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Fall River Pass

3,593 m11,788 ft
Tonight
25°FFair · Wind 7–12 mph SSW

Fall River Pass is a mountain pass at 3,593 m in Colorado, United States.

All facts
Saddle
3,593 m
Lowest point
3,335 m / 3,148 m
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Pass

Fall River Pass: the climb from each side

Saddle 3,593 meast side 3,335 m+258 m · 1.3 kmnorth side 3,148 m+445 m · 1.9 km

Crossed by: US 34 Trail Ridge Road, Ute Trail

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

3D map

Fall River Pass 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 8 × 8 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Fall River 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

Fall River Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Fall River Pass weather

Tonight · Fair · 25°F (-4°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 7–12 mph SSW

Fall River Pass forecast for about 3,616 m.

  • Tonight25°1%7–12 mph SSW
  • Sat22°34°32%7–13 mph SE
  • Sun22°41°77%7 mph SSE
  • Mon20°36°35%7 mph W
  • Tue20°41°14%8–12 mph WSW
  • Wed20°39°6%6–13 mph WSW
  • Thu22°41°5%5–8 mph WSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:46 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Fall River Pass

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.1 km N

    +2 more within 0.7 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Fall River Pass Trailhead

    0.1 km NNE · +2 more within 3.6 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Little Rock Lake

    5.7 km S · +2 more within 7.8 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking0.1 km N
Fall River Pass TrailheadTrailhead0.1 km NNE
Parking0.7 km W
Parking0.7 km N
Chapin Pass TrailheadTrailhead2.2 km ESE
Rock Cut TrailheadTrailhead3.6 km SSE
Little Rock LakeCampsite5.7 km S
Upper Chipmunk WestCampsite7.7 km E
Upper Chipmunk EastCampsite7.8 km E
Slope

Slope

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

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

Gentle, 0–15°
44.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
47.4%
Steep, 30–45°
7.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.9%
Steeper than 30°
8.4% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
778 m low point 3,022 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 54.4%Grassland 21.3%Moss & lichen 21.2%Bare rock / sparse 3.1%

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; 443 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Yellow-bellied Marmot871
  • Wapiti773
  • American Pika689
  • Ross' Avens491
  • Moss Campion412
  • Pale alpine forget-me-not306
Where it sits

Where Fall River Pass sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Rocky Mountains104Front Range15
Region
Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Protected area
Rocky Mountain National Park5
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Front Range 6
See all 15 in the Front Range →
Downloads

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

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (scene 2024-07-29)
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)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
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 NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia