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Vail Pass

3,200 m10,499 ft

Tonight: 27°FFair · Wind 5–8 mph SSW

Vail Pass is a mountain pass at 3,200 m in Colorado, United States.

All facts

Saddle: 3,200 m
Lowest point: 3,069 m / 3,161 m

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Pass

Vail 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

Vail Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Vail 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

Vail Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Vail Pass weather

Tonight · Fair · 27°F (-3°C) · Wind 5–8 mph SSW

Vail Pass forecast for about 3,226 m.

Tonight27°–5–8 mph SSW
Sat27°43°41%6–12 mph SE
Sun23°45°59%8 mph S
Mon20°44°17%1–7 mph W
Tue21°48°8%6–10 mph SW
Wed21°47°3%6–9 mph WSW
Thu23°48°5%7 mph SW

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

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 58% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

58.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

36.2%

Steep, 30–45°

5.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 5.4% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 814 m low point 3,004 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 64.1%Grassland 24.3%Moss & lichen 9.1%Bare rock / sparse 1.5%Built-up 0.8%

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; 284 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Elephant's-Head lousewort95
Whipple's penstemon62
American bistort54
Queen's Crown49
Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian49
Parry's primrose38

Where it sits

Where Vail Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Grays Peak4,350 m36 km ENE

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Print & wall

JPGVail Pass satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2024-09-12.

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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 2024-09-12)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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)
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