Forch
- Connects
- Schwarzmoos – Uessikon
- Tonight
- 4°CFair · Wind 23 km/h W
Forch is a mountain pass at 673 m in Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. It links Schwarzmoos and Uessikon.
All facts
- Saddle
- 673 m
- Lowest point
- 578 m / 434 m
Forch: the climb from each side
Crossed by: A52 Forchstrasse, Haldeweg
Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.
Forch 3D map
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Forch terrain and contours
20 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.
Forch elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Forch weather
Tonight · Fair · 4°C (39°F) · 0.9 mm · Wind 23 km/h W
Forch forecast for about 673 m.
- Tonight4°0.9 mm23 km/h W
- Today3°7°11.2 mm19 km/h SW
- Sun6°11°6.8 mm28 km/h SW
- Mon6°11°–6 km/h SE
- Tue8°16°–4 km/h NW
- Wed7°10°1.6 mm8 km/h NE
- Thu4°12°–8 km/h NE
- Fri4°10°–3 km/h W
- Sat3°9°0.4 mm4 km/h NW
- Sun5°9°8.4 mm10 km/h W
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.
Camping & parking near Forch
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Forch, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Denkmal
Nearest hut
Waldhütte Herrliberg
Nearest campsite
Rausenbach
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| DenkmalParking | 0.1 km S |
| Parking | 0.3 km WNW |
| Parking | 0.4 km W |
| Waldhütte HerrlibergHut | 2.4 km S |
| Waldhütte Holzkorporation ErlenbachHut | 2.6 km SW |
| RausenbachCampsite | 2.7 km NNE |
| Naturfreunde ZeltplatzCampsite | 3.2 km NNE |
| Waldhütte MaurHut | 3.3 km N |
| MaurholzCampsite | 3.4 km N |
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 86% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 1.1% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 465 m low point 405 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 4 km of Forch.
Summit list 6
- 1Wassberg729 m 1.5 km NNW
- 2Schönbüel773 m 1.7 km SSE
- 3Büel652 m 2.1 km WNW
- 4Bergholz663 m 2.6 km NNW
- 5Guglen708 m 3.2 km NW
- 6Pfannenstiel853 m 3.9 km SSE
Where Forch sits
- Region
- Canton of Zurich14Switzerland432Europe2,143
Nearby places
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-25)
- 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)
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)