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Red Mountain Pass

3,380 m11,089 ft

Tonight: 28°FSnow showers · Wind 5–10 mph S

Red Mountain Pass is a mountain pass at 3,380 m in Colorado, United States.

All facts

Saddle: 3,380 m
Lowest point: 3,160 m / 3,095 m

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Pass

Red Mountain Pass: the climb from each side

No mapped road or trail crosses the saddle.

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

3D map

Red Mountain Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Red Mountain 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

Red Mountain Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Red Mountain Pass weather

Tonight · Snow showers · 28°F (-2°C) · 39% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–10 mph S

Red Mountain Pass forecast for about 3,343 m.

Tonight28°39%5–10 mph S
Sat27°40°95%10 mph SSE
Sun18°36°53%5–10 mph SSE
Mon21°40°2%0–5 mph SW
Tue20°41°1%10–15 mph S
Wed22°42°2%5–10 mph SSW
Thu25°41°31%5–10 mph S

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

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°

21.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.8%

Steep, 30–45°

33.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.3%

Steeper than 30°: 37.0% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 1,147 m low point 2,970 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 32.6%Moss & lichen 26.8%Bare rock / sparse 21.0%Grassland 19.3%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Red Mountain Pass.

Summit list 5

1Red Mountain Number 33,925 m 2.0 km E
2Trico Peak4,054 m 2.5 km WNW
3McMillan Peak3,903 m 2.8 km SE
4Red Mountain Number 23,721 m 2.9 km ENE
5Telluride Peak4,117 m 3.5 km NW

Where it sits

Where Red Mountain Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Morrow Point ReservoirLake63 km NNE

Downloads

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JPGRed Mountain Pass satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-10.

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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)
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)
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