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Alphubel

4,206 m13,799 ft

Prominence: 344 m1,127 ft
Isolation: 2.0 km
Tonight: -20°CLight snow · Wind 9 km/h W

Alphubel is a 4,206 m (13,799 ft) mountain in the Mischabel group, Canton of Valais, Switzerland.

All facts

Elevation: 4,206 m · 13,799 ft
Nearest higher peak: Täschhorn (4,491 m)
Range: Mischabel group
Region: Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Coordinates: 46.0626° N, 7.8643° E

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3D map

Alphubel 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Alphubel topographic map

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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Alphubel elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

Alphubel downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGAlphubel satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Alphubel weather

Tonight · Light snow · -20°C (-4°F) · 0.5 mm · Wind 9 km/h W

Alphubel forecast for the summit, about 4,206 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,271 m.

Tonight-20°0.5 mm9 km/h WBase -9°
Today-20°-17°7.9 mm10 km/h WBase -9 / -6°
Sun-22°-8°11.0 mm10 km/h SWBase -10 / 3°
Mon-16°-8°–7 km/h SWBase -5 / 4°
Tue-13°-3°–3 km/h SWBase -1 / 9°
Wed-15°-7°–3 km/h WBase -4 / 5°
Thu-16°-7°–3 km/h NWBase -4 / 4°
Fri-19°-8°–4 km/h NWBase -7 / 3°
Sat-20°-10°2.5 mm4 km/h WBase -9 / 1°
Sun-17°-10°0.3 mm4 km/h NWBase -6 / 2°

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, 23:19 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°

19.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

40.9%

Steep, 30–45°

26.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

13.4%

Steeper than 30°: 40.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 2,127 m low point 2,271 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 64.4%Bare rock / sparse 25.8%Moss & lichen 5.9%Grassland 3.8%

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 Alphubel summit.

Summit list 6

1Wissgrat3,195 m 1.7 km WSW
2Feechopf3,888 m 2.1 km SE
3Täschhorn4,490 m 2.4 km NNW
4Kinhorn3,750 m 2.8 km NW
5P35963,596 m 3.0 km ESE
6Allalinhorn4,027 m 3.0 km SE

Where it sits

Where Alphubel sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

DürrenhornPeak · 4,035 m6.5 km N

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

21 m low This 3D map reads 4,185 m at the summit; the official height is 4,206 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,206 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	4,185 m	-21 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,179 m	-27 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 2026-09-27)
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
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