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Aiguille des Glaciers

3,816 m12,520 ft

Prominence: 300 m984 ft
Isolation: 1.7 km
Tonight: -17°CHeavy snow · Wind 9 km/h W

Aiguille des Glaciers is a 3,816 m (12,520 ft) mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

All facts

Elevation: 3,816 m · 12,520 ft
Nearest higher peak: Aiguille de Tré la Tête (3,911 m)
Range: Mont Blanc massif
Region: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Protected area: Réserve naturelle nationale des Contamines-Montjoie
Coordinates: 45.7799° N, 6.8018° E

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3D map

Aiguille des Glaciers 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Aiguille des Glaciers terrain and contours

100 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.

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Aiguille des Glaciers elevation profile

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Weather

Aiguille des Glaciers weather

Tonight · Heavy snow · -17°C (1°F) · 6.2 mm · Wind 9 km/h W

Aiguille des Glaciers forecast for the summit, about 3,816 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,028 m.

Tonight-17°6.2 mm9 km/h WBase -6°
Today-17°-14°17.2 mm8 km/h SEBase -6 / -3°
Sun-21°-7°16.6 mm10 km/h NWBase -10 / 4°
Mon-13°-5°–4 km/h WBase -3 / 6°
Tue-9°-1°–3 km/h WBase 2 / 10°
Wed-12°-6°–4 km/h NWBase -1 / 5°
Thu-12°-4°–3 km/h WBase -1 / 7°
Fri-13°-6°–3 km/h NWBase -2 / 5°
Sat-14°-7°2.2 mm3 km/h NWBase -3 / 4°
Sun-18°-10°2.6 mm5 km/h EBase -7 / 1°

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 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

11.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

40.3%

Steep, 30–45°

33.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

15.0%

Steeper than 30°: 48.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,865 m low point 2,028 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 48.1%Bare rock / sparse 29.8%Grassland 11.1%Moss & lichen 10.7%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Aiguille des Glaciers summit.

Summit list 8

1Aiguille de la Lex Blanche3,684 m 0.7 km N
2Petite Aiguille des Glaciers3,463 m 1.0 km S
3Aiguille de Tré la Tête3,930 m 1.9 km NNE
4Aiguille de Tré-la-Tête Centrale Nord-Ouest3,908 m 2.0 km NNE
5Aiguille de Tré-la-Tête Orientale3,892 m 2.0 km NE
6Aiguille de Tré-la-Tête Nord3,892 m 2.2 km NNE
7Tête Carrée3,752 m 2.6 km NNE
8Aiguille de l'Aigle3,553 m 2.8 km NE

Where it sits

Where Aiguille des Glaciers sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Grand Pilier d'AnglePeak · 4,243 m8.1 km NE

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Print & wall

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

143 m low This 3D map reads 3,673 m at the summit; the official height is 3,816 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 153 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,816 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,673 m	-143 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,663 m	-153 m

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 2026-07-24)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Accuracy comparison, 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 · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia