Exhibit 23.1

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOREST OIL CORPORATION

    We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement
on Form S-3 of Forest Oil Corporation relating to the offering of common stock
of our report dated February 11, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance
sheets of Forest Oil Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and
1998, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders'
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1999, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of Forest Oil Corporation and to the reference to our firm under
the heading "Experts" in the registration statement.

                                          KPMG LLP

Denver, Colorado
March 1, 2001