east side: Sunrise and Chinook Pass](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-rainier-sunrise/): 2 d
- [Mount St. Helens south and east: Ape Cave to Windy Ridge](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-st-helens-east/): 2 d
- [Chuckanut Drive and the Mount Baker Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-mount-baker/): 2 d
- [Glenn Highway and Hatcher Pass](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-glenn-hatcher/): 3 d
- [Southwest Utah: Snow Canyon, Kolob and Cedar Breaks to Bryce](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-southwest-utah-cedar-breaks/): 3 d
- [Wasatch and Uintas: Alpine Loop to the Mirror Lake Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-wasatch-alpine-loop/): 3 d
- [Jemez Mountain Trail: Bandelier, Valles Caldera and Jemez Springs](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-jemez-mountain-trail/): 2 d
- [The Enchanted Circle: Taos, Red River and Eagle Nest](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-enchanted-circle/): 2 d
- [Pikes Peak, Cripple Creek and the Royal Gorge](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-pikes-peak-gold-belt/): 3 d
- [Mount Blue Sky, Georgetown and Loveland Pass to Breckenridge](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-mount-blue-sky-loveland/): 2 d
- [Rocky Mountain’s west side to Steamboat Springs](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-rocky-mountain-west-steamboat/): 3 d
- [Chief Joseph Byway and Yellowstone’s northern range](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-chief-joseph-yellowstone-north/): 4 d
- [Mesa Falls to Yellowstone’s Grand Canyon, Hayden Valley and Cody](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-yellowstone-grand-loop/): 5 d
- [Grand Teton loop: Mormon Row, Signal Mountain and Jenny Lake](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-grand-teton-loop/): 2 d
- [Bighorn Mountains: Medicine Wheel and Bighorn Canyon](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-bighorn-mountains/): 3 d
- [Montana’s gold rush trail: Virginia City, Bannack and Big Hole](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-montana-gold-rush/): 4 d
- [Grand Teton, Yellowstone and the Beartooth Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/yellowstone-beartooth/): 5 d
- [Southern Black Hills: Crazy Horse, the Needles and Wind Cave](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-southern-black-hills/): 3 d
- [Arkansas River Valley: Petit Jean, Mount Nebo and Mount Magazine](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-arkansas-river-valley/): 3 d
- [The quiet side of the Smokies: Foothills Parkway and Cades Cove](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-smokies-tennessee/): 3 d
- [Cumberland Gap and the moonbow at Cumberland Falls](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-cumberland-gap/): 3 d
- [Northwest Georgia: Kennesaw to Cloudland Canyon and Chickamauga](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-nw-georgia/): 3 d
- [The Waterfall Byway: Brevard to Highlands and Franklin](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-waterfall-byway/): 3 d
- [Blue Ridge Parkway high peaks: Mount Mitchell to Blowing Rock](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-brp-mount-mitchell/): 3 d

## Europe

- [Brenta Dolomites and the Val di Non](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-brenta-dolomites/): 4 d
- [Route des Grandes Alpes: Lake Geneva to the Riviera](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/grandes-alpes/): 5 d
- [Monti Sibillini: Ascoli to the flowering plain](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-sibillini/): 4 d
- [Great Dolomite Road: Bolzano to Cortina](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/great-dolomite-road/): 3 d
- [Inland Sicily: mosaics, majolica and the Madonie](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-sicily-interior/): 4 d
- [A loop through the Dolomites](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/dolomites/): 4 d
- [Piedmont’s western valleys: forts and the source of the Po](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-piedmont-valleys/): 4 d
- [Route des Crêtes through the Vosges](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-vosges-cretes/): 2 d
- [Abruzzo: Gran Sasso and the stone villages](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/abruzzo-high/): 3 d
- [Vercors: gorges and cliff roads](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-vercors-balconies/): 3 d
- [Aosta Valley: castles and Gran Paradiso](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/aosta-valley/): 3 d
- [Stelvio and Bernina: two giants of the Alps](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/stelvio-bernina/): 3 d
- [Cathar castles of the Corbières](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-cathar-castles/): 3 d
- [Côte Vermeille and the little yellow train](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-cote-vermeille-conflent/): 4 d
- [Auvergne volcanoes: Puy de Dôme to Puy Mary](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-auvergne-volcanoes/): 4 d
- [Inland Catalonia: Montserrat to the Garrotxa volcanoes](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-catalonia-volcanoes/): 4 d
- [Tarragona, Priorat wine and the Ebro Delta](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-priorat-delta/): 3 d
- [Southern Aragon: waterfalls, cranes and Mudéjar Teruel](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-teruel-albarracin/): 4 d
- [Asturias to León: Somiedo, Las Médulas and the Camino](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-somiedo-leon/): 5 d
- [Route Napoléon](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/route-napoleon/): 3 d
- [Pyrenean cols: Tourmalet and Gavarnie](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/pyrenees-cols/): 3 d
- [Mallorca: the Serra de Tramuntana road](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-mallorca-tramuntana/): 4 d
- [The Douro Valley and the N222](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-douro-n222/): 4 d
- [Swiss Alpine passes from Lucerne](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/swiss-passes/): 3 d
- [The hidden Algarve: villages and the Serra de Monchique](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-algarve-hills/): 3 d
- [Lucca, the Garfagnana and the marble of Carrara](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b11-lucca-garfagnana/): 3 d
- [Historic villages of the Beira](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-beira-historic-villages/): 4 d
- [Val di Funes, Val Gardena and the Sella passes](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b11-val-gardena-sella/): 3 d
- [Val Venosta: Merano to Lake Resia and the Stelvio](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b11-val-venosta-resia/): 3 d
- [Aosta Valley: the Matterhorn, Fort Bard and Monte Rosa](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b11-matterhorn-monte-rosa/): 3 d
- [Around Etna: lava castles, the north slope and the Alcantara Gorges](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b11-etna-alcantara/): 3 d
- [Col de l’Iseran and the Maurienne passes](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b12-iseran-maurienne/): 3 d
- [Harz: half-timbered towns and the Brocken](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b4-harz-mountains/): 3 d
- [Izoard, Queyras and the Cime de la Bonette](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b12-izoard-queyras-bonette/): 4 d
- [Béarn and Bigorre: Aubisque to the Pic du Midi](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b12-bearn-bigorre/): 3 d
- [Corsica’s mountain heart: Ajaccio to Porto](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b12-corsica-interior/): 4 d

## Oceania

- [Rotorua, Taupō and Tongariro: a volcanic plateau road trip](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzm-rotorua-taupo-tongariro/): 3 d
- [Tongariro National Park, Whakapapa and Ōhakune in two days](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzm-tongariro-ruapehu/): 2 d
- [Around Mt Taranaki on the Surf Highway and mountain roads](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzm-taranaki-circuit/): 3 d
- [Christchurch to Greymouth over Lewis Pass with Hanmer Springs](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzw-lewis-pass-hanmer/): 2 d
- [Greymouth to Christchurch over Arthur's Pass](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzw-arthurs-pass-christchurch/): 2 d
- [From Franz Josef and Fox Glacier to Haast and Jackson Bay](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzw-franz-josef-haast/): 3 d
- [Mackenzie Country lakes and Aoraki / Mount Cook](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzz-mackenzie-mount-cook/): 3 d
- [Crown Range and Lake Wānaka to Cromwell](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzz-wanaka-crown-range/): 2 d
- [Blue Mountains and the Central West](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-blue-mountains-central-west/): 5 d
- [Canberra and the Snowy Mountains](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-canberra-and-snowy-mountains/): 4 d
- [Grampians (Gariwerd) from Melbourne](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-grampians-gariwerd/): 3 d
- [Victorian High Country and Yarra Valley](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-victorian-high-country/): 5 d
- [Darling Downs and the Granite Belt](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-granite-belt-darling-downs/): 3 d
- [Flinders Ranges: Wilpena Pound to Arkaroola](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-flinders-ranges-loop/): 4 d
- [Cradle Mountain, the West Coast and the Lyell Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-tas-cradle-west-coast/): 4 d

## FAQs

**How many routes are in this list?**
248 routes: USA 87, Europe 146, Oceania 15.

**How is this list chosen?**
This list is put together automatically from our route data (season estimate, trip length, terrain, passes and size limits), currently 248 trip guides.
