Information About

Polychrome Pass

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Polychrome Pass on The Map

Location

63 ° 30' 54" N,
149 ° 56' 3.998" W

Region

Denali

Nearest City

Cantwell

Parent

Alaska Range

Elevation

3573 ft (1089.05 m)

Polychrome Pass in Detail.

About

between Toklat River and East Fork Toklat River, S of Polychrome Mtn., 38 mi. SW of Healy, Alaska Range

History

Descriptive name reported in 1916 by C.E. Griffin, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Polychrome Pass Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Polychrome Pass.

Birds Sighted Here

Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings

Willow Ptarmigan, Common Gull, Common Redpoll, White-crowned Sparrow, Rock Ptarmigan, Black-billed Magpie, American Tree Sparrow, Northern Pintail, Fox Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Lesser Scaup, Golden Eagle, Common Raven, Horned Lark, American Robin, White-winged Crossbill, Dark-eyed Junco, Wilson's Warbler, Gray Jay, Buff-bellied Pipit, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Green-winged Teal, Common Loon, Northern Harrier, Say's Phoebe, Black-capped Chickadee, Swainson's Thrush, Savannah Sparrow, Semipalmated Plover, Arctic Warbler, Varied Thrush, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Northern Wheatear, Chipping sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Trumpeter Swan, American Wigeon, Mallard, Greater Scaup, White-winged Scoter, Common Goldeneye, Barrow's Goldeneye, White-tailed Ptarmigan, Wilson's Snipe, Long-tailed Jaeger, Red-throated Loon, Bald Eagle, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Northern Shrike, Boreal Chickadee, Cliff Swallow, Townsend's Solitaire, Hermit Thrush, Pine Siskin, Snow Bunting, Lincoln's Sparrow, Cackling Goose, Canada Goose, Tundra Swan, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Ring-necked Duck, Harlequin Duck, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Spruce Grouse, Sandhill Crane, American Golden Plover, Whimbrel, Red-necked Phalarope, Spotted Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Bonaparte's Gull, Arctic Tern, Northern Goshawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Short-eared Owl, Belted Kingfisher, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Alder Flycatcher, Tree Swallow, Violet-green Swallow, Bank Swallow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Pine Grosbeak, Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, Lapland Longspur, Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Waterthrush, Yellow Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler