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Wilkerson Pass

2,885 m9,465 ft

Tonight: 35°FPartly cloudy · Wind 5–12 mph WSW

Wilkerson Pass is a mountain pass at 2,885 m in Colorado, United States.

All facts

Saddle: 2,885 m
Lowest point: 2,731 m / 2,734 m

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Pass

Wilkerson 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

Wilkerson Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Wilkerson 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

Wilkerson Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Wilkerson Pass weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 35°F (2°C) · Wind 5–12 mph WSW

Wilkerson Pass forecast for about 2,949 m.

Tonight35°–5–12 mph WSW
Sat33°40°69%5–12 mph NNE
Sun33°44°60%2–9 mph SW
Mon30°44°15%7 mph WSW
Tue30°48°1%7–15 mph WSW
Wed30°47°1%6–12 mph WSW
Thu31°47°3%5–9 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: 55% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

54.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

38.7%

Steep, 30–45°

6.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.4%

Steeper than 30°: 6.8% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 779 m low point 2,662 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 54.4%Grassland 45.1%

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; 80 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

White Point-vetch9
Mountain Bluebird6
Mountain Ball Cactus6
Wholeleaf Paintbrush6
Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine6
Quaking aspen5

Where it sits

Where Wilkerson Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Summit Lake Park3,963 m63 km N

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

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Print & wall

JPGWilkerson Pass satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2024-07-29.

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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)
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)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia