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Rabbit Ears Pass
- Tonight
- 31°FFair · Wind 5–9 mph WNW
Rabbit Ears Pass is a mountain pass at 2,869 m in Colorado, United States.
All facts
- Saddle
- 2,869 m
- Lowest point
- 2,843 m / 2,644 m
Rabbit Ears Pass: the climb from each side
Crossed by: US 40
Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.
Rabbit Ears Pass 3D map
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Rabbit Ears Pass terrain and contours
25 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.
Rabbit Ears Pass elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Rabbit Ears Pass weather
Tonight · Fair · 31°F (-1°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–9 mph WNW
Rabbit Ears Pass forecast for about 2,895 m.
- Tonight31°1%5–9 mph WNW
- Sat29°48°42%5–12 mph E
- Sun29°46°65%5–8 mph SSW
- Mon27°44°14%5–8 mph WSW
- Tue25°47°15%10–17 mph SSW
- Wed25°44°6%9–14 mph WSW
- Thu28°47°7%9 mph SSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:46 UTC.
Camping & parking near Rabbit Ears Pass
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Rabbit Ears Pass, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.6 km NW
Nearest campsite
Rabbit Ears Pass Camp
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.6 km NW |
| Parking | 0.7 km WNW |
| Parking | 1.9 km NNW |
| Rabbit Ears Pass CampCampsite | 2.0 km W |
| Dumont Lake CampgroundCampsite | 2.2 km NNW |
| Wild camping spotCampsite | 4.7 km W |
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 88% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.7% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 667 m low point 2,494 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 262 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Glacier Lily50
- Fireweed45
- Blue columbine37
- Corn Lily33
- Scarlet Gilia28
- Whipple's penstemon26
Where Rabbit Ears Pass sits
- Region
- Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Gore Canyon↑45 km SSE
Lake Agnes3,251 m↑61 km E
Kawuneeche Valley2,628 m↑64 km E
Trappers Lake↑69 km SW
Grand Lake2,552 m↑69 km ESE
More in the Rocky Mountains 6
Rabbit Ears Pass downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-08-20)
- 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)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)