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McClure Pass

2,646 m8,681 ft
Tonight
31°FFair · Wind 5 mph S

McClure Pass is a mountain pass at 2,646 m in Colorado, United States.

All facts
Saddle
2,646 m
Lowest point
2,264 m / 2,501 m
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Pass

McClure Pass: the climb from each side

Saddle 2,646 mPlacita 2,264 m+382 m · 1.9 kmwest side 2,501 m+145 m · 3.0 km

Crossed by: CO 133, FR 898, Huntsman Ridge Road

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

3D map

McClure Pass 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

McClure 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

McClure Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

McClure Pass weather

Tonight · Fair · 31°F (-1°C) · 20% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph S

McClure Pass forecast for about 2,865 m.

  • Tonight31°20%5 mph S
  • Sat32°53°79%5 mph ESE
  • Sun28°47°83%5 mph S
  • Mon28°48°6%0–5 mph SSW
  • Tue28°51°10%10–15 mph SSW
  • Wed29°50°5%5–10 mph SSW
  • Thu31°51°19%5–10 mph SSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:47 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near McClure Pass

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

  • Nearest parking

    2.2 km ENE

    +2 more within 3.1 km

  • Nearest campsite

    McClure Campground

    2.5 km WSW · +2 more within 4.7 km

All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking2.2 km ENE
McClure CampgroundCampsite2.5 km WSW
Parking2.8 km WSW
Parking3.1 km SSE
Bogan Flats CampgroundCampsite3.8 km SSE
Bogan Flats Group CampgroundCampsite4.7 km SSE
Slope

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°
38.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
41.6%
Steep, 30–45°
18.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.2%
Steeper than 30°
19.7% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
1,148 m low point 2,212 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 92.1%Grassland 7.1%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 178 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Bronze Jumping Spider15
  • Mule Deer13
  • Glacier Lily13
  • Quaking aspen10
  • Corn Lily6
  • Pelegrina aeneola6
Where it sits

Where McClure Pass sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Rocky Mountains104Elk Mountains3
Region
Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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

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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 2026-09-10)
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)
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