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Paso de Cortés

3,680 m12,073 ft
Connects
Rancho La Huerta – Paso de Cortés
Tonight
3°CCloudy · Wind 12 km/h NW

Paso de Cortés is a mountain pass at 3,680 m in Mexico. It links Rancho La Huerta and Paso de Cortés.

All facts
Saddle
3,680 m
Lowest point
3,417 m / 3,507 m
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3D map

Paso de Cortés 3D map

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Topographic map

Paso de Cortés topographic map

50 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.

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Paso de Cortés elevation profile

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Pass

Paso de Cortés: the climb from each side

Saddle 3,680 mRancho La Huerta 3,417 m+263 m · 3.0 kmeast side 3,507 m+173 m · 3.0 km

Crossed by: MEX 115 T. C. (Santa Bárbara - Huajuapan) - Tlamacas, PUE 416

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

Weather

Paso de Cortés weather

Today · Cloudy · 3 / 6°C (37 / 43°F) · Wind 12 km/h NW

Paso de Cortés forecast for about 3,680 m.

  • Today3°6°–12 km/h NW
  • Sat4°11°–12 km/h E
  • Sun3°10°0.5 mm14 km/h SE
  • Mon2°12°0.4 mm7 km/h SE
  • Tue3°10°5.2 mm7 km/h SE
  • Wed3°10°12.3 mm6 km/h E
  • Thu4°8°11.5 mm5 km/h E
  • Fri5°10°5.6 mm6 km/h E
  • Sat5°13°–7 km/h E
  • Sun4°14°–6 km/h E

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, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Paso de Cortés

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

  • Nearest campsite

    0.1 km W

    +2 more within 7.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    0.1 km ESE

    +2 more within 3.8 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Refugio Apatlaco

    3.2 km NE · +2 more within 5.3 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Campsite0.1 km W
Parking0.1 km ESE
Parque EcoturisticoCampsite3.1 km NE
Parking3.1 km NE
Refugio ApatlacoHut3.2 km NE
Hut3.4 km SSE
Parking3.8 km N
La JoyaHut5.3 km N
Campsite7.2 km W
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 54% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
54.3%
Moderate, 15–30°
31.9%
Steep, 30–45°
12.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.2%
Steeper than 30°
13.8% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
1,084 m low point 3,022 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 79.9%Grassland 19.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Paso de Cortés sits

Range
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt12
Region
Mexico31North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2026-03-01)
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)
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