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Pass · India

Goecha La

4,905 m16,093 ft

Tonight: -15°CLight snow showers · Wind 11 km/h NW

Goecha La is a mountain pass at 4,905 m in India.

All facts

Saddle: 4,905 m
Lowest point: 4,591 m / 4,271 m

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Pass

Goecha 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.

3D map

Goecha La 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Goecha La terrain and contours

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

Goecha La elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Goecha La weather

Today · Light snow showers at night · -15 / -4°C (5 / 25°F) · 1.2 mm · Wind 11 km/h NW

Goecha La forecast for about 4,905 m.

Today-15°-4°1.2 mm11 km/h NW
Sun-14°-3°–11 km/h NW
Mon-14°-2°–10 km/h NW
Tue-15°-2°–10 km/h NW
Wed-14°-1°0.2 mm10 km/h NW
Thu-7°-3°42.1 mm6 km/h NW
Fri-3°-3°136.3 mm6 km/h SW
Sat-6°-1°15.0 mm9 km/h W
Sun-9°-2°1.6 mm9 km/h NW
Mon-10°-2°0.2 mm9 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 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°

25.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

26.4%

Steep, 30–45°

30.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

17.7%

Steeper than 30°: 48.5% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 2,634 m low point 3,997 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 62.7%Bare rock / sparse 18.8%Moss & lichen 12.4%Grassland 5.1%Water 0.7%

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

Where it sits

Where Goecha La sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Print & wall

JPGGoecha La satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-13.

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Sources

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 2026-01-13)
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)
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