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Forester Pass

3,954 m12,972 ft

Tonight: 18°FPartly cloudy · Wind 8–16 mph NE

Forester Pass is a mountain pass at 3,954 m in California, United States.

All facts

Saddle: 3,954 m
Lowest point: 3,631 m / 3,291 m

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Pass

Forester Pass: the climb from each side

Crossed by: PCT John Muir Trail

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

3D map

Forester Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Forester 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

Forester Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Forester Pass weather

Today · Cloudy · 18 / 25°F (-8 / -4°C) · 20% chance of precipitation · Wind 8 mph NE

Forester Pass forecast for about 3,768 m.

Today18°25°20%8 mph NE
Sat23°31°–3–17 mph NE
Sun26°37°–3–7 mph SW
Mon25°37°–6–10 mph SW
Tue26°38°–3–18 mph WSW
Wed26°37°1%3–7 mph SW
Thu25°34°9%5–9 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:56 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Forester Pass

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

Nearest campsite
Wheelbarrow Camp
2.1 km N · +2 more within 7.1 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Wheelbarrow CampCampsite	2.1 km N
Anvil CampCampsite	3.8 km E
Campsite	7.1 km WNW

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°

33.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

27.5%

Steep, 30–45°

27.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

11.7%

Steeper than 30°: 39.5% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,193 m low point 3,067 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 84.0%Grassland 11.2%Water 2.5%Trees 1.8%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Forester Pass.

Summit list 7

1Junction Peak4,236 m 0.6 km SE
2Caltech Peak4,217 m 1.8 km WSW
3Gregory's Monument4,254 m 2.3 km WNW
4Mount Stanford4,260 m 2.4 km WNW
5Mount Keith4,262 m 2.6 km ENE
6Mount Ericsson4,151 m 3.8 km W
7Deerhorn Mountain4,043 m 4.0 km WNW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 146 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Sierra Nevada Sky Pilot68
Alpine Gold22
Cushion buckwheat22
Western roseroot20
Yellow-bellied Marmot19
Alpine sorrel19

Where it sits

Where Forester Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Diaz Lake32 km ESE

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

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Print & wall

JPGForester Pass satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-03.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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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 2026-08-03)
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)
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

Forester Pass

West → east through the centre

Nearest campsite