Strange Doings at 11,312 Feet So far, 2016 has been a bizarre year for Monarch Pass. On Feb. 18 at 7:36 p.m., a weather station on the top of the pass recorded a gust of 148 mph, the highest ever recorded in Colorado by the National Weather Service. The previous record of 147 mph was recorded on Jan. 25, 1971, at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder. The following day, police officers from Gunnison shot and injured a man after pursuing him over the pass into Chaffee County. Roy Dale Gilmore, 38, a state corrections “client” out ...