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Rollins Pass

3,560 m11,680 ft
Tonight
28°FPartly cloudy · Wind 6–9 mph WSW

Rollins Pass is a mountain pass at 3,560 m in Colorado, United States.

All facts
Saddle
3,560 m
Lowest point
3,110 m / 3,220 m
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Pass

Rollins Pass: the climb from each side

Saddle 3,560 mwest side 3,110 m+450 m · 2.7 kmnortheast side 3,220 m+340 m · 1.8 km

Crossed by: TR 5 Rollins Pass Trail, TR 7 High Lonesome Trail, FR 501.1 Boulder Wagon Road

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

3D map

Rollins Pass 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Rollins 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

Rollins Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
Weather

Rollins Pass weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 28°F (-2°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 6–9 mph WSW

Rollins Pass forecast for about 3,407 m.

  • Tonight28°2%6–9 mph WSW
  • Sat26°33°41%8–17 mph ESE
  • Sun27°38°62%6–9 mph ESE
  • Mon25°36°31%3–9 mph WNW
  • Tue25°41°9%7–12 mph W
  • Wed25°39°4%5–14 mph W
  • Thu27°40°5%3–9 mph W

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:46 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Rollins Pass

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

  • Nearest parking

    Rollins Pass trailhead

    0.0 km N · +2 more within 1.7 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Årestua / Guinn Mountain Hut

    3.4 km E

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    East Portal Distributed Camping Area

    5.4 km SE · +2 more within 6.0 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Rollins Pass trailheadParking0.0 km N
Parking0.1 km NE
Forest Lakes TrailheadParking1.7 km SE
Årestua / Guinn Mountain HutHut3.4 km E
East Portal Distributed Camping AreaCampsite5.4 km SE
Campsite6.0 km ESE
Lost Lake CampgroundCampsite6.0 km ENE
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°
41.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
42.7%
Steep, 30–45°
14.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
1.8%
Steeper than 30°
15.8% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
983 m low point 2,790 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 66.4%Grassland 16.5%Moss & lichen 10.0%Bare rock / sparse 6.3%Water 0.7%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Rollins Pass.

NESW2 km5 km12345
Summit list 5
  1. 1Mount Epworth3,611 m 1.7 km SW
  2. 2Beacon Peak3,680 m 1.9 km S
  3. 3Skyscraper Peak3,774 m 2.9 km N
  4. 4Guinn Mountain3,419 m 2.9 km ENE
  5. 5Spirit Peak3,691 m 3.4 km S
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 232 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Blue columbine176
  • Whipple's penstemon67
  • Elephant's-Head lousewort40
  • Moss Campion31
  • Parry's primrose30
  • Rhexia-leaved paintbrush29
Where it sits

Where Rollins Pass sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Rocky Mountains104Front Range15
Region
Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Front Range 6
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Downloads

Rollins 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 2024 (scene 2024-07-29)
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
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