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Allison Pass

1,340 m4,396 ft
Tonight
-3°CPartly cloudy · Wind 8 km/h N

Allison Pass is a mountain pass at 1,340 m in British Columbia, Canada.

All facts
Saddle
1,340 m
Lowest point
1,302 m / 1,224 m
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Pass

Allison Pass: the climb from each side

Saddle 1,340 msoutheast side 1,302 m+38 m · 2.6 kmnorthwest side 1,224 m+116 m · 2.9 km

Crossed by: CN 3 Crowsnest Highway

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

3D map

Allison Pass 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Allison Pass terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Allison Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Allison Pass weather

Today · Fair · -3 / 5°C (27 / 41°F) · Wind 8 km/h N

Allison Pass forecast for about 1,340 m.

  • Today-3°5°–8 km/h N
  • Sat0°3°6.1 mm10 km/h E
  • Sun-1°4°8.6 mm9 km/h E
  • Mon2°4°1.2 mm3 km/h E
  • Tue-2°3°4.5 mm5 km/h SW
  • Wed-5°3°3.2 mm9 km/h S
  • Thu-6°1°1.3 mm4 km/h SW
  • Fri-8°-1°1.2 mm4 km/h SW
  • Sat-5°-1°–5 km/h SW
  • Sun-1°5°0.2 mm8 km/h SE

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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Allison Pass

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

  • Nearest parking

    1.8 km ESE

    +2 more within 5.7 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Cambie Creek (Winter Only)

    1.9 km ESE · +2 more within 6.3 km

  • Nearest hut

    Daylodge

    6.5 km SW · +1 more within 7.2 km

All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Parking1.8 km ESE
Cambie Creek (Winter Only)Campsite1.9 km ESE
Parking4.8 km NW
Strawberry Flats ParkingParking5.7 km SSW
Lone Duck TwoCampsite6.3 km SSE
Lone Duck OneCampsite6.3 km SSE
DaylodgeHut6.5 km SW
Poland Lake HutHut7.2 km WSW
Slope

Slope

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

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
22.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
56.6%
Steep, 30–45°
20.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.3%
Steeper than 30°
21.1% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
863 m low point 1,074 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 98.3%Grassland 0.8%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 362 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Common Raven17
  • Columbian Ground Squirrel13
  • Canada Jay12
  • Spreading phlox12
  • Scentless mayweed12
  • Clark's Nutcracker11
Where it sits

Where Allison Pass sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Pacific Coast Ranges119Cascade Range35North Cascades9
Region
British Columbia115Canada331North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Allison 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 2026-09-18)
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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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