With an elevation of 7,477 ft (2,279 m), Soldier Summit ranks fifth in summit elevation on any U.S. transcontinental railroad main line.
The pass was discovered by two Spanish Friars - Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante - in 1776. However, the summit was named after a group of soldiers who died in a freak snowstorm in July 1861. Having previously served under Union General Philip St. George Cooke at Camp Floyd, these Southern soldiers were on their way to join the Confederate Army. The summit is their final resting place.
The pass was discovered by two Spanish Friars - Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante - in 1776. However, the summit was named after a group of soldiers who died in a freak snowstorm in July 1861. Having previously served under Union General Philip St. George Cooke at Camp Floyd, these Southern soldiers were on their way to join the Confederate Army. The summit is their final resting place.
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