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Abbot Pass

2,892 m9,488 ft
Tonight
-17°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h NW

Abbot Pass is a mountain pass at 2,892 m in Alberta, Canada.

All facts
Saddle
2,892 m
Lowest point
2,205 m / 1,961 m
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Pass

Abbot Pass: the climb from each side

Saddle 2,892 msouthwest side 2,205 m+687 m · 2.8 kmnortheast side 1,961 m+931 m · 3.0 km

Crossed by: Abbot Pass Route, Mount Victoria Route, Mount Lefroy Route

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Abbot Pass 3D map

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Topographic map

Abbot Pass terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Abbot Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Abbot Pass weather

Today · Clear · -17 / -9°C (1 / 16°F) · Wind 6 km/h NW

Abbot Pass forecast for about 2,892 m.

  • Today-17°-9°–6 km/h NW
  • Sat-15°-7°4.0 mm9 km/h E
  • Sun-15°-6°–6 km/h E
  • Mon-10°-3°–1 km/h NE
  • Tue-11°-5°1.5 mm4 km/h W
  • Wed-11°-6°14.7 mm6 km/h E
  • Thu-19°-8°2.3 mm3 km/h SW
  • Fri-20°-11°1.0 mm3 km/h W
  • Sat-16°-12°0.6 mm6 km/h SW
  • Sun-16°-9°–5 km/h SW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Abbot Pass

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Abbot Pass, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest campsite

    Pa10

    2.6 km ESE · +1 more within 4.0 km

  • Nearest hut

    Elizabeth Parker Hut

    4.1 km WSW

  • Nearest parking

    Lake Louise handicap parking

    7.8 km NE · +2 more within 7.7 km

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Pa10Campsite2.6 km ESE
Lake O'Hara CampgroundCampsite4.0 km W
Elizabeth Parker HutHut4.1 km WSW
Parking7.6 km NE
Parking7.7 km NE
Lake Louise handicap parkingParking7.8 km NE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°
20.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
25.5%
Steep, 30–45°
32.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
22.3%
Steeper than 30°
54.3% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
1,687 m low point 1,748 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 57.5%Trees 16.7%Snow & ice 15.7%Moss & lichen 5.7%Water 3.1%Grassland 1.3%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Abbot Pass.

NESW2 km5 km12345678
Summit list 8
  1. 1Mount Lefroy3,423 m 0.7 km ESE
  2. 2Glacier Peak3,302 m 1.5 km SSE
  3. 3Mount Huber3,354 m 1.8 km WNW
  4. 4Mount Victoria3,467 m 2.0 km NW
  5. 5Ringrose Peak3,292 m 2.4 km S
  6. 6Mount Victoria North Peak3,416 m 2.9 km NW
  7. 7Collier Peak3,215 m 3.2 km NNW
  8. 8Hungabee Mountain3,492 m 3.4 km S
Where it sits

Where Abbot Pass sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Rocky Mountains104Canadian Rockies32
Region
Alberta66Canada331North America1,313
Protected area
Banff National Park17
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Abbot Pass downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-17)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia