Pass · Shanxi

Yanmen Pass

1,593 m5,226 ft

Tonight: 5°CRain · Wind 12 km/h S

Yanmen Pass is a mountain pass at 1,593 m in Shanxi, People's Republic of China.

All facts

Saddle: 1,593 m
Lowest point: 1,324 m / 1,495 m

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3D map

Yanmen Pass 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Yanmen Pass topographic map

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 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

Yanmen Pass elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Print & wall

JPGYanmen Pass satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-01.

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GIS & GPS

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Pass

Yanmen 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.

Weather

Yanmen Pass weather

Today · Rain at night · 5 / 13°C (41 / 55°F) · 6.8 mm · Wind 12 km/h S

Yanmen Pass forecast for about 1,593 m.

Today5°13°6.8 mm12 km/h S
Sun5°6°12.8 mm8 km/h SE
Mon-2°9°–25 km/h NW
Tue-3°5°–10 km/h NW
Wed-1°11°–14 km/h W
Thu0°8°–19 km/h W
Fri-1°8°–22 km/h NW
Sat2°7°–16 km/h S
Sun-7°3°–26 km/h NW
Mon-4°5°–15 km/h W

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

11.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

57.5%

Steep, 30–45°

31.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 31.5% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view: 800 m low point 1,217 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 80.6%Trees 18.0%Bare rock / sparse 0.8%

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

Where it sits

Where Yanmen Pass sits

Nearby

Nearby places

Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © 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.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-01)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia