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Bum La Pass

4,498 m14,757 ft

Tonight: -7°CClear · Wind 13 km/h SW

Bum La Pass is a mountain pass at 4,498 m in Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.

All facts

Saddle: 4,498 m
Lowest point: 4,048 m / 4,277 m

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3D map

Bum La Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Bum La Pass topographic map

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

Bum La Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGBum La Pass satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-12-18.

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GIS & GPS

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Pass

Bum La Pass: the climb from each side

No mapped road or trail crosses the saddle.

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

Weather

Bum La Pass weather

Today · Clear · -7 / 3°C (19 / 37°F) · Wind 13 km/h SW

Bum La Pass forecast for about 4,498 m.

Today-7°3°–13 km/h SW
Sun-6°5°–14 km/h SW
Mon-5°6°–13 km/h S
Tue-5°7°–10 km/h SW
Wed-6°7°–11 km/h SW
Thu-3°4°4.2 mm9 km/h SW
Fri-2°0°18.1 mm4 km/h E
Sat-2°1°16.1 mm5 km/h S
Sun-9°5°–8 km/h SW
Mon-5°5°0.1 mm8 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

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°

34.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

44.1%

Steep, 30–45°

19.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.8%

Steeper than 30°: 21.4% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 928 m low point 3,912 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 55.9%Trees 17.2%Moss & lichen 16.0%Bare rock / sparse 7.8%Water 2.8%

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

Where it sits

Where Bum La Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2025 (scene 2025-12-18)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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: Official website · Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia