mountain pass
Ridge route through
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range, typically following the lowest point between peaks.
Passes have historically served as critical corridors for trade, migration, and military movement: Hannibal crossed the Alps through a mountain pass.
Also called simply a pass.
- colSpreadsheet vertical section
- notchV-shaped incision
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- defileTo violate sanctity
- gapUnfilled space between
hairpin turn · trail · switchback · continental divide · elevation · caravan · pack mule · trade route · silk road · historic route · high altitude · timberline · snow-capped peaks · watershed · snowpack · thin air · valley · steep
- AlpsAlps, Swiss Alps, Mont Blanc, Matterhorn, Austrian Alps
- scenic roadsPacific Coast Highway, scenic overlook, vista point, coastal drive, scenic route
- Mountain Passesnotch, gap, defile
- hikingtrail, hike, hiker, trails, day hikes
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- mountain featurespeaks, peak, ridges, summit, slopes
mountain passtunnel
Enclosed underground route
mountain tunnel · subway · underpass · bore · rail tunnel
mountain passvalley floor
Bottom of depression between hills
plain · mountain peak · summit · lowland · mountaintop
pass, mountain, mountains, mountainous, alpine, mountaineer, mountaineering, montane, mountain passes