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Fotu La

4,088 m13,412 ft

Tonight: -6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 8 km/h N

Fotu La is a mountain pass at 4,088 m in India.

All facts

Saddle: 4,088 m
Lowest point: 3,705 m / 3,796 m

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3D map

Fotu La 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Fotu La topographic map

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Fotu La elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGFotu La satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-08.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Pass

Fotu La: 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

Fotu La weather

Today · Light snow · -6 / 0°C (21 / 32°F) · 0.9 mm · Wind 8 km/h N

Fotu La forecast for about 4,088 m.

Today-6°0°0.9 mm8 km/h N
Sun-7°1°0.6 mm7 km/h N
Mon-7°1°0.5 mm8 km/h N
Tue-6°2°–4 km/h NE
Wed-6°3°–6 km/h E
Thu-4°5°–3 km/h SW
Fri-4°4°0.1 mm8 km/h N
Sat-4°4°–5 km/h NE
Sun-3°4°–6 km/h NE

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°

14.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

44.6%

Steep, 30–45°

34.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

6.2%

Steeper than 30°: 41.1% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,775 m low point 3,619 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 93.7%Grassland 5.2%Snow & ice 0.7%

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

Where it sits

Where Fotu La 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 2026 (scene 2026-09-08)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia