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Loveland Pass

3,628 m11,903 ft

Tonight: 30°FPartly cloudy · Wind 9 mph SSW

Loveland Pass is a mountain pass at 3,628 m in Colorado, United States.

All facts

Saddle: 3,628 m
Lowest point: 3,267 m / 3,251 m

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Pass

Loveland Pass: the climb from each side

Crossed by: US 6, West Ridge Trail

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

3D map

Loveland Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Loveland 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.

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Loveland Pass elevation profile

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Weather

Loveland Pass weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 30°F (-1°C) · Wind 9 mph SSW

Loveland Pass forecast for about 3,474 m.

Tonight30°–9 mph SSW
Sat30°36°55%10–16 mph ESE
Sun28°40°57%9–13 mph SSE
Mon26°40°30%6–10 mph WNW
Tue26°45°10%10–15 mph SW
Wed26°43°2%8–14 mph W
Thu28°43°5%10 mph SW

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

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Loveland Pass

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

Nearest parking
Loveland Pass Trailhead
0.0 km SSE · +2 more within 0.5 km
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Nearest hut
Rock House Cabin
1.9 km NW
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Nearest campsite
7.4 km S
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All mapped places 5

Place	Distance
Loveland Pass TrailheadParking	0.0 km SSE
Parking	0.4 km S
Parking	0.5 km S
Rock House CabinHut	1.9 km NW
Campsite	7.4 km S

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°

25.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

49.7%

Steep, 30–45°

23.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.3%

Steeper than 30°: 25.0% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,080 m low point 3,013 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 42.4%Moss & lichen 22.5%Grassland 19.0%Bare rock / sparse 15.5%Built-up 0.5%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Loveland Pass.

Summit list 4

1Cupid3,998 m 1.9 km E
2Mount Sniktau4,029 m 2.7 km NE
3Grizzly Peak4,064 m 3.2 km SE
4Lenawee Mountain4,019 m 4.0 km SSE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 482 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Whipple's penstemon196
American Pika171
Ross' Avens155
Yellow-bellied Marmot113
Alpine Sunflower111
Lanceleaf Stonecrop108

Where it sits

Where Loveland Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

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

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Print & wall

JPGLoveland Pass satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2024-07-29.

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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 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)
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

Loveland Pass

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking

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