Foo Pass

{{Short description|Mountain pass in the Glarus Alps, Switzerland}}

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| name = Foo Pass

| photo = Foopass.jpg

| photo_caption = View from the pass towards the canton of Glarus

| elevation_m = 2223

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| traversed = Trail

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| map_caption = Location in Switzerland

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| label = Foo Pass

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| location = Glarus/St. Gallen, Switzerland

| range = Glarus Alps

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The Foo Pass ({{langx|de|Foopass}}) is a mountain pass of the Glarus Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of St. Gallen and Glarus, at an elevation of {{convert|2223|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It crosses the col between the peaks of Foostock and Piz Sardona.{{cite map | publisher = Swiss Confederation | title = map.geo.admin.ch | url = http://map.geo.admin.ch/?zoom=6&X=200042.00&Y=736053.00&lang=en&topic=ech&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe | accessdate = 2015-05-13}}{{cite book | title = Trekking in the Alps | first = Kev | last = Reynolds | pages = 124–135 | chapter = Trek 10 - Alpine Pass Route | publisher = Cicerone | year = 2011 | isbn = 978 1 85284 600 8}}

The pass is traversed by a trail, which connects the village of Weisstannen, in the canton of St. Gallen at an elevation of {{convert|1004|m|abbr=on}}, with the village of Elm, in the canton of Glarus at an elevation of {{convert|977|m|abbr=on}}. The trail forms part of the Alpine Pass Route, a long-distance hiking trail across Switzerland between Sargans and Montreux.

The alpine pasture below the pass on the St Gallen side is notable for its marmot colony.

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