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It’s a ritual I know well by now. After 17 trips, going all the way back to 2009, I’ve got the post-ride routine figured out.

The day after my trip ends, I wash several weeks’ worth of bug goo and road grime off, shine up the Harley, and dream about next year.

I’m already dreaming.

This year’s theme was Colorado’s Pass-a-Paloozas™, paved roadways over 10,000 feet. The state has 31 of them, and I rode 29 over the past two weeks.

To help you plan for your future on the road, here’s a list of all of them. All you need is a full tank of gas, and a free day or two. Time to start planning.

• Trail Ridge Road: 12,183 feet
• Cottonwood Pass: 12,126 feet
• Independence Pass: 12,095 feet
• Loveland Pass: 11,992 feet
• Iceberg Pass: 11,827 feet
• Guanella Pass: 11,669 feet
• Hoosier Pass: 11,541 feet
• Slumgullion Pass: 11,530 feet
• Fremont Pass: 11,318 feet
• Berthoud Pass: 11,315 feet
• Monarch Pass: 11,312 feet
• Eisenhower Tunnel: 11,158 feet
• Juniper Pass: 11,020 feet
• Red Mountain Pass: 11,018 feet
• Molas Pass: 10,910 feet
• Spring Creek Pass: 10,901 feet
• Wolf Creek Pass: 10,857 feet
• Grand Mesa Summit: 10,839 feet
• Milner Pass: 10,759 feet
• Vail Pass: 10,666 feet
• Coal Bank Pass: 10,640 feet
• Tennessee Pass: 10,424 feet
• Cameron Pass: 10,276 feet
• La Manga Pass. 10,230 feet 
• Cumbres Pass. 10,222 feet
• Lizard Head Pass: 10,222 feet
• North Pass: 10,149 feet 
• Red Hill Pass, 10,051 feet
• Kenosha Pass: 10,001 feet

Here are the two I did not ride. One was closed for the summer, the other too far away.

• Mount Blue Sky: 14,130 feet
• Pikes Peak: 14,115 feet

Until next year …