Exhibit 23



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


Board of Directors
Forest Oil Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
33-59504) on Form S-8 of Forest Oil Corporation - Retirement Savings Plan of
Forest Oil Corporation of our report dated June 27, 2001, relating to the
statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the Retirement
Savings Plan of Forest Oil Corporation as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and
the related statements of changes in net assets available for plan benefits
for the years then ended and related schedule for the year ended December 31,
2000, which report appears in the December 31, 2000 annual report on Form
11-K of the Retirement Savings Plan of Forest Oil Corporation.


                                                     KPMG LLP



Denver, Colorado
June 29, 2001