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Carson Pass

2,622 m8,602 ft

Tonight: 27°FPartly cloudy · Wind 13–26 mph ENE

Carson Pass is a mountain pass at 2,622 m in California, United States.

All facts

Saddle: 2,622 m
Lowest point: 2,429 m / 2,318 m

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Pass

Carson 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.

3D map

Carson Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Carson Pass terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m 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

Carson Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Carson Pass weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 27°F (-3°C) · 4% chance of precipitation · Wind 13–26 mph ENE

Carson Pass forecast for about 2,683 m.

Tonight27°4%13–26 mph ENE
Sat31°46°1%2–22 mph ENE
Sun33°50°–6 mph SW
Mon30°46°4%7–15 mph SW
Tue31°48°5%1–6 mph SW
Wed33°49°3%3 mph SSW
Thu32°45°15%5 mph SSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:00 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 51% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

51.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

37.1%

Steep, 30–45°

10.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.0%

Steeper than 30°: 11.7% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 938 m low point 2,225 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 53.5%Grassland 28.8%Bare rock / sparse 13.1%Moss & lichen 3.0%Water 1.4%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Carson Pass.

Summit list 5

1Elephants Back2,920 m 1.8 km SSE
2Red Lake Peak3,067 m 2.1 km N
3Black Butte2,743 m 3.0 km WSW
4Round Top3,164 m 3.5 km SSW
5The Sisters3,094 m 3.8 km SSW

Where it sits

Where Carson Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Cascade Lake29 km NNW

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Print & wall

JPGCarson Pass satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-06.

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-06)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
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 NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
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