SECTION HOUSE

Boreas Pass Section House is an historic landmark.

The Boreas Pass Section House was built in 1882 to house the railroad men and their families who took care of a section of the Denver South Park & Pacific narrow gauge railway that ran from Denver to Leadville over Boreas Pass. Next to the Section House sits Ken's Cabin (see huts menu above), also known as the historic Wagon Cabin, built in the 1860’s when Boreas Pass Road was a mere wagon trail over the Continental Divide.

These historic buildings, listed with the National Register of Historic Places, were carefully restored from 1992-97 with funding and assistance provided by the U.S. Forest Service, Park County, Texas A&M University, Colorado Department of Transportation, and Harris Construction. Summit Huts Association completed the upgrades to the Section House and Ken’s Cabin and has a special use permit to operate the buildings as winter ski huts.

Hut Elevation: 11,481'

Layout and capacity: Downstairs: 2 sets of single bunks Upstairs: 1 bedroom with 1 double bed and 3 single beds, 1 bedroom with 1 double bed and 1 single bed. Capacity 12.

Hut Location: Section House is located in central Colorado, about 10 miles southeast of the town of Breckenridge. It is located next to another hut called Ken's Cabin (see menu above for info about Ken's). [locator map]

Maps:
10th Mountain Brochure System Map [section from map]
Official, Winter: Boreas Pass  [example] 
Official, Summer: (hut closed during summer)
USGS Map: Boreas Pass Quadrangle
USFS Forest Visitor's Map: Arapaho National Forest

Dates Open: Summer, 1 July through 30 September. Winter, Thanksgiving through 30 April

Winter Trail Access

• Trailhead: Boreas Pass, elevation 10,350' Route: Via Boreas Pass Road, Total Mileage 6.4

• Trailhead: Boreas Pass, elevation 10,350' Route: Via Baker's Tank Trail, Boreas Pass Road to the hut, Total Mileage 6.2

• Trailhead: Peabody, elevation 10,096' Route: Via Boreas Pass Road, Total Mileage 7.1

• Trailhead: Gold Dust, elevation 10,330' Route: Gold Dust Trail, Old Boreas Pass Wagon Trail, Boreas Pass Road to the hut, Total Mileage 4.9

Summer Trail Access

• Closed in Summer

(For trailhead details, please see left-hand menu at top of page.)