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Aletsch Glacier

2,701 m8,862 ft

Area: 14.40 km²
Lowest point: 1,726 m
Tonight: -12°CSnow · Wind 8 km/h W

Aletsch Glacier in Canton of Valais, Switzerland covers 14.4 km² and spans 1,726–2,701 m above sea level.

All facts

Highest point: 2,701 m

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Aletsch Glacier

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Aletsch Glacier, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
Privatparkplatz Burghütte
4.6 km E · +2 more within 5.3 km
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Nearest hut
Gletscherstube Märjelen
1.9 km E · +2 more within 5.9 km
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Nearest campsite
Camping Eggishorn
6.0 km SE
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Gletscherstube MärjelenHut	1.9 km E
BurghütteHut	4.6 km ENE
Privatparkplatz BurghütteParking	4.6 km E
Parking	5.1 km ESE
Parking	5.3 km ESE
DriesthütteHut	5.9 km SW
Camping EggishornCampsite	6.0 km SE

Glacier

Aletsch Glacier: size and slope

Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.

Vertical range: 975 m
Mean slope: 5°
Faces: southmostly in sun

3D map

Aletsch Glacier 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Aletsch Glacier terrain and contours

200 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 1,000 mShowing west → east through the centre

Aletsch Glacier elevation profile

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Weather

Aletsch Glacier weather

Tonight · Snow · -12°C (10°F) · 2.9 mm · Wind 8 km/h W

Aletsch Glacier forecast for about 2,701 m.

Tonight-12°2.9 mm8 km/h W
Today-13°-10°19.9 mm8 km/h W
Sun-15°0°14.9 mm9 km/h W
Mon-8°-1°0.2 mm6 km/h W
Tue-5°5°–5 km/h NW
Wed-6°-1°–4 km/h NW
Thu-8°0°–4 km/h NW
Fri-10°-2°–5 km/h NW
Sat-12°-4°4.7 mm5 km/h NW
Sun-9°-3°5.7 mm4 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 15.5 × 15.5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

26.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

34.3%

Steep, 30–45°

29.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

10.0%

Steeper than 30°: 39.2% of the 240 km² view
Relief in view: 3,207 m low point 938 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 42.7%Bare rock / sparse 22.6%Grassland 19.7%Trees 9.8%Moss & lichen 4.2%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.7 km of Aletsch Glacier.

Summit list 7

1Kleines Dreieckhorn3,639 m 2.8 km NW
2Zenbächenhorn3,385 m 3.3 km WSW
3Wannenzwillinge3,480 m 4.0 km NE
4Dreieckhorn3,811 m 4.3 km NW
5Klein Wannenhorn3,706 m 4.4 km NE
6Sattelhorn3,724 m 4.6 km WSW
7Geisshorn3,740 m 4.8 km WSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.7 km; 719 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mountain Houseleek52
Spiniest thistle42
Mossy saxifrage40
Alpine Clover39
Bearded Bellflower37
Fireweed36

Where it sits

Where Aletsch Glacier sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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GalmihornPeak · 3,507 m11 km ENE

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JPGAletsch Glacier satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

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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)
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)
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Aletsch Glacier

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