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Pass · New Zealand

Porters Pass

940 m3,084 ft
Tonight
5°CFair · Wind 26 km/h NW

Porters Pass is a mountain pass at 940 m in New Zealand.

All facts
Saddle
940 m
Lowest point
625 m / 831 m
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Pass

Porters Pass: the climb from each side

Saddle 940 msoutheast side 625 m+315 m · 2.8 kmwest side 831 m+109 m · 3.0 km

Crossed by: SH 73 West Coast Road, Foggy Peak Ridge Track

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

3D map

Porters Pass 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Porters Pass terrain and contours

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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Porters Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Porters Pass weather

Today · Clear · 5 / 16°C (41 / 61°F) · Wind 26 km/h NW

Porters Pass forecast for about 940 m.

  • Today5°16°–26 km/h NW
  • Sun7°15°–30 km/h NW
  • Mon4°13°36.1 mm59 km/h N
  • Tue1°4°3.5 mm17 km/h NW
  • Wed5°9°5.0 mm26 km/h NW
  • Thu-3°9°0.1 mm24 km/h NW
  • Fri4°9°–18 km/h NW
  • Sat7°11°0.2 mm21 km/h NW
  • Sun9°11°31.2 mm22 km/h N
  • Mon1°7°5.8 mm14 km/h S

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Porters Pass

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

  • Nearest parking

    0.0 km SSW

    +2 more within 1.8 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    John Hayward Memorial Hut

    5.2 km ENE · +1 more within 6.8 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Porters Lodge Camp Sites

    6.8 km WNW

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.0 km SSW
Parking1.3 km W
Parking1.8 km SE
John Hayward Memorial HutHut5.2 km ENE
Porters Ski LodgeHut6.8 km WNW
Porters Lodge Camp SitesCampsite6.8 km WNW
Slope

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°
18.1%
Moderate, 15–30°
42.0%
Steep, 30–45°
39.8%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
39.9% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
1,311 m low point 555 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 54.9%Trees 27.2%Bare rock / sparse 12.9%Shrubland 3.8%Water 1.1%

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; 564 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Cotton daisy89
  • Golden Spaniard87
  • Colenso's mingimingi73
  • Veronica pinguifolia62
  • Stout Dwarf Broom61
  • Matagouri59
Where it sits

Where Porters Pass sits

Range
Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana15
Region
New Zealand112Oceania282
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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

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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 2026-03-23)
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)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia